Aperture won't import .bmp files

I just set up Aperture (v. 1.5.4), and imported from iPhoto Library. All the .jpegs and .tiffs transferred over, but the .bmp files didn't. I tried to manually import them, but when I selected the folder they're in for import, the .bmp files didn't even show up as possible selections. They're there, but Aperture doesn't recognize them.
Any way around this?

"Compatible with all major still image formats
JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, PDF, PSD(2)"
Note that BMP is not in that list, probably because it's a relatively rare image format these days.
Your only way around this is to convert the files into another format. This is actually quite easy using Automator.
1. Open Automator, click on Preview in the Library pane and drag a 'Change Type of Images' action into the main area.
2. If you want to over-write the BMP files, don't add a copy action when Automator asks. I'd recommend leaving the copy action in and pointing it towards another folder.
3. Pick a file format to convert to, such as JPEG. Note that there aren't any compression options.
4. File>Save as Plug-in... and choose Finder from the drop-down menu. Give it a sensible name such as 'convert to JPEG' and this will now turn up in the Automator part of the contextual menus in the Finder.
From now on whenever you want to convert a file to a JPEG, right-click on it and choose Automator>(whatever you named the action) and all selected files that you clicked on will be converted.
Ian

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