History of Windows Bitmap

Last update 2024-08-18 11:21:36

Creation date 2011-04-11 23:49:06

Seralo on 2024-08-18 11:21:36
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format
Seralo on 2024-08-18 11:13:07
Descrizione
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.
_wb_ on 2021-10-03 16:06:49
Year
1984 (version 1)
1998 (version 5)
Vector graphics
no
Raster image
yes
_wb_ on 2021-10-03 10:53:07
CMYK support (for print)
no
Maximum number of channels
4 (RGBA)
Maximum bit depth
8-bit
Vantaggi
Fast to encode
Alexis on 2020-09-21 21:42:55
Microsoft Edge
no
Alexis on 2020-09-21 21:03:31
HDR
no
Bre Wight on 2016-03-13 15:00:12
Commonly used for
Image editing
Vantaggi
Uncompressed for perfect images
Near universal compatibility
Efficient compression (ZIP, etc.)
Seralive on 2011-04-11 23:49:06
Mode
70
Nome
Windows Bitmap
Viewer
public
Editor
public
Category
pratical
File extensions
.bmp .dib
Developed by
Microsoft
Lossless
yes
Nome corto
BMP
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMP_file_format
Animation support
no
Licensed
no
Svantaggi
Large file size
Transparency support
yes
Google Chrome
no
Safari
no
Opera
no
Firefox
no
Internet Explorer
no
Layers support
no
Descrizione
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.