PPM to JP2 converter
Turn PPM into JP2
Send us the PPM you already have and take away a JP2. Handled on our servers, deleted the moment the job ends.
or drag and drop files here
PPM files • Max 25MB per file • Up to 10 files
Both formats, briefly
PPMIN
PPM is deliberately plain: a short text header followed by raw RGB values, with no compression and no structure to parse. That is what you want when you are writing image code yourself or piping frames between command line tools, because reading and writing it takes a few lines. It belongs to the Netpbm family, next to PGM for grayscale and PBM for pure black and white. The files are enormous, so convert before sending one anywhere.
JP2OUT
JP2 is the JPEG 2000 container, and it works on wavelets rather than the small blocks of ordinary JPEG. It compresses either lossily or losslessly, blurs rather than blocks as quality drops, and can be decoded progressively or only for the region you asked for. Those properties made it standard in digital cinema packages, medical imaging systems, and satellite and mapping data. Browsers largely skipped it, so files usually need converting for general use.
Three steps, start to finish
Add your PPM
Drag it onto the page, or pull it in from your computer, Google Drive or Dropbox.
JP2 is preselected
This page is already set to write JP2. Switch the target if you change your mind.
Take the JP2
Grab the result the moment the job clears. Your upload is wiped straight afterwards.