OHaiMark Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Hello everyone, I've recently come across an image file with the ".BMX" extension. According to the scant information on it I could gleam from Google, it's apparently a type of bitmap meant specifically for storing animations. Using Paint.NET and normal photo viewers to open said file hasn't yielded any results, and while I've tried several third party image extraction tools, none have worked so far. I've tried to look through the hex code too, but I haven't yet found a way to properly do anything with it. If anyone knows of a way to potentially extract these .BMX files, it'd be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 My first thought was Irfanview....but it doesn't support that file type. Where did you pick up the file from? Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null54 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 From what I can find on Google that animation format is a BMP file with a different file extension. Try changing the file extension to .BMP, and see if that allows Paint.NET to read it. Quote Plugin Pack | PSFilterPdn | Content Aware Fill | G'MIC | Paint Shop Pro Filetype | RAW Filetype | WebP Filetype The small increase in performance you get coding in C++ over C# is hardly enough to offset the headache of coding in the C++ language. ~BoltBait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHaiMark Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, null54 said: From what I can find on Google that animation format is a BMP file with a different file extension. Try changing the file extension to .BMP, and see if that allows Paint.NET to read it. Thanks for your help, but unfortunately that doesn't seem to work. I receive this error when opening it after renaming the file: Application version: paint.net 4.1.5 System.ArgumentException: Parameter is not valid. at System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(Stream stream, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement, Boolean validateImageData) at PaintDotNet.Data.BmpFileType.OnLoad(Stream input) in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Data\BmpFileType.cs:line 95 at PaintDotNet.FileType.Load(Stream input) in D:\src\pdn\src\Data\FileType.cs:line 496 at PaintDotNet.Functional.Func.Eval[T1,TRet](Func`2 f, T1 arg1) in D:\src\pdn\src\Base\Functional\Func.cs:line 158 11 hours ago, Ego Eram Reputo said: My first thought was Irfanview....but it doesn't support that file type. Where did you pick up the file from? I believe it was originally from the archive of a CD game released in the early 2000s, but I can do some digging for more specific information in its origin. Edited January 22, 2019 by OHaiMark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyReZ Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) Some .BMX file information: https://filext.com/file-extension/BMX My research indicates that it is like an animated GIF and that it will open in XnView (With on site addon plugin it will read Paint.NET files) https://www.xnview.com/en/ Edited January 22, 2019 by HyReZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHaiMark Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 4 hours ago, HyReZ said: Some .BMX file information: https://filext.com/file-extension/BMX My research indicates that it is like an animated GIF and that it will open in XnView (With on site addon plugin it will read Paint.NET files) https://www.xnview.com/en/ I get the "Format of the file <pic1.bmx> could not be determined" error when attempting to open it with XnView. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyReZ Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) Can you open the file with an ascii text editor such as Notepad and see if there is some lead as to what app was use to create it? NOTE: I just found out that some graphics .BMX files are CAD documents . Edited January 23, 2019 by HyReZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHaiMark Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 3 minutes ago, HyReZ said: Can you open the file with an ascii text editor such as Notepad and see if there is some lead as to what app was use to create it? I can see the hexadecimal code by opening it with a text editor, but I'm not sure what to look for to see more information about the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyReZ Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Ok. I thought that there may some text in those character strings that look like real language that would lead to an app or company name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 See if the What's It plugin can shed any light on it. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHaiMark Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 13 hours ago, Ego Eram Reputo said: See if the What's It plugin can shed any light on it. No luck, I'm afraid. It keeps saying that the file type is either unknown or corrupted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHaiMark Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) 20 hours ago, HyReZ said: Can you open the file with an ascii text editor such as Notepad and see if there is some lead as to what app was use to create it? NOTE: I just found out that some graphics .BMX files are CAD documents . How would one view a CAD document? From what I can find on Google, it looks to be a format used by Autodesk modeling software. Edited January 23, 2019 by OHaiMark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyReZ Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 My CAD software is Deep Exploration by Right Hemisphere. Out of the few dozen file types that it will import, .BMX files are not one of them. I have a freeware CAD app called FreeCAD. It does not import .BMX files ether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyReZ Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I the the .BMX files for Alpha Five are database/spreadsheet information files. Siemens Mobile Phone .BMX files are 16 x 16 pixel graphic BMP animations for their phone The BMXdesign Co. .BMX files are CAD files in an Extended Bitmap Container I saw somewhere that a .BMX file format was used by a video game company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHaiMark Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) On 1/24/2019 at 1:25 AM, welshblue said: I don't know if it will work but this site says Microsoft Paint will open .bmx files ? https://www.file-extension.org/extensions/bmx Have you tried Alpha Five software ? Thanks for the advice, but unfortunately I get the same error with MS Paint, even if I change the file extension to a .BMP. I've seen Alpha Five software mentioned on sites with information about the file type, but I don't know how to acquire anything of theirs that could be used to view these BMX files. On 1/24/2019 at 6:29 AM, HyReZ said: I the the .BMX files for Alpha Five are database/spreadsheet information files. Siemens Mobile Phone .BMX files are 16 x 16 pixel graphic BMP animations for their phone The BMXdesign Co. .BMX files are CAD files in an Extended Bitmap Container I saw somewhere that a .BMX file format was used by a video game company Interesting. I recently found out that the .BMX file I was trying to open was originally taken from an unnamed THQ game, so that may be something of note. Which variety of CAD file are you referring to? EDIT: While I initially didn't think much of it, I now believe it's worth mentioning that the .BMX file I'm attempting to open was in an archive with several other files bearing the .BDF extension. I haven't found any relevant information about said extension so far, but I still think it could be a context clue if nothing else. Edited January 25, 2019 by OHaiMark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHaiMark Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, welshblue said: https://www.filedesc.com/en/app/xnview <<< these people say they can open .bmx . Worth a try ? I thought Excel for .BDF then I remembered it's .DBF that can be opened in that Unfortunately I've had no luck with XnView either. It could be that I set the program up incorrectly, but I'm still not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyReZ Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) .BDF files are FEMs (Finite Element Mesh)https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/520b/a3e0ce4a2d17493ab9bde7adbc4f2efc4034.pdf Engineering software such as MATLAB can open .DBF documents.https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html FreeCAD can also open .BDF files.https://www.freecadweb.org/ My guess is that those polygon meshes can be texture mapped for characters, objects, and landscapes. Edited January 25, 2019 by HyReZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HyReZ Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, OHaiMark said: Interesting. I recently found out that the .BMX file I was trying to open was originally taken from an unnamed THQ game, so that may be something of note. Which variety of CAD file are you referring to? A company called NovaLogic Inc. designed games that stored .BMX files. It was sold to THQ Nordic.https://www.thqnordic.com/article/thq-nordic-acquires-all-novalogics-franchises NovaLogichttp://www.novalogic.com Edited January 25, 2019 by HyReZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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