DDS Converter
Convert DDS files online for free.
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How to Convert a DDS file?
- Click the “Choose Files” button to select your DDS files.
- Then select a target format and click the "Convert" button
- Once the conversion finishes, click the "Download" button to save the file.
Convert Any File
FreeConvert supports 500+ file formats. Simply upload your DDS files and select a popular file format to convert them to. Easily share your DDS files (in a widely supported format) after conversion.
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We use both open-source and custom software to make sure our conversions are of the highest quality. In most cases, you can fine-tune conversion parameters using “Advanced Settings” (optional).
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Our DDS converter is free and works on any web browser. We guarantee file security and privacy. Files are protected with 256-bit SSL encryption and automatically deleted after 8 hours.
DirectDraw Surface (DDS) is a Microsoft container format for storing textures used by DirectX games and 3D applications. DDS files hold image data already compressed in a GPU-friendly scheme such as S3TC/DXT or BCn, so a graphics card can use them directly without decoding. A single DDS can also contain mipmaps, cube maps, and volume textures.
How to open a DDS file?
DDS does not open in standard photo viewers. The usual options are Paint.NET, which supports DDS out of the box, and GIMP, which includes a DDS import and export plugin.
XnView MP and IrfanView can preview DDS quickly, while Adobe Photoshop handles them through Intel's Texture Works plugin. Game modders often use Microsoft’s DirectXTex utilities. To simply view the artwork, convert it with our DDS to PNG tool.
Developed by: Microsoft
Initial Release: 1999
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