RenderDoc 1.8 has Compressonator support

Originally posted: June 23, 2020

RenderDoc now supports Compressonator Core API with its latest version 1.8!

When associated with DDS files, RenderDoc generates thumbnails for DDS formats and displays them in Windows® Explorer. Compressonator Core provides functions for compressing and decompressing DDS files. This is used to convert various DDS formats to bitmap format to display them as thumbnails in Windows® Explorer. The thumbnail is also shown in the preview window if enabled.

Find out more about Compressonator and RenderDoc with the links below:

[RenderDoc 1.8

RenderDoc is a stand-alone graphics debugging tool.](https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc/releases/v1.8)

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