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#1 DSTM

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Posted 26 June 2009 - 07:55 AM

Hi Guys,I have a bitmap image, and want to change to JPEG.
Did know,but memory escapes me.
Remember PAINT being mentioned.
Thanks for any tips. :thumbsup:

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Posted 26 June 2009 - 09:50 AM

Yes, MS Paint can do it. Open the file in MS Paint. Then click File > Save As. Under the file type, set it to JPEG and save the file with a name.

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Posted 26 June 2009 - 10:51 AM

Thanks for that, aommaster.Much appreciated. :thumbsup:

I saved a JPG image, off the Net to my pictures,and when I opened,it had changed to a Bitmap File.
Why,I don't know,but now have a quick fix.
Thanks for the quick reply.

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Posted 26 June 2009 - 10:57 AM

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I saved a JPG image, off the Net to my pictures,and when I opened,it had changed to a Bitmap File.

That's usually caused by a number reasons:

Your Temporary internet files folder is near-to-full
The image that you're loading has a really long name
The image that you're loading as a number of strange characters in the name
The image that you're loading is so large, and combined with a slightly slow internet kidna corrupts the picture and is stored as a bitmap (I don't know why this happens, but I've noticed it happen to me before)

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Posted 27 June 2009 - 06:02 AM

aommaster, on Jun 27 2009, 01:57 AM, said:

I don't know why this happens, but I've noticed it happen to me before

It's something that happens if the browser decides it will have to save the image from memory, provoked by the type of conditions you mention, ie it's currently impractical to obtain a copy of the file in its original form. Regardless of the original file format, images are converted to bitmaps for screen display, so the browser saves what it already has there, a bitmap.

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Posted 27 June 2009 - 06:32 AM

Ahh that makes so much sense. I never really understood why it happened. All I knew is that the browser must have encountered a problem of some sort when trying to save it to the temp folder. Never really understood why.

Thanks for clarifying that :thumbsup:

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Posted 27 June 2009 - 06:35 AM

By the way, I have seen this happen to me but only in MS Internet Explorer. Never saw this happen in Firefox or Opera.

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Posted 27 June 2009 - 07:17 AM

Romeo29, on Jun 27 2009, 09:35 PM, said:

Never saw this happen in Firefox or Opera.

Neither have I, although I think I've only ever had it happen to me once using IE. I wonder if it would happen in Firefox if you set it to use the IE rendering engine?

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