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1. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
snunicycler Dec 28, 2010 2:31 PM (in response to Bent Nielsen)in 1999 i was 13 years old... so i dont remember those very well but i'll give it a shot. are the images locked or something? why would they give you a cd if you cant open them?
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2. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
Bent Nielsen Dec 29, 2010 12:36 AM (in response to snunicycler)Back in them good ol' days, Photo CD was a great way to get reasonably good and cheap scans - and opening the files no problem.
What was once a newly invented and wonderful format has in less than fifteen years become obsolete, and my treasured photos remain in sharp digital form as ones and zeros, but apparently forever hidden. Like Egyptian hieroglyphs, they are super sharp, only we do not know what they mean.
My oldest Photoshop is CS2 which has a Photo CD plug-in, but will not open. Some open-source programs will open a reference file size 512 x 768 px, but not the large files.
Isn't there a museum guy out there who has had similar problem?
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3. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
c.pfaffenbichler Dec 29, 2010 1:23 AM (in response to Bent Nielsen)Do you still have CS3?
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4. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
c.pfaffenbichler Dec 29, 2010 1:31 AM (in response to c.pfaffenbichler)Photoshop CS3 DVD should contain Goodies/Optional Plug-Ins/Kodak PhotoCD.
It generally is not recommended to use obsolete plug-ins, so the best option would be if you still had access to a CS3 installation.
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5. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
Jeffrey Tranberry Dec 29, 2010 9:01 AM (in response to c.pfaffenbichler)KODAK no longer supports PhotoCD or the file format plug-in. You can still get to it here:
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/professional/products/ekn017045.jhtml?CID=go&idhbx= photocd
c.pfaffenbichler is correct. We recommend that users batch convert the PCD files into Tiff or another format using an old version of PS on a supported OS and hardware. Hopefully you still have an ancient mac sitting around.
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6. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
Wade_Zimmerman Dec 29, 2010 12:39 PM (in response to Jeffrey Tranberry)They were never very good if you can scan over you'd be better off I just toss like a dozen of them.
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7. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
SG... Dec 29, 2010 9:20 PM (in response to Bent Nielsen)You might take a look here, as well: http://pcdtojpeg.sourceforge.net/Home.html
If I recall, the Kodak PhotoCD for Ps Mac was 'end of lifed' in the transition from PPC to Intel. On Mac, you'll need an OS that also supports Rosetta or runs PPC native.
regards,
steve
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8. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
Bent Nielsen Dec 30, 2010 11:03 AM (in response to SG...)Thank you all, I will get hold of an archaic mac and try my luck after the holidays!
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9. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
Kachinaman Dec 30, 2010 12:09 PM (in response to Bent Nielsen)Graphic Converter running under Snow Leopard opens PCD files stored on my HD.
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10. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
PECourtejoie Dec 31, 2010 3:11 AM (in response to SG...)Bonjour Steve!
Did you stumble upon Andrew Rodney's suggestion to have the DNG converter work on PCD files?
DNG would then have yet another raison d'être with thousands of professionals, and its archival nature would be furthermore reinforced...
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11. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
SG... Dec 31, 2010 12:53 PM (in response to PECourtejoie)Bonjour,
I hadn't seen Andrew Rodney's suggestion. I'll forward it on to the Camera Raw team as a feature request. It would be nice to have an option in the DNGConverter application, but I have no idea how much work is involved and what legal hurdles might present themselves.
Happy New Year!
steve
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12. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
sandy_mc Jan 1, 2011 12:45 AM (in response to Bent Nielsen)pcdMagic:
Correct film and scanner specific color profiles for Photo CD. And output to DNG in the case of the Mac version
Sandy
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13. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
Bent Nielsen Jan 1, 2011 3:11 AM (in response to sandy_mc)PCDMagic free trial version is perfect, so this seems to be the solution;-)
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14. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
HolgaFotoMatt Feb 5, 2011 2:58 PM (in response to Bent Nielsen)trying this now, but it appears to keep crashing. (10.6.6). also, doesn't seem very well documented. can not find a way to access external drives where my images are. frustrated but still trying.
from somewhere on colorado's continental divide...
matt
LITfoto.com
HolgaToyCamera.com
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15. Re: Kodak Photo CD file format
Flookes Jun 28, 2011 2:36 PM (in response to Bent Nielsen)Not exactly a Hi-Res solution but, it turns out Open Office will open it as well and you can save it out as a picture file. Quality was not great, but we were using it for a full HD video, personal use it should look just fine.





