Image processing/coding toolkit.
JasPer is a software toolkit for the handling of image data. The software provides a means for representing images, and facilitates the manipulation of image data, as well as the import/export of such data in numerous formats (e.g., JPEG-2000 JP2, JPEG, PNM, BMP, Sun Rasterfile, and PGX). The import functionality supports the auto-detection (i.e., automatic determination) of the image format, eliminating the need to explicitly identify the format of coded input data. A simple color management engine is also provided in order to allow the accurate representation of color. Partial support is included for the ICC color profile file format, an industry standard for specifying color.
The JasPer software consists of a library and several application programs. The code is written in the C programming language. This language was chosen primarily due to the availability of C development environments for most computing platforms when JasPer was first developed, circa 1999.