diff --git a/src/viewer2d/Viewer2D.js b/src/viewer2d/Viewer2D.js
index 14df97a..458af4b 100644
--- a/src/viewer2d/Viewer2D.js
+++ b/src/viewer2d/Viewer2D.js
@@ -823,45 +823,85 @@ export class Viewer2D {
 
             // If embedded image texture (BMP/DIB) is present, render it as a 3D Plane Mesh!
             if (imageDataUrl) {
-              const img = new Image();
-              img.onload = () => {
-                try {
-                  const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
-                  canvas.width = img.naturalWidth || img.width || 100;
-                  canvas.height = img.naturalHeight || img.height || 100;
-                  const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
-                  if (ctx) {
-                    ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
-                    const imgData = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
-                    const pixels = imgData.data;
-                    // Ensure all alpha values are opaque (255) for GDI 32bpp BMPs
-                    for (let i = 3; i < pixels.length; i += 4) {
-                      pixels[i] = 255;
-                    }
-                    ctx.putImageData(imgData, 0, 0);
+              try {
+                // Pure-JS BMP decoder — works in ALL browsers (Brave/Firefox don't support data:image/bmp in <img>)
+                const decodeBmpDataUrl = (dataUrl) => {
+                  const b64 = dataUrl.split(',')[1];
+                  const bin = atob(b64);
+                  const buf = new Uint8Array(bin.length);
+                  for (let i = 0; i < bin.length; i++) buf[i] = bin.charCodeAt(i);
 
-                    const texture = new THREE.CanvasTexture(canvas);
-                    texture.colorSpace = THREE.SRGBColorSpace;
-                    texture.needsUpdate = true;
-                    const planeGeom = new THREE.PlaneGeometry(width, Math.abs(height));
-                    const planeMat = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
-                      map: texture,
-                      side: THREE.DoubleSide,
-                      transparent: false,
-                    });
-                    const mesh = new THREE.Mesh(planeGeom, planeMat);
-                    mesh.position.set(minX + width / 2, minY + Math.abs(height) / 2, z + 10);
-                    this._group.add(mesh);
-                    this._renderer.render(this._scene, this._camera);
+                  const dv = new DataView(buf.buffer);
+                  // BITMAPFILEHEADER (14 bytes)
+                  const sig = String.fromCharCode(buf[0], buf[1]);
+                  if (sig !== 'BM') throw new Error('Not a BMP file');
+                  const pixelOffset = dv.getUint32(10, true);
+                  // BITMAPINFOHEADER (40 bytes, starts at offset 14)
+                  const bmpWidth  = dv.getInt32(18, true);
+                  const bmpHeight = dv.getInt32(22, true); // positive = bottom-up
+                  const bitCount  = dv.getUint16(28, true);
+                  const absH = Math.abs(bmpHeight);
+                  const flipY = bmpHeight > 0; // bottom-up storage
+
+                  const cvs = document.createElement('canvas');
+                  cvs.width = bmpWidth;
+                  cvs.height = absH;
+                  const ctx2 = cvs.getContext('2d');
+                  const imgData = ctx2.createImageData(bmpWidth, absH);
+                  const px = imgData.data;
+
+                  if (bitCount === 32) {
+                    const bpr = bmpWidth * 4;
+                    for (let y = 0; y < absH; y++) {
+                      const srcRow = flipY ? (absH - 1 - y) : y;
+                      const srcOff = pixelOffset + srcRow * bpr;
+                      const dstOff = y * bmpWidth * 4;
+                      for (let x = 0; x < bmpWidth; x++) {
+                        const s = srcOff + x * 4;
+                        const d = dstOff + x * 4;
+                        px[d]     = buf[s + 2]; // R (BMP stores BGR)
+                        px[d + 1] = buf[s + 1]; // G
+                        px[d + 2] = buf[s];     // B
+                        px[d + 3] = 255;        // A — GDI 32bpp has zeroed alpha padding
+                      }
+                    }
+                  } else if (bitCount === 24) {
+                    const stride = Math.ceil(bmpWidth * 3 / 4) * 4; // row padded to 4 bytes
+                    for (let y = 0; y < absH; y++) {
+                      const srcRow = flipY ? (absH - 1 - y) : y;
+                      const srcOff = pixelOffset + srcRow * stride;
+                      const dstOff = y * bmpWidth * 4;
+                      for (let x = 0; x < bmpWidth; x++) {
+                        const s = srcOff + x * 3;
+                        const d = dstOff + x * 4;
+                        px[d]     = buf[s + 2];
+                        px[d + 1] = buf[s + 1];
+                        px[d + 2] = buf[s];
+                        px[d + 3] = 255;
+                      }
+                    }
                   }
-                } catch (err) {
-                  console.error('Failed rendering CanvasTexture for OLE image:', err);
-                }
-              };
-              img.onerror = (err) => {
-                console.error('Failed loading OLE imageDataUrl:', err);
-              };
-              img.src = imageDataUrl;
+                  ctx2.putImageData(imgData, 0, 0);
+                  return cvs;
+                };
+
+                const bmpCanvas = decodeBmpDataUrl(imageDataUrl);
+                const texture = new THREE.CanvasTexture(bmpCanvas);
+                texture.colorSpace = THREE.SRGBColorSpace;
+                texture.needsUpdate = true;
+                const planeGeom = new THREE.PlaneGeometry(width, Math.abs(height));
+                const planeMat = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial({
+                  map: texture,
+                  side: THREE.DoubleSide,
+                  transparent: false,
+                });
+                const mesh = new THREE.Mesh(planeGeom, planeMat);
+                mesh.position.set(minX + width / 2, minY + Math.abs(height) / 2, z + 10);
+                this._group.add(mesh);
+                this._renderer.render(this._scene, this._camera);
+              } catch (err) {
+                console.error('Failed rendering CanvasTexture for OLE image:', err);
+              }
             } else {
               // Draw diagonal cross + overlay label fallback
               pushSeg(minX, minY, maxX, maxY, z, color);