DDS Knowledgebase
Learn what's DDS, file extension, MIME and more
What is a DDS (Microsoft DirectDraw Surface) file?
The DirectDraw Surface container file format (uses the filename extension DDS), is a Microsoft format for storing data compressed with the proprietary S3 Texture Compression (S3TC) algorithm, which can be decompressed in hardware by GPUs..
What are the DDS Technical details?
The DirectDraw Surface format is useful for storing graphical textures and cubic environment maps as a data file, both compressed and uncompressed. The Microsoft Windows file extension for this data format is '.dds'..
What's the File extension(s) of DDS?
DDS file extension includes ( .dds ).
What's MIME of DDS?
The MIME of DDS is image/vnd-ms.dds.
What's the developer of DDS?
DDS developed by Microsoft.
What's the type of format?
DDS is a Raster image .