Textures saved in DDS format (DirectDraw surface) can be exported to any other common bitmap format, including standard BMP format. 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 bmp file format beta
Search for dds to bmp converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert DirectDraw surface data to Standard Windows bitmap image.
We have found 6 software records in our database eligible for .dds to .bmp file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert dds to bmp on Windows
3D Coat
A 3D modeling tool
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from dds file | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
to bmp file | No | No | No | No | No | 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 bmp. 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.
Paint.NET
A free photo and image editor
DDS Converter
A converter for DirectDraw surface images
Easy2Convert DDS to BMP
A simple DDS to BMP conversion utility
Multiplatform software 
- convert dds to bmp 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: dds file extension details, bmp file extension details
DDS
A dds file extension is related to DirectDraw Surface format. The surface file stores 3D texture compressed with DirectX Texture Compression.
BMP
Files with bmp extension can be commonly found as bitmap images. One of the traditional bitmap formats.
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