Convert BMP to PNG
Convert BMP images to PNG free, in your browser. No upload, no account, no watermark.
Runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.Change the format. Drop an image, a PDF or a Word document.
- JPG · PNG · WebP · Text · Word
- Word
- PDF · Text
Your files are processed by your own browser and never sent to a server. Open your browser's network tab and convert one, there is no upload to see.
How to convert BMP to PNG
- Drop your BMP files onto the box above, or paste them with Ctrl+V.
- Pick a quality. Around 90% is indistinguishable from the original for most images.
- Your browser does the work on your own machine.
- Save each file from its tile, or take them all at once.
What changes, and what does not
Transparency is not gained
PNG can store transparency, but a BMP has none to give it. Converting cannot invent a transparent background; that needs an editor and a decision about which pixels should go.
Colour
BMP: 16.7 million, usually stored with no compression whatsoever. PNG: up to 16.7 million, plus 256 levels of transparency.
BMP and PNG side by side
| BMP | PNG | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it came from | 1987, as part of Windows | 1996, designed as a free replacement for GIF |
| Throws detail away | No, every pixel is kept | No, every pixel is kept |
| Transparency | No | Yes |
| Animation | No | No |
| Where it opens | Windows software. Rare on the web, because the files are enormous. | Everywhere, without exception, since the late nineties |
| Best at | Almost nothing today. It exists because old Windows tools still emit it. | Screenshots, logos, diagrams and anything with text or hard edges in it |
How much smaller will the file be?
Both formats keep every pixel, so the size depends entirely on the picture. Flat colour and hard edges compress well in either. A photograph is large in both, and neither is the right format for one.
Can I convert it back afterwards?
Yes. Neither format throws anything away, so the round trip returns the same picture, pixel for pixel.
About BMP
An uncompressed Windows format. Enormous files, no reason to keep them that way.
About PNG
Lossless and keeps transparency, at the cost of much larger photographs.
Will the quality change?
PNG is lossless, so nothing is thrown away in the encoding. If the BMP was itself lossy, its existing artefacts are preserved faithfully. Converting cannot recover detail that was already discarded, and the file will usually get considerably larger.
Other conversions
BMP also converts to JPG, WebP, AVIF, PDF and Word.
PNG also comes from HEIC, JPG, WebP, AVIF and GIF.