A high-quality
video production
codec that works on both Mac and PCs and can scale from standard-definition
to 4k film resolution. Cineform is a wavelet codec (not a DCT codec) that is
often used as a digital intermediary codec for editing video captured in formats
like HDV that, because of the way they're compressed, are difficult to edit on
many systems.
See also "A
Complete Guide to Video Codecs" on
WebVideoUniverse.com.