Hello,
How do I load .dds texture files as an Image in C#? There's nothing useful on google that I could find.
The more information with samples you give me,the better it will be for me to understand it.
Thanks in advance!
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A:
I think the short answer is that you don't. The documentation says that the supported formats are BMP, GIF, EXIG, JPG, PNG and TIFF.
Update: there seem to be a number of converters to be found through Google, that might help you out. Also, as Wayne suggests, look at XNA (if you didn't already). The Texture2D.FromFile method seems to handle the .dds files, but I never used it myself so I can't say if it is what you are looking for or not...
Fredrik Mörk
2009-05-14 20:06:41
Well my question then turns into "How do I convert a .dds file into jpg/png/gif/tiff/bmp"
John
2009-05-14 20:07:54
Added an update about converters and xna...
Fredrik Mörk
2009-05-15 07:54:36
A:
You might want to take a look at the Microsoft's XNA Game Studio SDK to load the textures in memory and possibly capture the images in a System.Drawing.Graphics usable way.
Wayne Hartman
2009-05-15 00:53:48
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A:
I had the same issue. Here is a perfect solution.
- Source: http://www.mastropaolo.com/devildotnet/
- Download Version 1.3 from that link (bottom of page)
- Add the Devil.NET.dll as a reference to your application
Use the code that I have supplied below.
PictureBox1.Image = DevIL.DevIL.LoadBitmap(DDS_File_Path)
It's really that easy. We owe the DevIL .NET Wrapper creator a beer.
hamlin11
2009-10-16 22:03:07
It's worth noting that his library doesn't parallelize well; using `Parallel.ForEach` gives various memory access exceptions and `null` return values for the `LoadBitmap` call. Still, this saves a lot of work...
Domenic
2010-10-03 08:04:01