jasper ☆

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Description:
Library for manipulating JPEG-2000 images

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Multimedia

Tags: images multimedia jpeg2000 graphics library

Install: brew install jasper

About:
Jasper is a comprehensive software library for reading, writing, and manipulating JPEG-2000 digital images. It provides a robust command-line tool and C-based API for encoding and decoding images using this advanced, wavelet-based compression format. Its main value proposition is enabling high-quality image compression with features like progressive streaming and region-of-interest coding.

Key Features:

Full support for the JPEG-2000 Part 1 (JP-1) standard
Extensible codec and image format support via JasPer libraries
Includes a versatile command-line utility for image conversion
Handles high dynamic range (HDR) and lossless compression

Use Cases:

Converting images to and from the JPEG-2000 format for archival
Integrating JPEG-2000 support into custom C/C++ applications
Processing medical or scientific imagery requiring lossless formats

Alternatives:

OpenJPEG – OpenJPEG is another open-source JPEG-2000 codec, often considered a primary alternative with a different implementation focus.
ImageMagick – A broader image processing suite that can handle many formats, but may use Jasper or OpenJPEG as a backend for JP2 support.

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