BMP

bmp icon

Standard Windows bitmap image

File type: Bitmap image file

Files with bmp extension can be commonly found as bitmap images. One of the traditional bitmap formats.

Found 2 different file type records with the same bmp filename suffix.

What is bmp file?

File type category:
Bitmap image file

Date updated: June 23, 2025

File extension bmp is commonly used for bitmap files - standard, non-compressed bit-mapped graphics format used in the Windows (and also OS/2).

bmp files store graphics in a format called device-independent bitmap (DIB).

Bitmap images, also called raster images, use a grid (the bitmap or raster) of small squares known as pixels to represent images. Each pixel is assigned a specific location and color value.

Also Award BIOS versions have the ability to display a full-screen boot logo instead of the usual POST screen. The logo itself is embedded in the BIOS image, and although its file name has the extension .BMP, it is not a BMP file - it's a simplistic format referred to AWBM.

MIME-types used for .bmp files:

  • image/bmp
  • image/x-bmp
  • image/x-bitmap
  • image/x-xbitmap
  • image/x-win-bitmap
  • image/x-windows-bmp
  • image/ms-bmp
  • image/x-ms-bmp
  • application/bmp
  • application/x-bmp
  • application/x-win-bitmap
  • application/preview

How to open bmp file?

Use any graphic editor/viewer (XnView, Paintbrush) available to open or view *.bmp file format.

How to convert bmp file?

Use any graphic editor/viewer (Photoshop, Gimp etc.) to convert image formats.

Suggested software to open bmp file:

XnView MP icon
XnView MP
IrfanView icon
IrfanView

Associated software actions with the bmp file

Software applications that can open bmp files:

IrfanView icon IrfanView (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available PhotoOnWeb (Microsoft Windows)

ACDSee Photo Manager icon ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)

Paint.NET icon Paint.NET (Microsoft Windows)

FastPictureViewer Professional icon FastPictureViewer Professional (Microsoft Windows)

PhotoFiltre Studio icon PhotoFiltre Studio (Microsoft Windows)

Artweaver icon Artweaver (Microsoft Windows)

Windows Live Photo Gallery icon Windows Live Photo Gallery (Microsoft Windows)

FastStone Image Viewer icon FastStone Image Viewer (Microsoft Windows)

Ability Photopaint icon Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)

Microsoft Paint icon Microsoft Paint (Microsoft Windows)

SketchBook icon SketchBook (Microsoft Windows)

Easy-PhotoPrint EX icon Easy-PhotoPrint EX (Microsoft Windows)

Preview icon Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

no icon available The Panorama Factory for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Fotor Photo Editor for Mac icon Fotor Photo Editor for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

SketchBook for Mac icon SketchBook for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Paint X Lite icon Paint X Lite (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

XnView MP icon XnView MP (Multiplatform)

Affinity Photo icon Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)

Canvas X icon Canvas X (Multiplatform)

Photopea icon Photopea (On-line services)

Software applications that can edit bmp files:

no icon available PhotoOnWeb (Microsoft Windows)

Paint.NET icon Paint.NET (Microsoft Windows)

PhotoFiltre Studio icon PhotoFiltre Studio (Microsoft Windows)

Artweaver icon Artweaver (Microsoft Windows)

Windows Live Photo Gallery icon Windows Live Photo Gallery (Microsoft Windows)

FastStone Image Viewer icon FastStone Image Viewer (Microsoft Windows)

Ability Photopaint icon Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)

Microsoft Paint icon Microsoft Paint (Microsoft Windows)

Easy-PhotoPrint EX icon Easy-PhotoPrint EX (Microsoft Windows)

SketchBook icon SketchBook (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available The Panorama Factory for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Fotor Photo Editor for Mac icon Fotor Photo Editor for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

SketchBook for Mac icon SketchBook for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Paint X Lite icon Paint X Lite (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Photopea icon Photopea (On-line services)

Software capable of saving bmp files:

no icon available PhotoOnWeb (Microsoft Windows)

Paint.NET icon Paint.NET (Microsoft Windows)

SmartDraw icon SmartDraw (Microsoft Windows)

FastStone Image Viewer icon FastStone Image Viewer (Microsoft Windows)

Ability Photopaint icon Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)

Microsoft Paint icon Microsoft Paint (Microsoft Windows)

Easy-PhotoPrint EX icon Easy-PhotoPrint EX (Microsoft Windows)

SketchBook icon SketchBook (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available The Panorama Factory for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Fotor Photo Editor for Mac icon Fotor Photo Editor for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

SketchBook for Mac icon SketchBook for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Paint X Lite icon Paint X Lite (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Photopea icon Photopea (On-line services)

