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JPG to BMP Converter

Turn JPG files into BMP in a couple of clicks. The universal lossy photo format. Uncompressed raster bitmap. Large but simple. The conversion is lossless — every pixel, sample or byte in the source is preserved.

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Drop your files here

JPG files (.jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif) · up to 120 MB each

or paste files from your clipboard

Ready when you are

Drop a JPG file above and FileTools360 will turn it into BMP — right here on your device, without uploading anything.

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How to use it

  1. 1

    Add your JPG files

    Drag them onto the upload area, choose them from your device, or paste them from your clipboard. You can queue several at once.

  2. 2

    Adjust the settings if you want to

    The defaults suit most people. Open Advanced to control dimensions, rotation and metadata removal.

  3. 3

    Convert and download

    Press Convert. Everything happens on your own device — nothing is uploaded. Download files one by one, or grab them all as a ZIP.

JPG and BMP explained

JPEG is a lossy image format designed for photographs. It works by discarding detail the human eye is least likely to notice, particularly in colour and in smooth gradients, which is why it compresses photos far better than it compresses text or line art.

BMP stores pixels essentially raw, with little or no compression. A 1920×1080 BMP is around 6 MB regardless of what the picture contains, because every pixel takes the same space whether it is part of a gradient or a flat colour.

Where JPG files come from
Digital cameras, phone screenshots on Android, and essentially every photo on the pre-2015 web.
Where BMP is used
Legacy Windows software, some scientific and industrial imaging tools.

JPG vs BMP

The two formats solve different problems, which is why converting between them involves trade-offs rather than a straight upgrade.

JPG compared with BMP
PropertySourceTarget
CompressionLossyUncompressed
TransparencyNoNo
AnimationNoNo
Introduced19921990
Browser supportOpens everywhere — every browser, OS and device.Broad, though rarely the best choice today.
JPG is stronger at
Opens on literally every device, browser and application ever made. Small files for photographic content. Adjustable quality, so you control the size/fidelity trade-off.
BMP is stronger at
Trivially simple to read and write. No compression artefacts whatsoever. Still readable by very old software.

Why convert JPG to BMP?

People make this switch when they run into the limits of JPG: the image has transparency, sharp edges, text, or you plan to edit and re-save it repeatedly. BMP is the better fit when a legacy application specifically requires it.

Be aware of the size trade-off: BMP is uncompressed, so expect the converted file to be considerably larger than the JPG you started with.

JPG limitations that prompt the switch
No transparency — there is no alpha channel at all. Visible artefacts around sharp edges and text. Every re-save degrades the image further (generation loss).
What you give up
Enormous files. No standard support for transparency in most variants.

Does converting JPG to BMP reduce quality?

Going from JPG to BMP moves already-compressed data into a format that stores it exactly. Nothing is lost from this point on, but nothing is recovered either — the detail JPG discarded when the file was first created is gone permanently. Expect a noticeably larger file for identical visual quality.

Saving a JPEG at 100% quality is still lossy — it is a large file that has been through the same discarding process, not a lossless copy.

About these formats

Source

JPEG Image

The universal lossy photo format.

Extensions
.jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jfif
MIME type
image/jpeg
Best for
Photographs · Email and messaging · Maximum compatibility
Compatibility
Opens everywhere — every browser, OS and device.

Target

Windows Bitmap

Uncompressed raster bitmap. Large but simple.

Extensions
.bmp, .dib
MIME type
image/bmp
Best for
Legacy Windows software · Raw pixel exchange
Compatibility
Broad, though rarely the best choice today.

Converting JPG to BMP cannot restore detail that the original encoder already discarded. It preserves exactly what is there today — nothing more.

Good to know

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