Open 8BI files

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    Adobe Photoshop Plugins Formats Format
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Have you encountered a problem with a 8BI file? Don’t you know which program opens a file with this extension? You will find all the information you need about working with a 8BI file here. In the further part of this page we have added a list of programs that should open your 8BI file. It is enough you choose a proper application for your operating system, download and install it.

What is 8BI file?

With the file extension 8BI plugins for the image editing software Adobe Photoshop are marked. With these plugins, additional functionalities, such as new effects or the support of other graphics formats in Photoshop can be retrofitted.

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8BI files come in the plugin folder, which is inside the main Photoshop folder. It should be noted that not all plugins are compatible with all versions of Photoshop and when using the 64-bit version usually also a customized version of the plug-in is necessary.

In addition, one must select the plugins for its platform, since those for Windows Photoshop do not work with the Mac version of Photoshop. However, the plugins for the Mac version usually have no extension or the official extension 8bam.

In addition to some commercial plugins, there are also many free plugins, such as ICOFormat.8bi which allows Photoshop to load and save Windows icons (ico files). Also offered by Adobe Camera Raw.8bi for importing various raw formats of various cameras is available free of charge.

To see if a plugin is installed correctly, you can display a list of all installed plugins in the submenu Plugins (Windows: Help, Mac OSX: Photoshop). In addition to Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Elements and a whole range of other Adobe applications have a plug-in interface for 8BI files. Only Corel offers, among other things with PaintShop Photo Pro as a third party software, which can use 8BI files.

Programs which can open a 8BI file

How to open file with 8BI extension?

In order to open a file with 8BI extension one of the following programs must be installed on user’s system. If a problem with opening 8BI file occurred, it is highly possible that none of the listed programs is present on user’s system. Even if one or more said programs are installed, there may be issues related with given programs. In order to solve a problem with 8BI files, follow the instructions below.
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Install Adobe Photoshop or other program from the list

Most often resolving problems with opening 8BI files is very simple. Just install an appropriate program that supports such files. All of the listed programs support 8BI files, but may vary in offered function and purpose. Some programs may be capable only of viewing contents of 8BI files or offer file conversion options, but may not be capable of editing such files.

Set Adobe Photoshop as the default program for opening 8BI files

It is possible that although a compatible program has been installed on user’s system, it is not used by the system to open it. This may happen because no default application was associated with this type of files. To associate 8BI files with given application, select "Open with" from drop-down menu (accessed by right-clicking on the file). Then select from the list the program or application you want to be used to open this type of file. If the Adobe Photoshop applications is not on the list, select "Browse" option in order to manually locate the directory where Adobe Photoshop has been installed.

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Check the section that lists most common problems with 8BI files

Sometimes problems with opening 8BI files may not lie with the application itself, but can arise due to other causes, such as:

  • File data is corrupted
  • 8BI files has been not been completely download from the internet (only a part of the data has been downloaded)
  • Currently used user account hasn’t been granted necessary privileges to open 8BI files (should that be the case, please contact your system administrator or IT specialist)
  • 8BI file was being copied from a corrupted storage device and is incomplete or data is corrupted. (Copying files from unknown or untrusted sources should be conducted with great care as such files may contain malicious software, which can damage your system)

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