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Bitmap Sharpener

World's Simplest Bitmap Tool

This is a free and fast online utility that sharpens BMP (bitmap) images. You can use the configuration options below to sharpen the full image or focus the effect on a custom rectangular or oval selection. Extra options allow you to set the sharpening strength, apply the effect outside the chosen area, and fine-tune the selection's position, size, and rotation. Created by graphics designers from team Browserling.

Bitmap Sharpener

World's Simplest Bitmap Tool

This is a free and fast online utility that sharpens BMP (bitmap) images. You can use the configuration options below to sharpen the full image or focus the effect on a custom rectangular or oval selection. Extra options allow you to set the sharpening strength, apply the effect outside the chosen area, and fine-tune the selection's position, size, and rotation. Created by graphics designers from team Browserling.

Tool Options

Sharpen Selection Shape

Apply sharpening within a rectangle-shaped selection.
Apply sharpening within an ellipse-shaped selection.
Keep the selected area unchanged and sharpen the outside region.

Sharpen Strength

How strongly to sharpen the selected bitmap pixels.
Try smaller values for a natural result and larger values for extra crisp pixels.

Placement and Size

Horizontal start position.
Vertical start position.
Sharpening area width.
Sharpening area height.
Empty fields expand the sharpening area across the entire bitmap.

Sharpen Selection Angle

Set the rotation angle for the sharpening selection.

What Is a Bitmap Sharpener?

This free online browser-based program makes BMP (bitmap) images look sharper, clearer, and more defined. It processes the selected bitmap pixels to bring out fine details such as lettering, fabric texture, small patterns, and slightly soft photo features. You can apply sharpening to the entire BMP or limit the effect to a custom part of the image. The sharpening area can be rectangular or oval, and it can be moved, resized, and rotated with the mouse in the input preview. For exact placement, use the left, top, width, height, and rotation options. Leaving all area fields empty sharpens the whole bitmap, while leaving some position or size fields empty lets the area naturally expand across the available image space. If the selected area should stay unchanged and everything around it should become sharper instead, enable the invert option. The strength setting controls how intense the sharpening effect is: small values add a light crispness, and stronger values create a more pronounced, extra-sharp bitmap look. The output stays in BMP format and can be saved as a sharpened bitmap file. Bmp-abulous!

What Is a Bitmap Sharpener?

This free online browser-based program makes BMP (bitmap) images look sharper, clearer, and more defined. It processes the selected bitmap pixels to bring out fine details such as lettering, fabric texture, small patterns, and slightly soft photo features. You can apply sharpening to the entire BMP or limit the effect to a custom part of the image. The sharpening area can be rectangular or oval, and it can be moved, resized, and rotated with the mouse in the input preview. For exact placement, use the left, top, width, height, and rotation options. Leaving all area fields empty sharpens the whole bitmap, while leaving some position or size fields empty lets the area naturally expand across the available image space. If the selected area should stay unchanged and everything around it should become sharper instead, enable the invert option. The strength setting controls how intense the sharpening effect is: small values add a light crispness, and stronger values create a more pronounced, extra-sharp bitmap look. The output stays in BMP format and can be saved as a sharpened bitmap file. Bmp-abulous!


Bitmap Sharpener Examples

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Sharpen a Coca-Cola Bottle Cap

In this example, we place a circular sharpening area over a Coca-Cola bottle cap and increase the sharpness to 100%. This makes the cap much clearer as the main focus of the bitmap: the water droplets gain a crisp, bead-like structure, the red metal edge becomes better defined, and the white logo stands out more cleanly against the glossy surface. (Source: Pexels.)

Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Apply sharpening within an ellipse-shaped selection.
Keep the selected area unchanged and sharpen the outside region.
How strongly to sharpen the selected bitmap pixels.
Horizontal start position.
Vertical start position.
Sharpening area width.
Sharpening area height.
Set the rotation angle for the sharpening selection.
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Sharpen the Right Half of Lettuce Leaves

In this example, we sharpen only the right half of a bitmap photo of green lettuce leaves. To do this, we start the sharpening region at the center of the image, at position 200, 0, and leave the width and height fields empty, letting the program automatically extend the effect area to the right and bottom edges. We use a high sharpness value of 130%, which makes the leaf veins and fine fibers much more pronounced, while the left half remains unchanged for an easy side-by-side comparison. (Source: Pexels.)

Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Apply sharpening within a rectangle-shaped selection.
Keep the selected area unchanged and sharpen the outside region.
How strongly to sharpen the selected bitmap pixels.
Horizontal start position.
Vertical start position.
Sharpening area width.
Sharpening area height.
Set the rotation angle for the sharpening selection.
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Sharpen Berry Trays Around One Selection

In this example, we use inverted sharpening on a bitmap with trays of raspberries and blackberries. We select one rectangular blackberry tray, rotate the selected area by 16 degrees counterclockwise to match the tray's angle, and then sharpen everything around that selected tray. As a result, the other raspberry and blackberry trays become clearer while the chosen tray stays unchanged. We use a mild 60% sharpness setting to gently emphasize the natural berry details. (Source: Pexels.)

