How to convert BMP to JPG

Posted on August 22, 2008 at 5:38 am

Looking for a way to change from BMP to JPG format? This is a common issue that a lot of people seem to run into, more than I would have thought! Luckily, it’s a fairly simple task to convert between these two formats and you don’t even have to install any additional software on your computer to do it.

If you don’t have Photoshop or some other photo editing software on your computer, you can use Paint to convert from BMP to JPG. Here’s how to do it:

First open Microsoft Paint by going to Start, All Programs, Accessories and then Paint.

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Now open the BMP file in Paint. Now all you have to do to save the file in JPG format is to simple do a Save As. Change the File Type drop down menu to JPG and click Save.

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Easy as heck! If for some ungodly reason you cannot access Paint on your computer or do not have it installed, you can still convert from BMP to JPG using a service called Zamzar, a free online file converting tool.

For Step 1, click Browse and choose the BMP file you want to convert. Next choose the format you want to convert the BMP to: gif, ico, jpg, pcx, png, ps, tga, or tiff. Enter your email address and after a little while you’ll get an email with a download link to your converted image file!

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You can also use Zamzar to convert from JPG to any other image file format, same for GIF, etc, etc. It’s a pretty amazing tool and it’s completely free. Enjoy!

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82 Responses to “How to convert BMP to JPG”

  1. kyanh said on : August 23rd, 2008 at 8:30 am

    convert foobar.bmp foobar.jpg

    convert is part of ImageMagick+


  2. angela said on : October 21st, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    It worked very good with “Paint ” . Thanks


  3. Tad said on : October 24th, 2008 at 8:47 am

    It worked perfectly! Thank you for the great advice!


  4. Erica said on : October 24th, 2008 at 9:36 am

    Easy as blinking! Grateful thanks!


  5. Steve said on : October 31st, 2008 at 1:36 pm

    Extremely frustrated until I came across this advice. Superb!

    Thanks.


  6. zagado26 said on : November 7th, 2008 at 11:47 am

    Works great with paint!
    Thanks!


  7. Tim said on : November 16th, 2008 at 11:24 pm

    Just what I needed for a quick conversion from BMP to JPEG. Worked great & no downloading of software! It’s all there,(in the PC) I just need to have help finding it.


  8. Silver Surfers said on : November 19th, 2008 at 11:25 am

    Thanks for the info, worked great with Paint, so easy when you know how. You will be our first port of call in the next storm, Silver Surfers.


  9. Freeman said on : November 25th, 2008 at 10:52 am

    This doesn’t work for Windows 98..


  10. Libby said on : December 5th, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    worked like a dream in Paint. Thanks!


  11. Gaby (RO) said on : January 21st, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    didnt work for me heeeeelp i press file and save as… but i dont find jpg help plzzz


  12. sure said on : February 28th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    Thanks a lotttttttttt


  13. MS said on : March 4th, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    I knew there had to be a better way; thanks for revealing it! Worked perfectly.


  14. dlkbc said on : March 14th, 2009 at 11:43 pm

    Thanks very much for your advice–worked well!


  15. jOsipinO said on : April 19th, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    thank you so much……………….=)


  16. Eg said on : May 13th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    I know this, but the thing is that I have to convert 300 BMP files to JPG!


  17. Glen Merrett said on : May 26th, 2009 at 11:47 pm

    Worked great with paint, thankyou


  18. anna said on : May 27th, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    thank you so much! The paint worked great!


  19. Kevin C said on : June 5th, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    I was aware of this and have been doing it with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer for a while now. The only problem is having to convert them by the thousands. Do you know of a way to convert from .bmp to .JPG in groups, instead of having to open each individual file?


  20. A said on : June 22nd, 2009 at 1:25 am

    You so saved me on this. Thanks!!!!


  21. Gandalf the Grey said on : July 20th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    The problem with every program I have tried so far is the date and time change to the date and time of the conversion. I need to keep the date and time correct any sugestions??


  22. Tom said on : July 26th, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    Thank you very much for this advice.


  23. Cazz said on : August 17th, 2009 at 2:36 am

    So simple. No stupid download required. Yeah!!


  24. Lucy said on : August 24th, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    My photographer for my wedding turned out to be a scam when I got married last year in Europe. BMP still images where made from the actual video, and were put on a CD. I had no way of printing out the pictures, until I found this website. Thanks for your advice, your a god send!


  25. Marilyn said on : August 25th, 2009 at 10:24 am

    Thank you so much for this tip! Very helpful!!!!


