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.

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.

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!

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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43 Responses to “How to convert BMP to JPG”

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

convert foobar.bmp foobar.jpg

convert is part of ImageMagick+

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

It worked very good with “Paint ” . Thanks

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

It worked perfectly! Thank you for the great advice!

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

Easy as blinking! Grateful thanks!

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

Extremely frustrated until I came across this advice. Superb!

Thanks.

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

Works great with paint!
Thanks!

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.

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.

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

This doesn’t work for Windows 98..

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

worked like a dream in Paint. Thanks!

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

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

Thanks a lotttttttttt

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.

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

Thanks very much for your advice–worked well!

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

thank you so much……………….=)

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!

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

Worked great with paint, thankyou

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

thank you so much! The paint worked great!

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?

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

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

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??

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

Thank you very much for this advice.

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

So simple. No stupid download required. Yeah!!

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!

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

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

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

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!

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!

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

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PAINT TIP!

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!

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!

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!

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

Thanks! So easy to convert from BMP to JPG.

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!!!!!!!!!

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!

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!!!!

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.

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.

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

Wow, thanks! That was really helpful!!!

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!!!

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!

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!