Documents conversion
Convert Markdown to BMP
Updated Jul 2026
Markdown is plain text, and BMP is a raster image, so converting means rendering your notes into a picture of how they look, not just changing a file extension. Open the Markdown file in a converter and export it as BMP. Doing this on your own computer means the text in your notes never has to leave it.
- Extension
- .md
- Type
- Documents
- Typically
- Docs, READMEs, notes
- Extension
- .bmp
- Type
- Images
- Typically
- Legacy Windows images
- Transparency
- None
Convert Markdown to BMP on your own computer. Nothing uploads.
How to convert Markdown to BMP
- Open Morphjet and drag in the Markdown file, or a whole folder of notes, you want to turn into images.
- Choose BMP as the output format.
- Convert. Morphjet renders each file into a bitmap and writes it next to the original, and nothing is uploaded anywhere.
Markdown vs BMP: what actually changes
| Markdown | BMP | |
|---|---|---|
| File size | Tiny, plain text | Large, uncompressed pixel data |
| Editable text | Yes, open it in any text editor | No, it's a fixed picture of the text |
| Searchable text | Yes | No, the words are pixels |
| Reflows to fit screen or window | Yes | No, locked at the size it was rendered |
| Opens everywhere | Yes, any text editor or Markdown viewer | Yes, any image viewer, including old Windows tools |
| Quality when enlarged | Not applicable, it's text | Gets blurry or blocky past its original size |
When to convert, and when not to
Convert Markdown to BMP when you need a fixed, uneditable picture of your notes, for example to paste into a document, drop into a legacy Windows program that only accepts bitmap images, or preserve exactly how a note looked at a point in time.
Keep the Markdown file if you still need to edit the text, search it, or let it reflow to different screen sizes, since none of that is possible once it's a bitmap.
Why not just use an online converter?
Notes and READMEs written in Markdown often hold things you wouldn't want on a stranger's server, drafts, internal docs, personal journal entries. An online converter has to receive the full text of your file to render it into an image. Converting on your own computer means that text is read, rendered, and saved locally, and never transmitted anywhere.
Questions
Does converting Markdown to BMP change how the text looks?
It fixes it. Whatever font and layout the converter uses to render the Markdown becomes permanent pixels in the image, so headings, lists, and links keep their visual structure but stop being actual text.
Can I still copy or search the text after converting to BMP?
No. Once it's a BMP, the words are part of the image, not text, so you can't select, copy, or search them the way you could in the original Markdown file.
Why would anyone convert Markdown to BMP instead of an image like PNG?
Mostly for compatibility with older software, some legacy Windows programs and embedded systems only accept BMP. Outside of that, BMP is a much bigger file for no real benefit over other image formats.
Will the BMP keep any of the Markdown formatting?
Visually, yes, headings, bold text, and lists still look the way they did. But the underlying structure is gone, it's just an image now.
Can this be done without uploading my notes anywhere?
Yes. A desktop app like Morphjet renders and saves the file on your own computer, so the text in your notes never travels over the internet.
Morphjet converts Markdown, BMP, and 1,800+ other formats, all on your machine. Launching this July.