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I need to convert TIFFs to BMPs using CopyRaster from ascii to raster output TIFFs. I am not sure how to define the "outRaster" so that it will convert the rasters to BMP. I'm guessing that the line of code which I denote below needs additional consideration.

import os,arcpy,glob

rasterpath = r"C:\VMshared\small_example_valley2\snowdepthout"
outFolder = r"C:\VMshared\small_example_valley2\snowrast"
rasterList = glob.glob(rasterpath + "/*.tif")

for rasterFile in rasterList:
    outRaster = os.path.join(outFolder, rasterFile + "bmp") #THIS LINE??
    arcpy.CopyRaster_management(rasterFile,outRaster,"#","-3.402823e    +038","NONE","NONE","8_BIT_UNSIGNED","ScalePixelValue","NONE")

***NOTE - The code below works to convert to jpg or bmp although I would guess some syntax is missing.

import os,arcpy,glob

arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\VMshared\small_example_valley2\snowtest2"
outFolder = r"C:\VMshared\small_example_valley2\snowtest3"

for rasterFile in arcpy.ListRasters("*.tif"):

    oName, oExt = os.path.splitext(rasterFile + ".jpg")
    outRaster = os.path.join(outFolder, oName + ".jpg") 
    arcpy.CopyRaster_management(rasterFile,outRaster,"#","#","-9999","NONE","NONE","8_BIT_UNSIGNED","NONE","NONE")
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outRaster = os.path.join(outFolder, rasterFile + "bmp") #THIS LINE??

should be 

outRaster = os.path.join(outFolder, rasterFile + ".bmp") #THIS LINE??

instead of using glob perhaps use the inbuilt arcpy.ListRasters:

rasterpath = r"C:\VMshared\small_example_valley2\snowdepthout"
outFolder = r"C:\VMshared\small_example_valley2\snowrast"
arcpy.env.workspace = rasterpath 
for rasterFile in arcpy.ListRasters("*.tif"):
    oName, oExt = os.path.splitext(rasterFile)
    outRaster = os.path.join(outFolder, oName+ ".bmp") # take off .tif and replace with .bmp
    arcpy.CopyRaster_management(rasterFile,outRaster,"#","-3.402823e    +038","NONE","NONE","8_BIT_UNSIGNED","ScalePixelValue","NONE")

Copy Raster only needs you to set the file extension correctly for the file formats that it will do

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  • I have a question about defining the in/out folders-- your code specifies the workspace as my original out folder which is empty, and 'outFolder' is not defined. If I would like to have separate in and out folders, how would I set the workspace/s?
    – AF2k15
    Jan 15, 2015 at 20:21
  • Sorry for my late reply, I've just come back from holiday. Yes, you're right, the arcpy.env.workspace is the folder (or geodatabase) that has the rasters to be processed, sorry I must have copy-pasted the wrong path as I slowly degenerated into holiday mode. Normally I would use sys.argv[n] or arcpy.GetParameterAsText(n) to set in and out and run the tool from batch file, command prompt or ArcCatalog toolbox. I'll fix up that path to avoid confusion.
    – Michael Stimson
    Jan 27, 2015 at 22:00
  • Thanks for the direction Michael, I will try post what code I've settled on as an edit to my original post.
    – AF2k15
    Jan 28, 2015 at 2:54

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