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kirkr5689
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September 7, 2024
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What software could show thumbs for dds exported from Designer?

  • September 7, 2024
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I see dds is a file format substance could quickly export and import .. Much quicker than  any other file type.   What picture browser could show them ?  Not Adobe bridge  it sseems?   A sort of addon to Windows  maybe?

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Luca Giarrizzo
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Luca GiarrizzoCommunity Manager
Community Manager
September 9, 2024

Hello,

 

XnView has partial support for DDS files (partial in that some files cannot be displayed).

 

NVIDIA offers a good set of legacy tools for DDS workflows, including a app/plugin for real-time visualization of compressed textures.

 

I hope this helps!

 

Luca Giarrizzo | Quality Engineer - Substance 3D Designer | Adobe
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kirkr5689Author
Inspiring
September 9, 2024

Nothing of those are working 😞   . I think I had some other addon  before that did it .    Can't recollect its name now.

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Dean22517655aei7
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October 2, 2024

Substances Native dds export isn't of much use as it doesn't include mip maps.

 

A comprehensive exporter plugin was written and released free to the community by

https://github.com/OlafHaag/substance-mipmaps-exporter

 

but it seems version 14 of Designer has changed something in Python so the plugin no longer works. I hope Adobe are supporting him in updating it as its become essential to my workflow and saves a LOT of time.

 

As for your question, Windows 11 displays them natively if you have a preview window open in Explorer.

Or you could try Irfanview.

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