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%Begin BMP and DIB Files Explained & How to Open Them GA S REGULAR Menu Lifewire Tech for Humans Newsletter! Search Close GO Software & Apps &gt; File Types <h1> What Are BMP and DIB Files?</h1> <h2> How to open and convert a BMP or DIB file</h2> By Tim Fisher Tim Fisher Senior Vice President & Group General Manager, Tech & Sustainability Emporia State University Tim Fisher has more than 30 years&#39; of professional technology experience. He&#39;s been writing about tech for more than two decades and serves as the VP and General Manager of Lifewire.
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%Begin BMP and DIB Files Explained & How to Open Them GA S REGULAR Menu Lifewire Tech for Humans Newsletter! Search Close GO Software & Apps > File Types

What Are BMP and DIB Files?

How to open and convert a BMP or DIB file

By Tim Fisher Tim Fisher Senior Vice President & Group General Manager, Tech & Sustainability Emporia State University Tim Fisher has more than 30 years' of professional technology experience. He's been writing about tech for more than two decades and serves as the VP and General Manager of Lifewire.
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lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on October 26, 2021 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email File Types File Types Apps Windows MS Office Linux Google Drive Backup & Utilities Design Cryptocurrency A file with the BMP file extension is a Device-Independent Bitmap Graphic file, and may, therefore, be called a DIB file for short. They're also known as bitmap image files or just bitmaps. BMP files can store both monochrome and color image data in various color/bit depths.
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lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on October 26, 2021 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email File Types File Types Apps Windows MS Office Linux Google Drive Backup & Utilities Design Cryptocurrency A file with the BMP file extension is a Device-Independent Bitmap Graphic file, and may, therefore, be called a DIB file for short. They're also known as bitmap image files or just bitmaps. BMP files can store both monochrome and color image data in various color/bit depths.
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DIB and BMP files aren't truly identical because the two have different header information.

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Although most BMPs are uncompressed and so are fairly large, they can optionally become smaller through lossless data compression. This format is very common, so common in fact that many seemingly proprietary image formats are actually just renamed BMP files! XBM and its newer XPM format are two image formats that are similar to DIB/BMP.
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Although most BMPs are uncompressed and so are fairly large, they can optionally become smaller through lossless data compression. This format is very common, so common in fact that many seemingly proprietary image formats are actually just renamed BMP files! XBM and its newer XPM format are two image formats that are similar to DIB/BMP.
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DIB and BMP files aren&#39;t truly identical because the two have different header information. <h2> How to Open a BMP or DIB File </h2> The Device-Independent Bitmap Graphic file format is free from patents, so many programs provide support for opening and writing to the format.
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DIB and BMP files aren't truly identical because the two have different header information.

How to Open a BMP or DIB File

The Device-Independent Bitmap Graphic file format is free from patents, so many programs provide support for opening and writing to the format.
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This means that most graphics programs like Paint and Photo Viewer in Windows, IrfanView, XnView, GI...
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This means that most graphics programs like Paint and Photo Viewer in Windows, IrfanView, XnView, GIMP, and more advanced programs like Adobe Photoshop and Corel PaintShop Pro, can all be used to open BMP and DIB files. Apple Preview, Apple Photos, and ColorStrokes can open BMP files on macOS.
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This means that most graphics programs like Paint and Photo Viewer in Windows, IrfanView, XnView, GIMP, and more advanced programs like Adobe Photoshop and Corel PaintShop Pro, can all be used to open BMP and DIB files. Apple Preview, Apple Photos, and ColorStrokes can open BMP files on macOS.
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Since the .DIB file extension isn't as widely used as .BMP, we assume there may be some other non-graphics-related programs that use files that have a .DIB file extension. In that case, we suggest opening the file as a text document with&nbsp;a free text editor&nbsp;to see if there's any text within the file that can be helpful in finding out what type of file it is and what program was used to create it. Considering the very wide support for the BMP/DIB format, you probably already have at least two, maybe several, programs installed that support files that end in one of these extensions.
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Since the .DIB file extension isn't as widely used as .BMP, we assume there may be some other non-graphics-related programs that use files that have a .DIB file extension. In that case, we suggest opening the file as a text document with a free text editor to see if there's any text within the file that can be helpful in finding out what type of file it is and what program was used to create it. Considering the very wide support for the BMP/DIB format, you probably already have at least two, maybe several, programs installed that support files that end in one of these extensions.
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While it&#39;s great to have options, you probably prefer one program in particular for working with these files. If the default program that's currently opening BMP and DIB files is not the one you'd like to use, see How to Change File Associations in Windows for steps on what to do. <h2> How to Convert a BMP or DIB File </h2> There are lots of free image converter programs that convert BMP files to other image formats like PNG, PDF, JPG, TIF, ICO, etc.
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While it's great to have options, you probably prefer one program in particular for working with these files. If the default program that's currently opening BMP and DIB files is not the one you'd like to use, see How to Change File Associations in Windows for steps on what to do.

How to Convert a BMP or DIB File

There are lots of free image converter programs that convert BMP files to other image formats like PNG, PDF, JPG, TIF, ICO, etc.
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You can even do so in your web browser with the online image converters FileZigZag and Zamzar. Some BMP converters may not let you open a file that has the .DIB file extension, in which case you can use alternatives like CoolUtils.com, Online-Utility.org, or Picture Resize Genius. If you're looking to create a .DIB file by converting a picture into the DIB format, you can do that with the free online AConvert converter.
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You can even do so in your web browser with the online image converters FileZigZag and Zamzar. Some BMP converters may not let you open a file that has the .DIB file extension, in which case you can use alternatives like CoolUtils.com, Online-Utility.org, or Picture Resize Genius. If you're looking to create a .DIB file by converting a picture into the DIB format, you can do that with the free online AConvert converter.
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<h2> Still Can&#39 t Open It </h2> If your file isn&#39;t opening with these image viewers, it&#39;s possible that you&#39;re misreading the file extension. BML (Bean Markup Language), BMF (FloorPlan), DIF (Data Interchange Format), DIZ, DB, and DIC (Dictionary) files share common letters with DIB and BMP files, but that doesn't mean they can open with the same software. Was this page helpful?
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If your file isn't opening with these image viewers, it's possible that you're misreading the file extension. BML (Bean Markup Language), BMF (FloorPlan), DIF (Data Interchange Format), DIZ, DB, and DIC (Dictionary) files share common letters with DIB and BMP files, but that doesn't mean they can open with the same software. Was this page helpful?
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