What is the difference between .jp2 and .g3?
- Extension
- .jp2
- .g3
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Fax
- Developer
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- CCITT
- 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.
- Fax image created in the CCITT Group 3 compressed format, which is used for digital transmission of fax data and supports 1 bit per pixel; can be viewed by programs such as GIMP and IrfanView.
- MIME Type
- image/jp2
- image/g3fax
- Sample
- sample.jp2
- sample.g3
- Wikipedia
- .jp2 on Wikipedia
- .g3 on Wikipedia