Abstract
JPEG 2000 is the new ISO/ITU-T standard for still image coding, which is released in 2000. This paper puts into perspective JPEG 2000 concept a long with watermarking concept. It provides also a comparative evaluation study of JPEG2000 and JPEG-DCT. The principles behind each algorithm of JPEG 2000 and watermarking are briefly described. An outlook on the future of digital image watermarking within JPEG 2000 is discussed. The paper will give views and comparisons on these issues and up to date research activities in this regard with some experimental results. Our experimental results have shown the superiority of JPG200 compared to JPEG-DCT.