July 26, 2025
Tech Tip #82: My Picture’s a TIFF and the Program Needs a JPG
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy!
Q: My picture file is a .bmp and I need a .jpg. What do I do?
A: Blogs and wikis and lots of online sites won’t accept .bmp image files. I no longer even save pictures in that format because so much of what I do is collaborative, which means online.
If you have an image you want to use, but it’s in this .bmp format, here’s what you do:
- Open it in MS Paint (which comes with Windows) or Photoshop
- save-as a .jpg.
That’s it. Problem over.
