Microsoft DirectDraw Surface (DDS) Writer Feature Type Parameters

Important  These parameters apply only to a selected feature type. If a feature type parameter conflicts with reader or writer parameters, the feature type parameter takes precedence.

Raster Compression

Method

Sets the compression method for the raster.

Values: DXT1, DXT1A, DXT3, DXT5, ETC1

DXT1 and ETC1 produce approximately equivalent file sizes. DXT3 and DXT5 give file sizes two times the size of DXT1 and ETC1. DXT1 and ETC1 compressed files store RGB data while DXT3 and DXT5 store RGBA data. DXT1A is simply DXT1 compression with an alpha channel that can indicate full transparency or no transparency.

Default: DXT1

Quality

Sets the quality of the raster post-compression.

Highest is the slowest but has the best Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR), leading to higher texture quality.

The Fastest setting can yield a tenfold increase in writing speed compared to the Highest setting, but leads to slightly lower texture quality.

Values: Fastest, Fast, Normal, High, Highest

Default: Normal