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External signatures File extension: dds
Internal signatures
Name DirectDraw Surface
Description BOF: magic: 'DDS ', length of header (0x7C000000) = 124 bytes https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb943991(v=vs.85).aspx#File_Layout1
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Position type Absolute from BOF
Offset 0
Maximum Offset 0
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Value 444453207C000000
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