How to Create a Bitmap
Perhaps you are wondering just what a bitmap is and what you need to do to create one. A bitmap is a type of digital picture that is made up of small rectangles of colors within a grid. Those small rectangles are called pixels, and the filename ends with ".bmp". If you have a need to create a bitmap from an image, such as a digital photo, here are a few ways that you can accomplish this. Most pictures from digital cameras are JPEG files (.jpg) and can be easily converted by several software programs.
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Things You'll Need
- Computer
- Digital Editing Software (already on most computers)
- Optional: Internet connection
Instructions
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How to Create a Bitmap
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Check your computer to see if you already have an image editing software program that came installed on your computer. For example, if you have Microsoft Office on a PC, you will have a program called "Paint". (There are many programs that also are installed with the software that comes with digital cameras and even photo development and printing services.) First, click on the green "start" button at lower left on your desktop, then "All Programs" with the green arrow next to it. Select "Accessories", then look for the program called "Paint" and double click it to start the program.
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Click on "File" on the menu bar at top, then "Open" and select the image you want to make a create a bitmap out of.
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Go back again to "File" then "Save As". At the bottom of that window you will see two boxes. One box reads "File Name", which you can keep as is or change to a new name. The box below reads "Save As Type" and will have an arrow on the right side. If you click on the arrow, a drop-down menu will appear in which you have several choices, including "Bitmap (.bmp)" Select the bitmap type and click "Save". You now have an image saved or created as a bitmap.
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Check all the programs that you have if you don't have Microsoft Paint, because there are many image editing programs that will work in almost exactly the same simple way to save images as bitmaps. Some examples are Microsoft Photo Editor, Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Google's free Picasa and the freeware Gimp that will perform many other functions as well and enable you to edit and manipulate images.
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Check the additional resources below to download one of the freeware image editing programs if you don't have one already on your computer.
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Tips & Warnings
In all of the software programs, just open the file and save it as a bitmap image in the steps outlined above,
