.dds file: how to open it on Windows
31 Windows apps register the .dds extension. Install one of them to open the file with a double-click.
About the format
- Format
- DirectDraw surface
- MIME type
- image/x-dds
- PRONOM identifier
- fmt/1040
Format data: freedesktop.org shared-mime-info and PRONOM (The National Archives, UK).
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paint.netAn image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows.
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ImageGlassA lightweight, versatile image viewer
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IrfanViewFast and compact image viewer and converter
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MPV (Official CI build, MSVC)A free (as in freedom) media player for the command line. It supports a wide variety of media file formats, audio and video codecs, and subtitle types.
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RenderDocA stand-alone graphics debugging tool
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PicView100% free and open source picture viewer
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Mod OrganizerAn open source mod manager for various PC games.
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XnView MPProfessional Image Viewer & Photo Management
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ImagineImagine Freeware Image & Animation Viewer for Windows
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HoneyviewA fast, powerful, and free image viewer.
- GIMP
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
- GIMP
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
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SageThumbsA powerful shell extension allowing to preview enormous amount of image formats directly in Windows Explorer.
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ImageGlass (MSI)A lightweight, versatile image viewer
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qViewAn image viewer designed with minimalism and usability in mind.
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DirectX Texture AssemblerTexassemble is a command-line tool from Microsoft's DirectXTex library, designed for assembling and processing texture arrays, cubemaps, volume maps, and other complex texture types.
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DirectX Texture ConverterThis DirectXTex sample is an implementation of the texconv command-line texture utility from the legacy DirectX SDK utilizing DirectXTex rather than D3DX.
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DirectX Texture Diagnostic ToolTexdiag is a diagnostic command-line tool from Microsoft's DirectXTex library, designed for analyzing and debugging texture files (e.g., DDS, PNG, TGA).
- Okular
The Universal Document Viewer
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Quick Picture ViewerLightweight, versatile desktop image viewer for Windows. The best replacement for the default Windows photo viewer.
- PicPick
All-in-one design tool for everyone
- XnView
Best Photo Viewer, Image Resizer & Batch Converter for Windows.
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FICture2Fast and lightweight image viewer with DirectX rendering
- 爱奇艺万能播放
Super Powerful Video Player
- BandiView
A New Standard for Image Viewers
- Easy2Convert PNG to DDS
A small freeware utility for converting Portable Network Graphics files (.png) to DirectDraw Surface files/textures (.dds) easily and quickly.
- DDS Viewer
A free tool to open, view and convert DirectDraw Surface (DDS) image files.
- PVRTexTool
PVRTexTool gives you a wide array of tools and features for pre-processing your textures for efficient rendering, giving you more time to make your textures look as good as they should.
- Okular (AppX / Portable)
The Universal Document Viewer
- PicPick
All-in-one design tool for everyone
- Vovsoft Batch Image Resizer
Easily resize images, photos and pictures with this lightweight mass image resizer software. Simple and powerful, it resizes and converts images, one by one or in batch mode. Images can be resized in bulk.
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