HELP! JPEG turns into BMP

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 3:00 pm

While building a website,?@I came across this problem. I downloded some of pictures (free, legal material: no nakedness or drooling involved), which were JPEG or GIF files, but some of them turned into bitmap files. When I tried again (right click and save as option), I found there's only saving in bmp option available. I can't use bmp for my webpage background. Why can't I download them in JPEG or GIF as they originally are?

Any advice welcomed. Thanks in advance.

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 3:06 pm

off the top of my head, I'm thinking you can rename the files (whatever.bmp to whatever.jpg [.jpeg,.gif]. Otherwise, can't say I'm too knowledgable in such image formats. Seems strange a .jpg d'loaded from the web would only save in a .bmp format.

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 3:07 pm

Have you tried right-clicking on the originals to see if you have an option for saving in JPG format? If not, whatever pic app you have may include no assocations for JPEGs.

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 4:01 pm

Hello, guys.

Thanks for the quick reply.

there's no option other than bmp available when I saved those pictures. It is strange because I could download and save in JPEG/GIF before from any sites available.

I found I could change bmp pictures into jpeg by opening them with Paint, and save them separately. I don't know if changing .bmp into .jpg is enough. So, now I can work on these pictures,?@though it is rather annoying to go through that process each time I download pictures.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 12:22 am

Originally posted by Minerva
While building a website,?@I came across this problem. I downloded some of pictures (free, legal material: no nakedness or drooling involved), which were JPEG or GIF files, but some of them turned into bitmap files. When I tried again (right click and save as option), I found there's only saving in bmp option available. I can't use bmp for my webpage background. Why can't I download them in JPEG or GIF as they originally are?

Any advice welcomed. Thanks in advance.

Check this out if you use Internet Explorer

Worked for me.

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 4:03 am

Xandax, I tried them, and it didn't work this time (I thought that would solve the problem). However, I finally found the solution in Google search (where else?): Delete all the temporary internet files. Apparently, when the cache is full, the IE saves jpeg files bmp. Kind of irony because jpeg images are usually a lot smaller than the same images in bmp format.

Thanks everyone for the help.

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 4:33 am

Originally posted by Minerva
Xandax, I tried them, and it didn't work this time (I thought that would solve the problem). However, I finally found the solution in Google search (where else?): Delete all the temporary internet files. <snip>

Well - actually deleting the temp. internet files is also what it says in the link

It's step 2 out of the 3 (well ... 4, but the 4th dosen't count) listed

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 6:09 am

Originally posted by Xandax
Well - actually deleting the temp. internet files is also what it says in the link
It's step 2 out of the 3 (well ... 4, but the 4th dosen't count) listed

Sorry, Xan.

It's all sorted thanks to you, then.

Now, I'm trying to fill up the empty temp internet files all over again...