What is the difference between .jp2 and .j2k?
- Extension
- .jp2
- .j2k
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- 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.
- 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/jp2
- image/jp2
- Sample
- sample.jp2
- sample.j2k
- Wikipedia
- .jp2 on Wikipedia
- .j2k on Wikipedia