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?
53 Answers
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'.
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.
And, Photoshop does support BMP 32bit Images
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.
