Imagination Pilots Matte Animation

• Company: Imagination Pilots
• FOURCCs: Ipma, Ip20, SUGR(?)

This is a simple LZW-based video codec with transparency pixels and delta frames. The LZW format according to [1] is the same as in GIF but without any additional data being present in the stream (it uses dynamic index size from 9 to 12 bits, code 256 means decoder reset and code 257 means end of stream).

Each frame consists of raw frame data compressed with LZW and with pixel value 0 used for transparent pixels (or unchanged pixels in delta frames).

Games Using IPMA Animation

• Blown Away
• Panic in the Park
• Where's Waldo? At the Circus
• Where's Waldo? Exploring Geography (leftover avi_test.avi)