Windows Bitmap
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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.
Name | Windows Bitmap |
|---|---|
| Short name | BMP |
| Developed by | Microsoft |
| Year | 1984 (version 1) 1998 (version 5) |
| Pros | Fast to encode |
| Cons | Large file size |
| Features | |
| Vector graphics | No |
| Raster image | Yes |
| Lossless | Yes |
| Animation support | No |
| Transparency support | Yes |
| Layers support | No |
| HDR | No |
| Maximum bit depth | 8-bit |
| CMYK support (for print) | No |
| Maximum number of channels | 4 (RGBA) |
| Commonly used for | Image editing |
| Browser support (without plugin) | |
| Google Chrome | No |
| Microsoft Edge | No |
| Safari | No |
| Firefox | No |
| Opera | No |
| Internet Explorer | No |
| Additional | |
| File extensions | .bmp .dib |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia.org/... |
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