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and WMF: Uniquely Windows Graphic Files BMP (Bitmap) files, as is the case with the Macintosh's PICT files, are not well-suited for much more than on-screen viewing. The language used to create them is pretty basic and this type of image doesn't hold up very well on a professional imagesetter. BMP files are, as you might have guessed, bitmap images and employ what is known as Device Independent Bitmap (DIB). DIB means that colors are represented that is independent of the final output device. When a DIB image is seen on-screen or printed, the device's driver translates the colors into colors that that device can display. Most people use these kinds of images for the background of their Windows desktop. WMF (Windows Metafile) files are
also pretty primitive in their design, but can contain either bitmap or
vector images. This
format is used largely for transferring image files between Windows programs
and in on-screen presentation
programs. They can be particularly useful in that you can create an
invisible area of a piece of artwork so that part of the art will disappear
once inserted into a presentation. However, this format can be tricky
and image colors can shift. I would suggest using a GIF
or a JPEG instead.
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the BMP and WMF image file formats are very unique to the Windows platform.
It's pretty rare that you'll find either on a Macintosh system. Neither
of these formats are very useful in the production of professional 
