What is the difference between .jbig and .j2k?
- Extension
- .jbig
- .j2k
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group (JBIG)
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- Description
- JBIG is a lossless compression file format that was created for the fax machine; it can be used by other image file formats. The files created by JBIG format are smaller compared to G3 and G4 file formats.
- 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.
- MIME Type
- image/jbig
- image/jp2
- Sample
- sample.jbig
- sample.j2k
- Wikipedia
- .jbig on Wikipedia
- .j2k on Wikipedia