VIDEO: Install the DDS plug-in on the GIMP
DDS plugin for Gimp
The "DDS" ("Direct Draw Surface") file format is primarily used to store textures and cube maps.
- Due to the relatively small memory size, the speed of computer games can be increased without the quality of the display suffers as the textures used are quickly loaded into the graphics memory can.
- DDS files can be used in various graphics programs such as Gimp or Photoshop can be exported using plugins.
- In most cases you have to download the plugins first and then install them, as they are not included in the installation scope of the program by default.
Installation for Gimp
To get the DDS plug-in at Gimp To install, you must be using at least Gimp version 2.6. You can tell whether this is the case for you by looking at the program folder, which by default is located under "C" and "Programs" and in "GIMP-2-x".
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- To do this, first quit Gimp.
- Then download the DDS plugin for Gimp down. To do this, click on the zip file that you can find in the middle and next to the " Windows 32-bit "is available.
- Wait until the zip file has completely downloaded and unzip it. To do this, right-click on the zip file and select the entry "Extract" or "Unzip" the end.
- You can then see a new file called "dds.exe". Click on it and then press Ctrl + C to copy it.
- Then change to the Gimp installation directory.
- Now open the sub-folders "lib", "gimp", "2.0" and "plug-ins" one after the other.
- Now press the key combination Ctrl + V. The dds.exe file will then be added to the plug-in folder.
- Finally, restart Gimp. If you now want to save a file, you now have "DDS image" to choose from.
