# Converting BMP to JPEG.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-bmp-to-jpeg/141476>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 9, 2002, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-bmp-to-jpeg/141476 "2002-12-09T07:47:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![CelraySoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@CelraySoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelraySoda)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-bmp-to-jpeg/141476/1 "2002-12-09T07:47:26Z")

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How do I convert a BMP image to JPEG?  
-M

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**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-bmp-to-jpeg/141476/2 "2002-12-09T07:52:29Z")

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If you have Microsoft Paint you can open your picture and Save As a .jpg.

There are a couple of utilities on the web that can help you out as well, like Infran View which you can download here:

[http://www.afflictionguild.com/media/downloads/iview315.zip](http://www.afflictionguild.com/media/downloads/iview315.zip)

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**Author:** ![CelraySoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@CelraySoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelraySoda)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-bmp-to-jpeg/141476/3 "2002-12-09T07:54:01Z")

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Nice…thanks.

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**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-bmp-to-jpeg/141476/4 "2002-12-09T08:13:57Z")

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Just to clarify **Glory** ’s point, Microsoft Paint is a freebie that comes with Windows.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-bmp-to-jpeg/141476/5 "2002-12-09T12:36:38Z")

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MSPaint does it but is very basic and does not allow any adjustments. With Irfanview you can adjust the compression level and do a million things you cannot do with Paint. If it is a one time thing, then just use Paint but if you want something better, then download Irfanview. BTW, they both complement each other and I use them both regularly.