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ADD YOUR JPG
Drop the JPG file into the box above or choose it from your device.
JPG → BMP / online converter
JPG to BMP Converter
Convert a JPG to an uncompressed BMP for legacy programs that cannot read JPG.
01 / how to
How to convert JPG to BMP
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CONVERT TO BMP
BMP is already selected. Press Convert and wait a few seconds.
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DOWNLOAD
Save the finished BMP file. The original is deleted from our server.
02 / what you get
What happens to your data
Kept
- The photo's rotation (EXIF orientation) is applied, so it comes out the right way up
- A plain 24-bit bitmap that opens in practically any Windows program, however old
Good to know
- A JPG has already lost some detail to compression, and no conversion can bring it back.
- BMP is uncompressed, so the file is far larger than JPG or PNG.
- BMP has no transparency.
- The source is already compressed, so converting to a lossless format makes the file bigger without adding any detail.
- Metadata such as EXIF and the GPS location is not copied into the new file.
03 / formats
JPG vs BMP
JPG
A JPG (or JPEG) file is the most common photo format — it compresses images by slightly reducing quality to keep file sizes small. It's what your phone camera, most cameras, and the web use by default for photos.
Used in: Photos & camera exports · Web pages & email · Social media uploads
BMP
A BMP file stores images with little to no compression, which means large file sizes but one of the simplest possible formats to read. It's an older Windows format you'll mostly encounter in legacy software or basic screenshot tools.
Used in: Legacy Windows software · Basic screenshot tools
04 / more
More conversions
Have a different file? Open the main converter — it detects the format for you.