Convert GIF to BMP
Free · no signup · no watermark · nothing is stored · batch up to 20 files
Drop your GIF files here
or click to choose — up to 20 at once
Select GIF fileThis runs entirely in your browser. The file never leaves your machine and nothing is uploaded. Need test files? Try our free sample files.
This free GIF to BMP converter turns your .gif images into .bmp files. GIF is capped at 256 colours, which makes photographs look banded and posterised.
Because browsers cannot write BMP, this one runs on our server: the file is converted in memory and sent straight back. It is never written to disk, never logged and never stored.
How to convert GIF to BMP
- Drop your GIF files onto the box above, or click it to choose from your computer. Up to 20 at once.
- The conversion starts as soon as the file is read — there is nothing to configure.
- Download each converted file, or pick them up one by one from the list.
What changes when you convert GIF to BMP
BMP has no transparency. Anything transparent in your GIF is composited onto a white background, which is the usual expectation but worth knowing if your image was designed to sit on a colour.
Only the first frame of an animated GIF is converted. Still formats have no way to hold an animation.
GIF and BMP compared
| GIF | BMP | |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graphics Interchange Format | Windows Bitmap |
| Extension | .gif | .bmp |
| MIME type | image/gif | image/bmp |
| Compression | Lossless | Lossless |
| Transparency | Yes | No |
GIF: Limited to 256 colours with single-bit transparency, which makes it poor for photographs and fine for flat graphics. Still the most widely supported animation format.
BMP: Uncompressed raw pixels, which makes the files enormous and the format trivial to parse. Mostly encountered coming out of legacy Windows software and scanners.
Frequently asked questions
How do I convert GIF to BMP?
Drop your .gif file onto the box on this page and the .bmp file is ready to download in a second or two. There is no signup, no email, no watermark and no file limit beyond about 4 MB per upload — larger images are re-encoded smaller in your browser first, and the page says so when that happens.
Is this GIF to BMP converter free?
Yes, completely, with no account, no trial and no watermark on the output. We are a consultancy and these tools exist because we needed them ourselves; there is nothing to buy on this page.
Are my files uploaded anywhere?
This one has to run on our server, because browsers cannot write BMP. The file is converted in memory and returned immediately — it is never written to disk, never logged and never stored. If that is not acceptable for your file, use a desktop tool instead.
Will converting to BMP reduce the quality?
BMP has no transparency. Anything transparent in your GIF is composited onto a white background, which is the usual expectation but worth knowing if your image was designed to sit on a colour.
Can I convert several GIF files at once?
Yes, up to 20 files in one go. Drop them all onto the box together and each one appears in the results list with its own download button.
Found a problem, or something that could be better? We read every message and we fix things quickly.
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