Programs for viewing bmp files:

IrfanView icon IrfanView (Microsoft Windows)

ACDSee Photo Manager icon ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)

FastPictureViewer Professional icon FastPictureViewer Professional (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available WildBit Viewer (Microsoft Windows)

Windows Live Photo Gallery icon Windows Live Photo Gallery (Microsoft Windows)

FastStone Image Viewer icon FastStone Image Viewer (Microsoft Windows)

Preview icon Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Fotor Photo Editor for Mac icon Fotor Photo Editor for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

PhotoScape X for Mac icon PhotoScape X for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

XnView MP icon XnView MP (Multiplatform)

Software apps that create bmp files:

no icon available PhotoOnWeb (Microsoft Windows)

Artweaver icon Artweaver (Microsoft Windows)

Ability Photopaint icon Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)

SketchBook icon SketchBook (Microsoft Windows)

SketchBook for Mac icon SketchBook for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Paint X Lite icon Paint X Lite (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Software apps that convert bmp files:

IrfanView icon IrfanView (Microsoft Windows)

ACDSee Photo Manager icon ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)

FormatFactory icon FormatFactory (Microsoft Windows)

FastStone Image Viewer icon FastStone Image Viewer (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available Bulk Image Converter (Microsoft Windows)

Preview icon Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

XnView MP icon XnView MP (Multiplatform)

no icon available Picture Resize Free Online Images Converter (On-line services)

Software apps that import bmp files:

no icon available UVMapper (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available CrazyTalk (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available Mayura Draw (Microsoft Windows)

Scribus icon Scribus (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available Resort Recipe (Microsoft Windows)

FotoSketcher icon FotoSketcher (Microsoft Windows)

TexturePacker icon TexturePacker (Microsoft Windows)

Xara Page & Layout Designer icon Xara Page & Layout Designer (Microsoft Windows)

Paint 3D icon Paint 3D (Microsoft Windows)

openCanvas icon openCanvas (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

Apache OpenOffice Draw (OpenOffice.org Draw) icon Apache OpenOffice Draw (OpenOffice.org Draw) (Multiplatform)

XnConvert icon XnConvert (Multiplatform)

Affinity Photo icon Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)

no icon available Canvas Workspace (Multiplatform)

no icon available Bits'N'Picas (Multiplatform)

LibreOffice Draw icon LibreOffice Draw (Multiplatform)

Software apps that export bmp files:

Axialis IconWorkshop icon Axialis IconWorkshop (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available BatchPhoto (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available Mayura Draw (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available CBN Selector (Microsoft Windows)

TexturePacker icon TexturePacker (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available LEGOCAD (Microsoft Windows)

no icon available Easy2Convert DDS to BMP (Microsoft Windows)

Xara Page & Layout Designer icon Xara Page & Layout Designer (Microsoft Windows)

Windows Live Photo Gallery icon Windows Live Photo Gallery (Microsoft Windows)

Preview icon Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

openCanvas icon openCanvas (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

XnConvert icon XnConvert (Multiplatform)

LibreOffice Draw icon LibreOffice Draw (Multiplatform)

Software apps that print bmp files:

IrfanView icon IrfanView (Microsoft Windows)

ACDSee Photo Manager icon ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)

Ability Photopaint icon Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)

Easy-PhotoPrint EX icon Easy-PhotoPrint EX (Microsoft Windows)

Fotor Photo Editor for Mac icon Fotor Photo Editor for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

PhotoScape X for Mac icon PhotoScape X for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)

XnView MP icon XnView MP (Multiplatform)

Software applications that handle other tasks involving bmp files:

FastPictureViewer Professional icon FastPictureViewer Professional (Microsoft Windows)

Ability Photopaint icon Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)

Easy-PhotoPrint EX icon Easy-PhotoPrint EX (Microsoft Windows)

Alpha Microsystem image

File type category:
Bitmap image file

Date updated: April 1, 2024

The bmp file extension is used for Alpha Microsystem's image file format.

Alpha Microsystems is a computer company founded in 1977. The first Alpha Micro computer was the S-100 AM-100, based upon the WD16 microprocessor chipset from Western Digital.

Later computers starting with the AM-100/L and the AM-1000 were based on the Motorola 68000 and succeeding processors, though Alpha Micro swapped several addressing lines to create byte-ordering compatibility with their earlier processor.

Very old image format, not to be confused with the bmp file extension (Standard Windows Bitmap image).

How to open bmp file?

Use compatible tools to view content of *.bmp files.

How to convert bmp file?

Compatible tools are able to export *.bmp files to other formats.

Associated software actions with the bmp file

Software apps that export bmp files:

no icon available Equation Illustrator (Microsoft Windows)