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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?

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    Did this ever work for you in the past? Are you sure you're not referring to .BMP (bitmap) file? Aug 17, 2012 at 23:51
  • Yes, it is a BMP
    – Karen
    Aug 18, 2012 at 0:02
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    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. Aug 18, 2012 at 0:04
  • 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 .
    – terdon
    Aug 18, 2012 at 0:32
  • Why would you ever want to use BMP? Aug 18, 2012 at 4:54

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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'.

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Not sure how or why you're having issues, but I am able to save a multilayer image with transparencies as a BMP while using Adobe Photoshop CS5e. Of course, the transparency will go away with a BMP, but I still at least have the option.

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And, Photoshop does support BMP 32bit Images

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    He's having the issues because he doesn't have Windows.
    – Soonts
    Aug 18, 2012 at 4:03
  • It's also shown as an option in my version of Photoshop CS5 for OS X.
    – Lri
    Aug 19, 2012 at 10:10
  • 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. Sep 27, 2015 at 3:36
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This works under Mac on Photoshop CS6. Set the color mode to RGB and 8 Bits/Channel. You can then save as BMP. You'll get the BMP options dialog once you save.

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