Open DDS file

The most commonly used .dds file type: DirectDraw surface textures

What is dds file? Understanding and opening dds files

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.dds file type #1: DirectDraw surface textures

You can identify textures in the DirectDraw Surface format by the specific dds extension.

Further details

DDS file, or DirectDraw Surface file, is a raster image file format used for storing textures and cubic environment maps in Microsoft's DirectX API.

It is commonly used in game development and 3D rendering because it supports compressed and uncompressed pixel formats. The DDS file format is useful for storing graphical textures and cubic environment maps as a data file, both compressed and uncompressed.

This makes the format useful for storing graphical textures that can be natively used in DirectX applications, such as games.

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DirectX

API from Microsoft

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Paint.NET

A free photo and image editor

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GIMP

A free graphics and photo editor and authoring tool

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GIMP for Linux

GNU Image Manipulation Program

.dds file type #2: XMap XData dataset

A dds file extension is related to the XMap XData dataset format.

Further details

The dds file extension is used by the XMap, a set of tools for managing XMap GIS databases for Microsoft Windows operating system, developed by DeLorme.

The dds file contains dataset.

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Xmap

Xmap is a set of tools for managing XMap GIS databases

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