DirectDraw Surface
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DirectDraw Surface (DDS) is an image file format developed by Microsoft. It is associated with DirectX and related APIs. Some video game graphics use this format. Images may be uncompressed, or use one of several compression algorithms.
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Identification
DDS files begin with ASCII characters "DDS
" (hex 44 44 53 20
).
Specifications
- Microsoft's Reference for DDS
Software
- ImageMagick (read-only)
- DDS Plugin for GIMP
- NVIDIA DDS Utilities