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DDS Format Guide

DirectDraw Surface - A container format for textures and cubic environment maps.

Lossy
Basic Information

File Extensions:

.dds

MIME Type

image/dds

Key Features:

Texture compression (DXT)Mipmaps

Use Cases:

Game development, Real-time 3D applications

Technical Support
Read Support: Supported
Write Support: Supported

Notes: Reads DXT1/3/5. Writes uncompressed data.

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