Required options
These options will be used automatically if you select this example.
Apply sharpening within a rectangle-shaped selection.
Keep the selected area unchanged and sharpen the outside region.
How strongly to sharpen the selected bitmap pixels.
Horizontal start position.
Vertical start position.
Sharpening area width.
Sharpening area height.
Set the rotation angle for the sharpening selection.

All Bitmap Tools

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Quickly convert an opaque bitmap to a transparent bitmap.
Quickly substitute one color for another in a bitmap.
Quickly find all colors in a bitmap and extract them.
Quickly change the number of bits used by every BMP pixel.
Quickly turn a color bitmap into a grayscale bitmap.
Quickly animate a bitmap sprite sheet.
Quickly convert an animation into a bitmap sprite sheet.
Quickly blur an area of a bitmap.
Quickly sharpen an area of a bitmap.
Quickly pixelate an area of a bitmap.
Quickly create a bitmap file from random, colorful pixels.
Quickly change the width/height of a bitmap.
Quickly select a region from a bitmap.
Quickly rotate a bitmap by any angle.
Quickly flip a bitmap image horizontally.
Quickly flip a bitmap image vertically.
Quickly add a border around or inside a bitmap.
Quickly delete a border that surrounds a bitmap.
Quickly create a byte array from a BMP image.
Quickly create a BMP image from a byte array.
Quickly convert RGB bitmap colors to BGR channel order.
Quickly convert BGR bitmap colors to RGB channel order.
Quickly create a BMP image by mapping text symbols to colored pixels.
Quickly convert a BMP file to the base-64 encoding.
Quickly convert base-64 encoding to a BMP file.

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Edit and Draw Bitmaps

Create and edit bitmaps in your browser.

Compress a Bitmap

Make a bitmap smaller in size.

Uncompress a Bitmap

Convert a compressed bitmap to a raw RGB pixel bitmap.

Swirl a Bitmap

Create a swirl of any radius in a bitmap.

Make Bitmap Black and White

Reduce all bitmap colors to just black and white.

Merge Bitmaps

Join two or more bitmaps together.

Overlay Bitmaps

Place two or more bitmaps on top of each other.

Split a Bitmap

Split a bitmap into multiple independent bitmaps.

Extract a Bitmap Fragment

Extract one or more selected areas from a bitmap.

Duplicate a Bitmap

Make copies of bitmaps and paste them together.

Skew a Bitmap

Skew a bitmap by an arbitrary angle.

Shift a Bitmap

Shift a bitmap to the left or right.

Convert Bitmap to Webp

Convert a BMP to a Webp.

Convert Webp to Bitmap

Convert a Webp to a BMP.

Convert Bitmap to PNG

Convert a BMP to a PNG.

Convert PNG to Bitmap

Convert a PNG to a BMP

Convert Bitmap to JPEG

Convert a BMP to a JPG.

Convert JPEG to Bitmap

Convert a JPG to a BMP.

Convert Bitmap to BPG

Convert a BMP to a BPG.

Convert BPG to Bitmap

Convert a BPG to a BMP.

Convert GIF to Bitmap

Save GIF frames as BMP images.

Convert BMP to GIF

Convert a bitmap to a single-frame GIF.

Convert Bitmap to Data URI

Create a Data URL scheme of a bitmap.

Convert Data URI to Bitmap

Convert a Data URL scheme back to a bitmap image.

BitBlt Bitmaps

Bit Blit two or more BMPs.

Replace Bitmap Color Index

Put a new color table in a BMP.

Print Bitmap Color Index

Extract the color table of a BMP.

Print Raw Bitmap Pixels

Extract raw RGB pixels from a BMP and print them out as text.

Convert Raw RGB to BMP

Create a bitmap image from raw RGB pixels.

Randomize Bitmap Color Index

Randomly rearrange colors in the BMP color table.

Optimize a Bitmap

Reduce a BMP's memory footprint.

Destroy a BMP

Destroy parts of a bitmap and make it glitchy.


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We're Browserling — a friendly and fun cross-browser testing company powered by alien technology. At Browserling, we love to make people's lives easier, so we created this collection of online bitmap tools. Our BMP tools have the simplest possible user interface and work directly in your browser without downloads or installations. You can use them to edit bitmap images, change BMP bit depth and colors, resize bitmaps, create transparent BMPs, work with bitmap pixels and byte arrays, and much more. Behind the scenes, our bitmap tools are powered by our web developer tools that we've created over the years. Check them out!

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