Textures saved in DDS format (DirectDraw surface) can be exported to any other common bitmap format, including PNG. This is usually done with a dedicated conversion utility (for example DDS Converter), but may also be done with some graphics editors like Photoshop with a proper plugin installed.
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Conversion of dds file format to png file format beta
Search for dds to png converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert DirectDraw surface data to Portable Network Graphic file.
We have found 6 software records in our database eligible for .dds to .png file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert dds to png on Windows
Adobe Photoshop
One of the best bitmap graphic editing program
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from dds file | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
to png file | Yes, Adobe Photoshop supports png file conversion as a target file type. | Yes | Yes | png editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned dds to png. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
3D Coat
A 3D modeling tool
Paint.NET
A free photo and image editor
DDS Converter
A converter for DirectDraw surface images
Multiplatform software 
- convert dds to png on any platform
XnView MP
A popular utility for viewing and converting graphic files
XnConvert
A cross-platform batch image transcoder compatible with 500 picture image formats
Additional links: Open dds file, Open png file
DDS
Files with dds extension can be usually encontered as 3D textures from DirectDraw Surface format.
PNG
Files with png extensions are commonly used for Portable Network Graphic files. PNG is a bitmap image mainly used on web pages.
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