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The DDS format (also known as a Microsoft DirectDraw Surface file) is a raster graphics file format developed by Microsoft in 1999. This format usually stores data compressed with the Microsoft proprietary S3 Texture Compression (S3TC) algorithm, enabling users to compress pixel formats, single layer textures, cubic environment maps, and other texture arrays and volumetric data for DirectX applications. DDS files are great for retaining a fairly high image quality, although its use of lossy compression does mean that some data is invariably lost.
Typically DDS files are used in video game development, streaming, real-time 3D rendering, and virtual and augmented reality projects. Because the type of compression DirectDraw Surface files use is natively supported by most computer video cards, the loading times for this format are particularly swift. You can open or use DDS files in various programs such as Adobe Photoshop (with a DDS plug-in), GIMP, Apple Preview, XnViewMP, and 3D game engines.
Typically DDS files are used in video game development, streaming, real-time 3D rendering, and virtual and augmented reality projects. Because the type of compression DirectDraw Surface files use is natively supported by most computer video cards, the loading times for this format are particularly swift. You can open or use DDS files in various programs such as Adobe Photoshop (with a DDS plug-in), GIMP, Apple Preview, XnViewMP, and 3D game engines.
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Convert from DDS
Using Zamzar it is possible to convert from DDS to a variety of other formats
- dds to bmp (Windows bitmap)
- dds to gif (Compuserve graphics interchange)
- dds to jpg (JPEG compliant image)
- dds to pdf (Portable Document Format)
- dds to png (Portable Network Graphic)
- dds to tga (Truevision Targa Graphic)
- dds to tiff (Tagged image file format)
- dds to wbmp (Wireless Bitmap File Format)
- dds to webp (Lossily compressed image file)