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JPEG 2000ΒΆ

Extensions: .jp2

Developer: Independent JPEG Group

Support

BSD-licensed: Yes

Export: Yes

Officially Supported Versions:

Supported Metadata Fields: JPEG 2000

Freely Available Software:

We currently have:

  • a JPEG 2000 specification document (free draft from 2000, no longer available online)
  • a few .jp2 files

We would like to have:

Ratings

Pixels: 4 - Very Good

Metadata: 1 - Poor

Openness: 5 - Outstanding

Presence: 3 - Good

Utility: 1 - Poor

Additional Information

Source Code: JPEG2000Reader.java Source Code: JPEG2000Writer.java

Notes:

Bio-Formats uses the JAI Image I/O Tools library to read JP2 files. JPEG stands for “Joint Photographic Experts Group”.