J2K-Codec ™
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What is it?

J2K-Codec is a software component, developed to facilitate JPEG2000 usage.
It can save you 12,000 lines of code, replacing them with a single line.

Download J2K-Codec (3.05 Mb)


Who should be interested?

J2K-Codec should interest virtually any person involved in the development of a program that works with graphics one way or another.

What is JPEG2000?

JPEG2000 is a revolutionary image compression standard based on wavelet technology and is replacing the old JPEG format.

Advantages of the new standard:
 •  Better image quality at the same file size - see for yourself!
 •  25%–35% smaller file sizes at comparable image quality.
 •  Good image quality even at very high compression ratios, over 80:1.
 •  Lossless compression mode (identical to original image).
 •  Transparency (alpha channel) support.
 •  Easy way to get 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, etc., of the original image.

Why should I go with J2K-Codec?

1. It's easy.

J2K-Codec is probably the easiest JPEG2000 decoder to use. With the special 1-Call shortcut functions and C++ wrapper classes, you don't need to read 20+ pages and figure out mysterious function parameters to start using it. And if you think that something is still not very clear or easy in J2K-Codec – please let us know! We do want to provide the most convenient way of working with JPEG2000 images.

     Code snippet of J2K-Codec usage

Can it be any easier? ;-)

2. It's fast.

J2K-Codec is much faster than the free software libraries such as JasPer and OpenJPEG (to give you some clue – up to 10 times faster!) and has the same or better speed as many other commercial decoders.

     Performance comparison of J2K-Codec vs JasPer and OpenJPEG
      J2K-Codec v2.0 / JasPer v1.900.1 / OpenJPEG v1.4

3. It's reliable.

We tried hard to achieve good code quality and eliminate as many bugs as possible. All exceptions raised inside J2K-Codec are intercepted in API functions, so it won't crash your application, but instead will exit gracefully with a proper error code.

4. It's usable :-)

Here are some J2K-Codec features:
 •  .j2k and .jp2 files support.
 •  Lossy or lossless compression.
 •  Particular resolution level decoding (even for tiled images).
 •  Alpha-channel support.
 •  Up to 16 bits per component.
 •  Multi-core CPUs support.
 •  File, memory, exe-file resource or any custom data sources.
 •  Static linking (purchasable add-on – buy now!).
 •  Video hardware support (ADV202, ADV212 and Matrox Morphis).
 •  Special video decoding speed boost mode.
 •  easyDecode() 1-call shortcuts.
 •  Selective tiles decoding.
 •  Region of Interest (ROI).
 •  GeoJP2 (embedded GeoTIFF) and other metadata extraction.
    See also our free metadata editor.
 •  SSE code optimizations.
 •  Lots of samples in C++, C#, VB.NET and other languages.
 •  Simple yet powerful API with C++ wrapper.

5. It's not unreasonably expensive.

J2K-Codec's has one of the lowest prices on the market for a commercial JPEG2000 decoder.

You'll get detailed and easy-to-read documentation, several samples in C++, C#, VB.NET and other languages, and a collection of test images. There are no royalty fees. You can use J2K-Codec in as many of your own projects as you want.

6. It has a demo version.

You do not need to buy something you haven't tried. In the case of J2K-Codec, you won't buy marketing department promises; you will buy the same real product you have already tried to use, because J2K-Codec has a fully functional demo version. You buy only after you see that it suits you, not before. If something isn't good for you – then you lose nothing, you just leave and start looking for another library :-)

OK, I am interested, what's next?

Download the demo version of J2K-Codec, please, and see if it suits your needs. You can also visit our More Info and Links sections for more information about J2K-Codec, JPEG2000 and related products.

If you have any questions – do not hesitate to ask them via our online support form.


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