.JP2 File Extension

Are you having difficulty opening a file that ends with .JP2? Such files can be executed only by certain programs. If you cannot open the .JP2 file, it can be due to the following reasons: either you do not have an appropriate program to open it, or your file association is corrupted. For more information about this extension, please read the article below.

What is a .JP2 file?

.JP2 file belongs to the category of Raster Image Files used in operating systems such as Windows 11, 10, Windows 7, Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows Vista, Windows XP.

jp2

Developer: Joint Photographic Experts Group

File Type: JPEG 2000 Core Image File

Category: Raster Image Files

Format: Binary

.JP2 file is associated with JPEG 2000 Core Image File developed by Joint Photographic Experts Group, has a Binary Format and belongs to Raster Image Files category.

A JP2 file is a compressed bitmap image stored in JPEG 2000 (JP2) Core Coding format. This file supports all bit depth colors with image metadata so that it can be compressed with/without losing quality. User saves digital photos of medical images (CT and MRI scans) as JP2 files.

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The JPEG 2000 standard came from the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) in the late 1990s. This format provides significant improvements, but the main improvement is using a wavelet compression algorithm instead of DCT.

The JPEG 2000 compression standard is used in many applications, but most in digital photography and medical imaging. Some examples consist of digital cinema, broadcast media, and surveillance video.

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