GIMP DDS Export Plugin (texconv)

A GIMP 3.0 plugin to export images as DDS files using the external tool texconv.
This plugin provides a simple dialog to choose DDS compression format, mipmaps generation, sRGB colorspace, and overwrite options.

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Features

• Export GIMP images to DDS format without relying on built-in DDS support.
• Supports popular DDS compression formats (BC1–BC7) and uncompressed RGBA.
• Optionally generate mipmaps.
• Optionally mark the texture as sRGB (perceptual color space).
• Option to overwrite existing DDS files.
• Uses texconv.exe as the external converter tool (Windows only).

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Requirements

• GIMP 3.0 or newer.
• Python 3 with GObject Introspection bindings.
• texconv executable available on your system.
• Windows OS (due to texconv.exe and specific subprocess flags).

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Installation

1. Place the plugin script (e.g. dds_export_texconv.py) in your GIMP plug-ins folder:

   • Windows: %APPDATA%\GIMP\3.0\plug-ins\
   • Linux: ~/.config/GIMP/3.0/plug-ins/

2. Make sure the script is executable (Linux/macOS):

   chmod +x dds_export_texconv.py