R8 file extension - R8 heightmap tile
What is r8 file? How to open r8 files?
File type specification:
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.
Updated: February 6, 2024
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Software that import r8 file - R8 heightmap tile
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