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Dave Domke
Sep 2, 2003
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Everyone I talked to about dds file extensions before I purchased photoshop 7 told me it handled them fine. I can not view or save as for this file format. Is there a plugin I need or something. Please help. Thank you
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BLUDVLZ
Sep 2, 2003
Never heard of a DDS file. (Unless you’re referring to a dentist.)

Sure they weren’t referring to/confusing it with a DCS file?
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Mark Hiers
Sep 2, 2003
<http://filext.com/detaillist.php?extdetail=DDS>

Texture files? Don’t think so.
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r_harvey
Sep 2, 2003
DDS Bitmap picture; may be uncompressed or compressed with Adobe Photoshop DXTC Compression plug-in; see DXT
DXT Bitmap picture; Adobe Photoshop DXTC Compression plug–in supporting DDS file format, requires Microsoft DirectX driver version 8.1 or later
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Phosphor
Sep 2, 2003
Looks like you’ll need a plugin made by nVIDIA.

More info on the format specifications and related topics can be found HERE <http://udn.epicgames.com/pub/Content/TextureSpecifications>.

Extraction and conversion notes can be found HERE < http://users.erols.com/praccompsol/ut2003/s3tc_extraction_an d_conversion.htm>.

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larry
Nov 1, 2003
Right click on a file in Windows Explorer and choose "Open With" and pick the program. Make sure the box is checked to always open with that program.

Larry Berman
<http://BermanGraphics.com>

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