For photographs saved as BMP, JPG cuts file size enormously, making them practical to share online.
Size, page, duration and dimension limits are shown in the converter above and checked again by our server.
JPG is lossy, so there is a small, usually invisible, loss of detail. Results depend on the image content.
Yes. We inspect the file's contents, not just its name, and the server verifies it again before converting. Renamed files that are not really BMP are rejected.
BMP files are huge and old-fashioned, yet they still appear from scanners, machines and legacy software. Here is why, when BMP is genuinely useful, and how to convert it sensibly.
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BMP photos can be tens of megabytes. Converting them to JPG makes them small enough to email, upload and print with no visible difference. Here is how to choose the right quality.
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