JP2 to PS Converter

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Cloud Processing

Conversion happens on Convertio servers — your device stays free and responsive. No CPU-intensive processing on your local machine at all.

Raster to Vector

Transform JP2 pixel data into scalable PS format. The conversion traces your image into paths that resize without losing clarity.

Easy to Use

Converting JP2 to PS is straightforward — drag your image in, pick the target format, and get the output ready for download in moments.

How to convert JP2 to PS

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Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

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Choose ps or any other format you need as a result (more than 200 formats supported)

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Let the file convert and you can download your ps file right afterwards

About formats

JP2 (JPEG 2000 Part 1) is an image format based on the JPEG 2000 compression standard, developed by the Joint Photographic Experts Group and published as ISO/IEC 15444-1 in December 2000 as the successor to the original JPEG standard. Unlike JPEG's block-based discrete cosine transform, JPEG 2000 uses discrete wavelet transform (DWT) compression, which eliminates the characteristic 8x8 block artifacts visible in highly compressed JPEG images and instead produces a smooth, gradual quality degradation. The format supports both lossy and lossless compression within the same codestream, along with features absent from original JPEG: 16-bit and higher bit-depth images, arbitrary numbers of color channels, alpha transparency, region-of-interest coding (allocating more bits to important areas), and progressive quality or resolution refinement from a single compressed stream. One advantage is superior image quality at low bit rates — JPEG 2000 produces visibly cleaner images than JPEG at equivalent file sizes, particularly below 0.5 bits per pixel where JPEG exhibits severe blocking. The progressive decoding capability is another strength: a single JP2 file can be decoded at any resolution or quality level without encoding multiple versions, valuable for remote sensing and medical imaging where the same image must serve both thumbnail browsing and full-resolution analysis. JP2 is the mandated format for digital cinema (DCI), the preferred format in geospatial data (GeoJP2), and widely adopted in cultural heritage digitization.
Initial release: December 2000
PS is the standard extension for files written in PostScript, the page description language created by Adobe Systems and first shipped in 1984 with the Apple LaserWriter. A PostScript file is a complete program that describes the precise appearance of a page — text, vector graphics, curves, fills, and even embedded raster images — using a stack-based interpreted language with full programming constructs. When sent to a PostScript-compatible printer or interpreter (such as Ghostscript), the program executes and produces rendered output. PostScript introduced cubic Bezier curves as the standard representation for smooth outlines, a mathematical model that became the foundation for virtually all subsequent vector graphics and font technology including PDF, SVG, and OpenType. The language also serves as a font format: Type 1 PostScript fonts encode glyph outlines as PostScript programs with hinting instructions for sharp rendering at low resolutions, while Type 3 fonts use the full language to define arbitrarily complex glyphs. One advantage is device independence — a PostScript file produces identical output whether rendered on a 300 dpi desktop printer, a high-resolution imagesetter, or a software rasterizer, because it describes shapes mathematically rather than as pixel grids. The human-readable text format provides another practical strength: PS files can be inspected, debugged, and modified with any text editor, and they can be generated programmatically by any software without requiring specialized libraries. PostScript files are widely handled by Ghostscript, Adobe Acrobat, preview applications, and numerous publishing and graphics tools.
Developer: Adobe Systems
Initial release: 1984

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert JP2 to PS?

PostScript is a page description language used in professional printing. Converting JP2 to PS creates a print-ready document for high-quality output devices.

What opens PS format?

Use GSview, Ghostscript, macOS Preview to view and edit PS. The format is well-supported across popular software packages.

Does this work on mobile devices?

Yes — the converter runs in any modern web browser, including mobile. Whether you use iOS, Android, Windows, or macOS, just open convertio.tools and convert.

Is batch JP2 to PS conversion supported?

Absolutely. Queue up multiple JP2 images in a single session and convert them all to PS simultaneously — no need to process one at a time.

Will my image lose quality?

Image fidelity is maintained as well as PS allows. The converter optimizes the transformation to preserve maximum visual quality during processing.