Convert xwd to dds Online: xwd2dds

You can use Tom's Editor to easily convert images from
X Window Dump .XWD to Direct Show Surface .DDS.
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XWD

X Window Dump is an image format with extension XWD.

DDS

DDS are files invented by Microsoft to be used in games, mostly as textures. Images can be compressed to save space but the compression methods defined by DDS are all very fast in terms of coding and decoding.