And it becomes a sub-function in Windows system. Later, Microsoft migrates it to Windows environment. The prototype of PCX is introduced by ZSOFT Company and appeared in commercial software package of PC PAINBTUSH, which was used for painting. There is a development process of this image file formation. PCX is short for Personal Computer Exchange. This will result in files being very large. BMP file is suitable for the wallpaper in Windows.īMP supports the color depth from 1 to 24.īMP format is widely compatible with existing Windows programs ( especially older programs ).īMP doesn't support compression. In order to ensure the quality of photographic images, you can use JPEG, TIFF or PNG file format. All in all, Windows bitmap file format has more disadvantages than advantages. It doesn't support file compression and doesn't be applied to Web pages. Windows bitmap file format is compatible with other Microsoft Windows programs. Typical BMP image files consist of three parts: bitmap header data structure ( it includes type and display information of BMP image files ), bitmap information data structure ( it includes width, height and compression method of BMP image ), custom colors and other information.īMP ( Windows Bitmap ) can use any color depth ( from black and white to 24-bit color ) to store single raster image. When you choose BMP files to store data, the order of scanning image is from left to right and from bottom to top.īecause BMP is a standard file format of exchanging data related with map in Windows environment, graphic and image software running in the Windows environment support BMP image format. BMP file image depth can be 1 bit, 4 bit, 8 bit and 24 bit. It doesn't use any other compression in addition to optional image depth. Common storage formats are bmp, jpg, tiff, gif, pcx, tga, exif, fpx, svg, psd, cdr, pcd, dxf, ufo, eps, ai, raw and so on.īitmap, ( full name of BMP ) which is widely used, is a hardware device-independent image file format. Image format is the format of pictures stored in computer.
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