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GIF to BMP converter

Convert GIF to BMP in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.

I want BMP
90%
Icon sizes
How to make the SVG

Tracing suits logos, icons and flat artwork and scales cleanly. Photos are better kept as pixels inside the SVG.

16
50%
Dither Scatters black dots to suggest gray, instead of a hard cut-off.
Advanced 5
Keep the animation For animated GIF, WebP and APNG sources. Turn off to save just the first frame.
Rotate
Mirror horizontally
Mirror vertically

For an exact width and height, use the Resize Image tool instead.

Bytes of your files sent anywhere: 0 B

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Read more about the GIF format and the BMP format, or see every image tool and all image conversions.

Should you convert GIF to BMP?

A safe conversion when BMP is what you need: both GIF and BMP keep every pixel, so the picture itself doesn’t change.

Bear in mind BMP is opens almost everywhere: it works in Windows, macOS and most editors, but few websites accept it.

GIF is a 256-color image format best known for short looping animations; BMP is an uncompressed grid of pixels. Use BMP only when a specific piece of software, a printer or an embedded device asks for it.

GIF and BMP compared
Property GIF BMP
Compression Lossless Uncompressed
Transparency Yes No
Animation Yes No
Support Opens everywhere Opens almost everywhere
Best for Short, silent loops and reaction images Old software and hardware that only understands raw bitmaps
Introduced 1987 1990

How to convert GIF to BMP

  1. 01

    Add your GIF

    Drop your GIF image onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.

  2. 02

    Check the settings

    The output is already set to BMP. Change the quality if you want to; the defaults suit most files.

  3. 03

    Save the BMP

    Press convert and save the BMP. Several files come back together as a ZIP.

What changes when GIF becomes BMP

Nothing is discarded

GIF and BMP both keep every pixel, so the picture survives the move intact. You can convert back and forth as often as you like without it degrading.

BMP can’t hold transparency

Any transparent area in the GIF has to become a solid color, because BMP has no alpha channel. The background setting decides which color; white suits documents and most uploads, but pick the color of the page it will sit on if you know it, because it can’t be undone later.

Animations become a still

BMP can’t move, so an animated GIF is saved as its first frame. Choose GIF or APNG instead to keep the animation.

Expect a much larger file

BMP is far bigger for the same content. Choose it because something needs BMP, not to send or store the file. GIF: A five-second animation can easily pass 10 MB. BMP: A 12-megapixel image is about 36 MB.

This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of GIF and BMP, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.

Why it doesn’t upload

Changing a picture’s format is work your browser already knows how to do. Sending your photos to a server first only adds waiting and risk, so nothing is sent.

How to check for yourself

Worth knowing

  • About the GIF. A few seconds of video as GIF is often ten times the size of the same clip as MP4, because GIF compresses each frame as a separate picture.
  • About the BMP. BMP looks like a safe “raw” choice, but a single photo can run to tens of megabytes and most sites refuse it.
  • DDS, PSD, EXR, XWD and JPEG 2000 are read by the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.

Questions

Will converting GIF to BMP lose quality?

No. GIF and BMP are both lossless, so every pixel is kept.

What happens to a transparent background when converting GIF to BMP?

BMP has no transparency, so transparent areas are filled with the background color you choose, white by default.

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