Use XnView to transform *.BMP bitmap pictures to *.DDS DirectDraw surface file format. Open *.bmp file in XnView → File menu → Save As... → File format DDS - Direct Draw Surface → Fill the name box → click on Save button.
Updated: November 2, 2021
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Conversion of bmp file format to dds file format beta
Search for bmp to dds converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert Standard Windows bitmap image to DirectDraw surface data.
We have found 4 software records in our database eligible for .bmp to .dds file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert bmp to dds on Windows
Paint.NET
A free photo and image editor
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from bmp file | No | Yes | Yes | bmp editor | No | No | No | No |
to dds file | No | Yes | Yes | dds editor | Yes | No | No | 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 bmp to dds. 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
Multiplatform software 
- convert bmp to dds on any platform
XnConvert
A cross-platform batch image transcoder compatible with 500 picture image formats
XnView MP
A popular utility for viewing and converting graphic files
Additional links: Open bmp file, Open dds file
BMP
Files with bmp extension can be commonly found as bitmap images. One of the traditional bitmap formats.
DDS
A dds file extension is related to DirectDraw Surface format. The surface file stores 3D texture compressed with DirectX Texture Compression.
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