What is a DDS file?
DDS file format was created by Microsoft and is associated with Direct Draw Surface.
DDS format was first introduced with DirectX 7.0 in September 1999. Over the years,
DDS file format was updated and extended. With DirectX 8.0 support for volume textures
was added, with Direct3D 10 was allowed an array of textures to be included. DDS file format is container format for storing data, compressed
with S3 Texture Compression algorithm and can be decompressed in hardware by Graphic
Processing Unit (GPU).
Because this format is useful for storing graphical textures and cubical environmental
maps as data files, compressed and uncompressed, commonly is used in gaming development
for enhancing user's gameplay experience.
How to open DDS files?
DDS Viewer is a free for use software tool. DDS Viewer can be used to open Microsoft
DirectDraw Surface files, display image preview and provide options to convert,
resize and save them in other most known image file formats as .jpg, .gif, .png
and others.
DDS format was created by Microsoft and introduced with DirectX 7.0. It is used
for storing textures and environments, compressed and uncompressed pixel formats
and can be used for storing Windows desktop backgrounds and wallpapers.
DDS or DirectDraw Surface today is a standard for storing data, compressed with
S3 Texture Compression (S3TC) algorithm. This makes the format useful for storing
graphical textures and cubic environment maps as a data file.
Requirements
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Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003;
Windows Server 2008; Windows XP; Windows Vista; Windows 7.
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Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (included in Windows XP
SP2, Vista, Windows 7).
What DDS Viewer can do?
- Zoom In/Out:
You can zoom in/out both with mouse and with slider control.
- Rotate image
Rotating image can be done 90 degrees clockwise or counter-clockwise, just with
clicking on arrow toolbars.
- Pan image
Pan image with the mouse.
- Resize image
On the top toolbar you can see the original image size. The original size can be
changed and the image can be resized with inserting new size parameters.
- Convert image
Opened DDS image file can be converted/saved in other image format as JPEG(.jpg),
Bitmap(.bmp), PNG(.png), GIF(.gif) and TIFF(.tiff).
Product Features
► Clean and Free
DDS File Viewer is a freeware and does not contain any form of malware, including
but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors.
► Stable and fast
DDS Viewer interface is simple and easy to use. Provides faster and stable work
of the application.
► User-friendly interface
DDS Viewer is very simple and easy for use. All you need is to open .dds file, zoom,
resize and save in other format if you want.