Windows Bitmap

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.

Voir le tableau comparatif de référence Formats de fichiers images les plus utilisés

	BMP
Avantages	Uncompressed for perfect images Near universal compatibility Efficient compression (ZIP, etc.)
Inconvénients	Large file size
Fonctionnalités
Format sans perte	Oui
Support animation	Non
Support de la transparence	Oui
Support des couches	Non
HDR	Non
Développé par	Microsoft
Utilisations communes	Image editing
Navigateurs supportés (sans plugin)
Google Chrome	Non
Microsoft Edge	Non
Safari	Non
Firefox	Non
Opera	Non
Internet Explorer	Non
Autre
Extensions	.bmp .dib
Wikipédia	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format