Saving an image as bmp file in Photoshop CS on Mac

Question

I have a Mac and I am trying to save my Photoshop CS5 extended file as a BMP. When I click save as the only ones available are Photoshop, Large Doc, Photoshop eps, JPEG, JPEG 2000, Photoshop DDF, Photoshop 2.0, Photoshop raw, Scitex, Tiff, and Photoshop DCS.

But there's no option to save as bmp. Is there a way I can save it like that?

Solution

Change your colour mode to RGB and 8 Bits/Channel (Image > Mode > RGB Color), then you should get the BMP option in the drop down box when you use 'Save As'.

Comments

[Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007]

Did this ever work for you in the past? Are you sure you're not referring to .BMP (bitmap) file?

[Karen]

Yes, it is a BMP

[Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007]

What format (color mode, bit-level, etc.) is your image set to in Photoshop? I don't think PS supports 32-bit BMPs, so if it's set to a 32-bit mode in PS, they may not offer BMP as a "save as" option.

[terdon]

I haven't used photoshop much, but BMP can't deal with transparency, layers or, as techie007 said, >8bit colors. Try flattening the image, and switching to 8bit palette mode .

[Simon Sheehan]

Why would you ever want to use BMP?

[Soonts]

He's having the issues because he doesn't have Windows.

[brevno]

It's also shown as an option in my version of Photoshop CS5 for OS X.

[Erik van der Neut]

This has nothing to do with Mac vs Windows. The BMP option is available if you have your color mode set to RGB and 8 Bits/Channel, independent of the operating system.