XBM to JP2 converter

Turn XBM into JP2

Send us the XBM you already have and take away a JP2. Handled on our servers, deleted the moment the job ends.

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XBM files • Max 25MB per file • Up to 10 files

Both formats, briefly

XBM

XBMIN

An XBM file is an image written as C source code: an array of bytes with the width and height defined above it. That was the point in the X Window System, where a cursor or icon could be compiled straight into a program. It is monochrome and uncompressed, so it only makes sense for small, simple graphics. You still find XBM in Unix desktop source trees and in embedded projects that need a bitmap baked into the binary.

JP2

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

STEP 01

Add your XBM

Drag it onto the page, or pull it in from your computer, Google Drive or Dropbox.

STEP 02

JP2 is preselected

This page is already set to write JP2. Switch the target if you change your mind.

STEP 03

Take the JP2

Grab the result the moment the job clears. Your upload is wiped straight afterwards.

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