How to open DDS file format? (DirectDraw Surface)

Problems with opening DDS files occur very often among users. Unfortunately, not everyone is aware that the basic and usually the most common problem is the lack of an installed software to handle the DDS file. Its full name is DirectDraw Surface and the company responsible for its development is Microsoft. Your DDS file has probably an encoded information from the Raster Image Files category. If you want to view its contents, open, edit or convert the DDS file to another format, install one of the applications from the list, which is presented below on this page. Can’t you still open your DDS file? Please, visit dds file open where you will find more information.

Programs using this file extension

Windows
– NVIDIA Texture Tools
– NVIDIA DDS Thumbnail Viewer
– Paint.NET
– XnView
– DXTBmp
– DDS Viewer
– IrfanView
– Adobe Photoshop
– GIMP
– FastPictureViewer Professional
– DirectX
– Painkiller Overdose
– Need for Speed SHIFT
– Battlefield 1942
– Crysis
– Stronghold 3
– FPS Creator
– Orbiter

Mac OS
– XnView

Linux
– XnView