  26. typicaljess said on : September 9th, 2009 at 1:46 pm

    omg thank u! I was getting frustrated trying to convert from BMP to JPG, but this worked out fine! U R a life saver lol


  27. Sue said on : September 16th, 2009 at 3:14 pm

    Thanks you SO much! You made my day. I didn’t know it was so easy to convert from BMP to JPG!


  28. Crystal said on : September 23rd, 2009 at 9:52 am

    THANK YOU!! I thought this was going to be difficult, but it took all of 2 minutes. Genius!


  29. steve said on : September 30th, 2009 at 7:38 pm

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PAINT TIP!


  30. vicki moore said on : November 4th, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    Thank you! I was just about to spend $40 for software to convert from BMP to JPG when I have it for free in paint!


  31. ivani said on : November 12th, 2009 at 11:00 pm

    Thank you so much for being so helpful! i was hopping from one site to another looking for a BMP to JPG converter. And now i could do it in paint! Thanks a lot!


  32. john said on : November 30th, 2009 at 4:06 am

    Was about to throw my computer out the window before this advice. Converting between image formats should be a piece of cake! Thanks a lot!


  33. jessica said on : December 8th, 2009 at 3:00 pm

    Thanks! So easy to convert from BMP to JPG.


  34. frannzie said on : December 9th, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    I LOVE you! Your tutorial helped me convert BMP to JPG in a few mins! THANKS!!!!!!!!!


  35. Computer Guy said on : December 18th, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    OMG! thanks! you’re a life saver! i never thought it would be that easy!


  36. Lindsey said on : December 19th, 2009 at 10:33 pm

    Thank you so much or this explanation! This has been a HUGE help to me!!!!


  37. Keith Davis said on : December 20th, 2009 at 6:15 am

    Just what I needed. As simple as using paint! Can you do it with Adobe Fireworks? When I try to import a bmp file into Fireworks, it doesn’t seem to work. Guess I’ll have to use paint.


  38. Gary said on : December 25th, 2009 at 12:54 pm

    Thank You for helping me convert a BMP to a JPEG file, I was ready to give up and just delete the picure until I found this site.


  39. Melissa said on : December 29th, 2009 at 7:20 pm

    Wow, thanks! That was really helpful!!!


  40. shweta said on : January 11th, 2010 at 6:28 am

    thanku sooooooooo much i didnt know it was so simple to convert bmp to jgp!!!


  41. djelf102 said on : January 22nd, 2010 at 6:10 pm

    thanks, ur amazing! It’s so easy to convert from BMP to JPG thanks to you!


  42. redman said on : January 24th, 2010 at 3:27 pm

    I consider myself a fairly computer savy person, but didnt even think it was that easy to convert the file formats. Helped my alot. Learn something new everyday! Thanks a bunch!


  43. Pradeep said on : January 26th, 2010 at 3:56 am

    thanks! This is the simplest and easiest way to convert from BMP to JPG!


  44. Bill Mair said on : February 9th, 2010 at 4:05 am

    Wow! Very simple, free and it works like a dream. Many thanks


  45. Angela said on : February 10th, 2010 at 2:21 am

    WORKED WITH PAINT!! DIDNT HAVE TO COMPLETE THAT STUPID DOWNLOAD!


  46. jodie said on : February 15th, 2010 at 4:24 am

    OMG You just saved my life!


  47. preeti said on : February 23rd, 2010 at 10:45 am

    Hey, thanks a lot.that was a cool tip, saved a lot of time too.


  48. ravi said on : February 27th, 2010 at 3:18 am

    Worked great. Thank you very much for that simple thing

    Saved my time


  49. Julia said on : March 2nd, 2010 at 2:24 pm

    Thank you for the easy tip! Converted to jpg easily with MS Paint and happy not to have to download any new software to do it!


  50. Lina said on : March 14th, 2010 at 5:09 pm

    Thank you a million for the tips, simple way to convert from BMP to JPG.


  51. Wendy said on : March 15th, 2010 at 7:27 am

    Thanks very much for the tip! Really useful :o )


  52. Sarag said on : March 16th, 2010 at 8:06 am

    Thank you SO MUCH! Very helpful – you are a star!


  53. Shelley said on : March 21st, 2010 at 12:14 am

    Brilliant- thank you so much for that helpful information. Worked perfectly on paint


  54. Steve said on : April 4th, 2010 at 7:51 am

    Simply Thank You !!!;D


  55. lapaz said on : April 8th, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    Thanks TONS!!!


