SheerVideo is a fast losslessvideo codec created by BitJazz Inc. to enable capture, editing, and playback of uncompressed video formats in real time without expensive hardware. According to BitJazz's claims, SheerVideo's average compression ratio is over 2:1 for real-world video, which is comparable to Apple Computer's Animation codec's performance for traditional 2-D animation.
This means that with SheerVideo, one can transmit uncompressed-quality video in half the time over half the bandwidth, and store it in half the time in half the space.
SheerVideo is implemented as a set of QuickTime codecs, so it can be used with all popular professional video applications, including Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, Pinnacle Commotion, and hundreds more.
SheerVideo for Mac includes versions of each codec optimized for both G3 and G4 (AltiVec), and the decoders are multiprocessor-enabled, so it can make the most of whatever processors are available.