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OCR: 4 4 2 SECTION CHAPTER 8 BITMAP GRAPHICS FORMATS Are there different kinds of bitmap graphics? Many graphics file formats exist and most graphics software offers choice of popular for- mats such as BMP RAW PCX TIFF JPEG GIF and PNG BMP pronounced "bee-em- -pee or dwnq. is the native bitmap graphics file format of the Microsoft Windows environment Microsoft Paint, included FIGURE 8.28 as part of Microsoft Windows, creates BMP graphics files The BMP format Digital cameras use sensor supports True Color and can be used for a wide variety of graphics applica- array to capture an image The tions such as photographs, illustrations and graphs. BMP files are not sensor is packed with millions of compressed in any way so this format typically creates very large files that light sensitive cells that ...