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SVG to BMP Converter — Free, Online, No Upload

That legacy Windows tool will finally accept your logo — convert the SVG to BMP and move on.

Free · no signup2 free files a day100% in-browser · no upload
Size:
of the width and height set in the SVG — pick before you add the file

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How to convert SVG to BMP online

  1. 1

    Drop your SVG file

    Drag your Scalable Vector Graphics file onto the box above, or click it to pick a file.

  2. 2

    Wait a few seconds

    Conversion starts on its own and runs on your device, not on a server.

  3. 3

    Download your BMP

    Click Download to save the Bitmap Image File file.

SVG vs BMP: format overview

SVG

Scalable Vector Graphics

W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) · 1999

Compression
none
Color depth
unlimited (vector)
Transparency
Yes
  • ✓ Resolution-independent — scales to any size without quality loss
  • ✓ Text-based XML — searchable and editable
  • ✗ Not suitable for photos
BMP

Bitmap Image File

Microsoft · 1987

Compression
none
Transparency
No
  • ✓ No compression — original pixel data preserved
  • ✓ Universal Windows support

BMP magic bytes: 42 4D

Why convert SVG to BMP?

SVG is a vector format that lives naturally in web browsers and modern design tools. BMP is the opposite: an uncompressed raster format that lives in legacy Windows software, older industrial applications, and tools built before modern image formats existed. The reason to convert SVG to BMP is almost always software compatibility — a specific application requires BMP and doesn't accept SVG or more modern formats.

Windows Paint, older resource editors, certain CNC software, label printers, and legacy industrial tools often require BMP as their input format. Some older Windows application frameworks only have BMP loading built in. If you're integrating a graphic into one of these systems, converting the SVG to BMP is the path of least resistance.

Before converting, you need to decide the output pixel dimensions — SVG is infinitely scalable, but BMP is a fixed-size raster. Choose the actual pixel size the application expects (check its documentation). Once rasterized to BMP, the image can't be scaled up without losing sharpness. BMP files will also be large: a 512×512 BMP is about 768 KB of uncompressed pixel data. For screen display in legacy apps that's usually fine; just don't plan to send BMP files over email or upload them to web services where size matters.

Quality & file size: SVG to BMP

Typical sizes: SVG 5–50 KB (simple logo); BMP 35–40 MB (12MP photo).

Both formats keep every pixel, so the BMP looks the same as the SVG.

Frequently asked questions

What resolution will the BMP output be?
The pixel size comes from the SVG's width and height attributes (512×512 if it has none), times the 1×–4× size you pick before adding the file.
Can I set a custom size for the BMP output?
Partly: pick 1×, 2×, 3× or 4× above the drop area. For an exact pixel size, change the SVG's width and height attributes before converting.

Your SVG file never leaves this tab — FormatDrop has no endpoint that receives file data. How it works