Hi Ron, I have a quite a few pictures attached to my family tree and at least 90% of them I have saved in the bmp format, I do not know a lot about pictures. Is there an easy way to change my bmp format to the .jgp format and by changing the format will this affect the quality of the pictures. Leo
There is a free program called IrfanView available at www.tucows.com.
It is excellent for converting bmp's to jpg's because it offers a batch mode (under File on the menu).
I have used this program for several years and have never noticed any visible image degradation, and I usually shrink my photos to 20% of their original size while I am converting them so I can email them to those on dial-up. However, as long as you keep your original bmp's (which I strongly recommend), if you did notice any degradation, you could just do the conversion again with different settings.
If you are leery of downloaded software, you can always use Windows Paint (included with Windows under Accessories) to convert them one at a time - open the bmp, click File, then Save As, and in the file type select jpg.
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