What is the difference between .ppm and .j2k?
- Extension
- .ppm
- .j2k
- Format
- Text
- Binary
- Category
- Raster Image
- Raster Image
- Developer
- Jef Poskanzer
- Joint Photographic Experts Group
- Description
- A PPM file is a 24-bit color image formatted using a text format. It stores each pixel with a number from 0 to 65536, which specifies the color of the pixel. PPM files also store the image height and width, whitespace data, and the maximum color value.
- 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/x-portable-pixmap
- image/jp2
- Sample
- sample.ppm
- sample.j2k
- Wikipedia
- .ppm on Wikipedia
- .j2k on Wikipedia