- Extension
- .jp2
- .emf
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Vector Image
- Developer
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- Microsoft
- Description
- A JP2 file is a compressed bitmap image created using JPEG 2000 Core Coding. It incorporates a wavelet compression algorithm instead of Digital Cosine Transform (DCT) compression, which is used by standard JPEG images. JP2 files can be stored using lossy and lossless compression.
- Windows vector graphics format recognized by many image-editing applications; basically a 32-bit version of the original Windows Metafile Format (.WMF), which only supports 16-bit data; saves image data in an RGB format and does not support CMYK data.
- MIME Type
- image/jp2
- application/x-msmetafile
