What is the difference between .j2k and .sixel?
- Extension
- .j2k
- .sixel
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
- 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 Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), SIXEL is a bitmap image format in an escaped sequence (seen as six pixels high and one pixel wide). You have to convert it into a more accessible format if you don’t have a DEC terminal to view it.
- MIME Type
- image/jp2
- image/vnd.dwg
- Sample
- sample.j2k
- Wikipedia
- .j2k on Wikipedia
- .sixel on Wikipedia