  56. Tiffany P. said on : April 15th, 2010 at 7:01 am

    Thanks so much! Have been trying to figure this out forever!


  57. Vimal said on : April 20th, 2010 at 2:55 am

    Absolutely phenomenal!. I have been so dumb trying to download photoshop or other software. The truth is we dont realize that the least could turn out to be the most important. Thanks in abundance.


  58. Brenda said on : April 21st, 2010 at 6:35 pm

    Thank You Thank You! Very easy to figure out, even I could do it!


  59. frances d said on : April 26th, 2010 at 9:43 am

    Invaluable guide, thank you so much.


  60. Vocal Booth Store said on : April 28th, 2010 at 6:49 pm

    Awesome thanks!!


  61. Lisa said on : May 7th, 2010 at 8:08 am

    Thank you so much! This worked perfectly and it did not cost me a dime….


  62. DIANA H said on : May 7th, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    THANK YOU SO MUCH I WAS ABLE TO GET PICS CONVERTED FROM FAMILY’S IPHONES TO JPEG FOR PRINTING…GREAT!


  63. Tiffany said on : May 8th, 2010 at 1:56 pm

    So quick and so easy!!! Thanks!


  64. Gary said on : May 20th, 2010 at 9:47 am

    This was a lifesaver! I had a bunch of pictures emailed to me by my son of my newborn grandaughter that I could not send on to my photo lab due to the BMP format. Your instructions were easy to follow and the problem was solved! Thank you!


  65. Tim said on : May 20th, 2010 at 3:41 pm

    Thanks so much! the paint worked perfectly :) The key was right clicking the bmp and Open With paint. I needed to make Walgreene prints and they ONLY recognize jpg. So thanks again!


  66. Landrum said on : May 21st, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    Thanks brother…that was really easy…saved me a lot of time.


  67. Enma Ai said on : June 8th, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    Thank-you so much, I am clueless about computers!


  68. S. Parker said on : June 9th, 2010 at 11:06 pm

    I am trying to use pictures saved in BMP format in Windows Movie Maker. My jpeg files are clear, but the BMP files are blurry when viewed full screen. I opened them in paint and converted to jpeg format, but they still appear blurred in Movie Maker?? Any ideas?


  69. Hugo said on : June 17th, 2010 at 4:14 am

    Thank you for your help, but I’m losing 700kb when converting Bitmap to JPG. How come and can we do something about it?
    Thanks in advance for your reactions/answers,

    Hugo.


  70. Ed said on : June 24th, 2010 at 3:04 pm

    Thank you. Worked wonderfully. Nice of you to post.


  71. Laura said on : June 25th, 2010 at 2:04 pm

    This is one of the simplest and most useful pieces of advice I have ever found on the internet. Thank you!


  72. dannyboy said on : June 30th, 2010 at 12:16 am

    Thanks a lot, with Paint, I was able to convert to JPG in no time!


  73. jon said on : June 30th, 2010 at 2:16 am

    Very helpful and so easy. THANK YOU!


  74. Ck said on : July 6th, 2010 at 11:51 am

    Thank You!!!


  75. jen said on : July 30th, 2010 at 7:21 am

    OMG! It’s early in the morning, and you just made my day!!! I am thrilled that I found this info! Thank You!!

    It was easy to follow, and it worked! I wish more problems could be solved this quickly and painlessly!


  76. pagal ladki said on : September 4th, 2010 at 2:38 am

    Thanks a lot. I had no idea how to convert a BMP to JPG


  77. emma said on : September 4th, 2010 at 12:05 pm

    oh my god, thanks! this helped so much it was actually pretty fast for me.. i had taken pics on my cell then emailed them to my.. email (obviously, haha). but they were bitmap and i wanted to upload them to facebook, which requires jpeg. so this was super helpful(:


  78. R. D. said on : September 13th, 2010 at 11:50 am

    Thanks!! Paint was super easy to use!


  79. steven said on : November 9th, 2010 at 11:40 pm

    Awsome helped out a ton.. very good info


  80. R.G. said on : July 15th, 2011 at 11:27 am

    Awesome! Worked great. Thanks so much!!


  81. Chrissy said on : July 20th, 2011 at 3:12 am

    Thanks – so simple when you know how!


  82. SS said on : July 25th, 2011 at 7:38 am

    super thanks! ;)
    super easy. such a big help!


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