What is the difference between .j2k and .jbg?
- Extension
- .j2k
- .jbg
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group (JBIG)
- Description
- Compressed bitmap image that uses wavelet compression instead of the DCT compression used by standard .JPEG images; supports 16-bit color, alpha transparency, and lossless compression.
- Created by JBIG (Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group), JBG is a lossless file format that contains both colored and monochrome images. Commonly used to compress fax images, and it has better compression than G3 and G4 compression codecs.
- MIME Type
- image/jp2
- image/jbig
- Sample
- sample.j2k
- Wikipedia
- .j2k on Wikipedia
- .jbg on Wikipedia