DDS file format (short for DirectDraw Surface) contains raster images used by DirectX. Standard DDS file holds textures, backgrounds, wallpapers, models and texture maps for computer games.
Files with TIFF extensions are type of graphics file format. Contents of TIFF files TIFF files are used for saving raster graphics data, including: bit depth (1- to 24-bit), color profiles, comments Data in TIFF can be save in lossy or lossless format.
After converting the file to the new format, you will be able to use other programs to support it. Keep in mind, however, that the DDS file after converting to TIFF may differ slightly from the original. The most important information should be kept, but if you want the file after conversion from DDS to TIFF to be the same, you have to do this carefully and choose the proper application from the list below.
There is no guarantee, of course, that the conversion will come up to all your expectations, but it will certainly help you. If, after all, the effect of converting DDS to TIFF does not meet your expectations, you can simply try to find on the Internet a different version of your file in DDS format, properly converted to a TIFF file by someone else. If this fails, use the information provided in the further part of the website.
If after converting the file DDS the desired result was not achieved, you can try to change the format of DDS file to other than TIFF. On our website you will find more information on the following conversion options
Unfortunately, if after performing the two previously described steps (trying to find your DDS file converted by someone else, and the attempt to convert it to TIFF on your own) you still have a problem with your file, then there are only a few solutions left. You can once again try to find and install an application that can open the DDS file in its original format (without conversion to TIFF file). Such a solution will be difficult to implement, but it certainly will give the best result.