LanguageR8
RAW graphics file
File type: Graphics file
Files with r8 extension are known as graphics files created by RAW.
Found 3 different file type records with the same r8 filename suffix.
What is r8 file?
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: October 10, 2017
The r8 file extension is typically used for a file that contains data that have not been compressed, encrypted or processed in any manner. It often refers to digital camera files, but can refer to any type of data file. R8 is RAW graphics file (one byte per pixel) plane one (PicLab).
Microsoft Flight Simulator texture file
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: December 28, 2010
The R8 file extension is associated with computer game Microsoft Flight Simulator. The .r8 files contain textures.
Suggested software to open r8 file:
Associated software actions with the r8 file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving r8 files:
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 (Microsoft Windows)
R8 heightmap tile
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: October 14, 2024
File extension r8 is used for a special type of heightmap tile files, which are graphics representations of terrain maps saved in a specific raster format, 8 in the R8 describes 8-bit color. In 3D modeling, a heightmap is a grayscale image where the black regions represent low locations and the white areas represent high areas.
It's a raw data format (often greyscale), if you want to open it in Photoshop, you have to specify where the data is located and enter correct dimension, for pictures that are no squares.
Terrain tools save the raw data as 1 channel, 8bit, PC ordering, with 0 bytes header.
How to open r8 file?
Any graphics editor that can read raw data should be able to access the image.
How to convert r8 file?
Export to standard graphics formats should be doable.
Associated software actions with the r8 file
Software apps that import r8 files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Krita (Multiplatform)