DDS Support URGENTLY needed!

[GreenGirl]

It's my own mistake, but I upgraded at significant cost to myself and my situation in the hope that the long requested feature of DDS support in Photo/Designer would have been done as part of the 2.0 feature set.

Yet to my frustration I find that it's still been ignored. 

This is such an important feature for those working with games on cross-platform that I can't underestimate it's significance.

 

PLEASE ADD SUPPORT ASAP.

[GarryP]

This has been requested many times before.
A forum search for dds would show you this.
As per the forum guidelines, please do not post new threads for things that have already been requested.

Note: You could have searched the forums, for free, before upgrading, and saved yourself some cash.

[GreenGirl]

2 hours ago, GarryP said:

This has been requested many times before.
A forum search for dds would show you this.
As per the forum guidelines, please do not post new threads for things that have already been requested.

Note: You could have searched the forums, for free, before upgrading, and saved yourself some cash.

Hey, Gatekeeper, explain how you think you’re helping? Because you haven’t said anything new, useful or empathetic, nor anything I didn’t already just say  Do you feel better for shouting at the clouds? Is your life improved by being a pointless, useless jerk to a stranger online? 

Go look up Wheaton’s Law. You really need to. 

[Greg T]

Reason to support creation of a SDK... so people can program add-ons to add support that users need / want.

Support my topic: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/178773-upgrade-your-design-process-and-boost-affinitys-value-with-a-sdk-for-affinity-designer-photo-and-publisher/

 

[Pšenda]

3 hours ago, GreenGirl said:

It's my own mistake

Thank you for the feedback - hopefully it will be a good recommendation for other users to use the Trial version before purchasing applications (after all, as recommended by Serif, who just with the launch of V2 extended the test period so that the user can thoroughly test the product before purchasing).

 

25 minutes ago, GreenGirl said:

Because you haven’t said anything new, useful or empathetic

Given that the topic of DDS has been discussed and requested here many times, it is difficult to say anything "new".

 

21 minutes ago, GreenGirl said:

for shouting

You mean own post?

3 hours ago, GreenGirl said:

PLEASE ADD SUPPORT ASAP.

[Fritz_H]

after asking google that DDS means:
how "many" Users out there actually need this? 5%

[loukash]

18 minutes ago, Fritz_H said:

after asking google that DDS means

Department of Driver Services?
Department of Developmental Services?
Data Distribution Service?
Developmental Disabilities Services?
Disability Determination Services?
Doctor of Dental Surgery?
Defense Digital Service?
Data Distribution Service?
Drinks Dispense Services?
DirectDraw Surface?
Digital Data Submission?
uh…
acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/DDS

Nurse! My brain hurtddsssss…

[Fritz_H]

8 minutes ago, loukash said:

DirectDraw Surface?

Nurse! My brain hurtddsssss…

Direct Draw Surface - Format

DirectDraw Surface - Wikipedia

[loukash]

So it's apparently a Windows only thing, right?

[myclay]

17 hours ago, loukash said:

So it's apparently a Windows only thing, right?

Its a File format and can be used in many different ways and on different platforms.
If you have something to do with for example Software/Games development where you make usage of Vulcan or DirectX, you can make usage of the DDS file format which means quicker Read write cycles (I/O) to the Graphicscard.
DDS is also a standard file format in the Film/VFX Industry.

[corsa]

On 1/16/2023 at 5:14 PM, loukash said:

So it's apparently a Windows only thing, right?

It is a common format for 3D textures in video games and simulators, on both Windows and macOS. I use it when creating liveries for flight simulators and racing simulators on both platforms.

[OldSubSailor]

well, if you stay with Affinity and you start paying your subscription fees they will add DDS support. After all, Photoshop does and they are supposed to become the new great Photoshop slayer. 

Or once they start charging the subscription fees, you can just go on over and subscribe to Photoshop.