Windows Bitmap Graphic

You can view Windows Bitmap Graphic (.bmp, .dib) files. You can also save files to these formats.

Windows Bitmap Graphic is the standard graphic file format for the Windows operating system and is developed by Microsoft. Most graphics and imaging applications support the creation and display of the .bmp format. The files contain either color or black-and-white bitmap (raster) data and the format was developed for storing bitmap files in a device-independent bitmap (DIB) format allowing display on any type of display device.

The Device Independent Bitmap (DIB) is the format used to store bitmaps in .bmp files. However, you are able save DIB files to memory.

These files exist in two different formats:

• OS/2 Format. BMP is the native bitmap file format of OS/2

• Windows Format