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DirectDraw surface data
File type: Game file, Bitmap image file
Files with dds extension can be usually encontered as 3D textures from DirectDraw Surface format.
Found 2 different file type records with the same dds filename suffix.
File type category:
Game file
Bitmap image file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
File extension dds is used for DirectDraw Surface format, a 3D texture format compressed with DirectX Texture Compression (DXTC1-5=S3TC).
The DirectDraw Surface graphics file format was established by Microsoft for use with the DirectX SDK. The format is specifically designed for use in real-time rendering applications, such as 3D games. It can be used to store textures, cubemaps, mipmap levels, and allows for compression. Due to the fact that most video cards natively support DXTn texture compression, use of this format can save memory on the video card.
This format is used in numerous current computer games.
Many graphics editors can open and work with DirectDraw textures.
Textures can be generally exported as bitmap images.
Software applications that can open dds files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software applications that can edit dds files:
Software capable of saving dds files:
Programs for viewing dds files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software apps that create dds files:
Software apps that convert dds files:
Multiplatform
Software apps that import dds files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software apps that export dds files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software apps that print dds files:
Multiplatform
Software applications that handle other tasks involving dds files:
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 26, 2017
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The dds file extension is used by the XMap, a set of tools for managing XMap GIS databases for Microsoft Windows operating system, developed by DeLorme.
The dds file contains dataset.
Use XMap to work with *.dds files.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving dds files:
Microsoft Windows
Xmap
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