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History of
Windows Bitmap
Last update
Oct. 3
rd
2021 4:06:49 PM
Creation date
Apr. 11
th
2011 11:49:06 PM
_wb_
on Oct. 3
rd
2021 4:06:49 PM
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Year
1984 (version 1)
1998 (version 5)
Vector graphics
no
Raster image
yes
_wb_
on Oct. 3
rd
2021 10:53:07 AM
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CMYK support (for print)
no
Maximum number of channels
4 (RGBA)
Maximum bit depth
8-bit
Pros
Fast to encode
Alexis
on Sep. 21
st
2020 9:42:55 PM
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Microsoft Edge
no
Alexis
on Sep. 21
st
2020 9:03:31 PM
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HDR
no
Bre Wight
on Mar. 13
th
2016 3:00:12 PM
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Commonly used for
Image editing
Pros
Uncompressed for perfect images
Near universal compatibility
Efficient compression (ZIP, etc.)
Seralive
on Apr. 11
th
2011 11:49:06 PM
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Mode
70
Name
Windows Bitmap
Viewer
public
Editor
public
Category
pratical
File extensions
.bmp .dib
Developed by
Microsoft
Lossless
yes
Short name
BMP
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format
Animation support
no
Licensed
no
Cons
Large file size
Transparency support
yes
Google Chrome
no
Safari
no
Opera
no
Firefox
no
Internet Explorer
no
Layers support
no
Description
BMP File Format as been widely used on Windows platform. Although it supports data compression and alpha channels, these features were not widely used as it was not supported by all image editors.
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Windows Bitmap
1998 (version 5)