GURU Question?

[NOGILLS2]

I have a photo in BMP format and I want to change it to JPG. What method or program is needed to perform this?

Thanks

[StillJustJerry]

Open the file in MS Paint. Go to file/save as, and change the type to a jpg.

[hallzee]

Open the file in MS Paint. Go to file/save as, and change the type to a jpg.
You can do that, and it works quite well.

UP Side to jpeg: much smaller file size.
DOWN Side to jpeg: file can/will have a lot of pixilation "noise", resulting in a much less crisp appearance (lower quality picture).

[Gino]

I have a photo in BMP format and I want to change it to JPG. What method or program is needed to perform this?

Thanks

I use this (http://www.getpaint.net/) - one of my favorite pieces of freeware for Windows machines...

[kdog]

DOWN Side to jpeg: file can/will have a lot of pixilation "noise", resulting in a much less crisp appearance (lower quality picture).

I think that's a bit overstated. Jpeg has different quality level settings, and you would be hard-pressed to see any difference between a high quality jpeg and a bmp file. On the other hand, the space saved by the jpeg image, even at reasonably high quality levels, is huge.

Regards,
-joel

[dmatson]

It would also depend on the quality of the original photo I would think.