Photo CD
Apr 1, 2019 15:10:39 #
Back in the film days I had a number of my APS film developed and put on photo CD. I used to be able to open them in Photoshop CS2 but now I can't open them in Photoshop CC. Any idea how to open these files?
Apr 1, 2019 15:17:59 #
Apr 1, 2019 15:26:41 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Back in the film days I had a number of my APS film developed and put on photo CD. I used to be able to open them in Photoshop CS2 but now I can't open them in Photoshop CC. Any idea how to open these files?
Are they Kodak .PCD files?
Apr 1, 2019 15:57:50 #
MT Shooter wrote:
Are they Kodak .PCD files?
Yes they are Kodak .PCD files. The max res I think about 6MP.
Apr 1, 2019 16:05:33 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Yes they are Kodak .PCD files. The max res I think about 6MP.
Do they require a Kodak .PCD viewer? Did you used to have a .PCD viewer?
Can they be imported into an editor and saved as JPEG?
(I never saw/used .PCD files.)
Apr 1, 2019 16:12:57 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Yes they are Kodak .PCD files. The max res I think about 6MP.
Last discs I had I could read with Corel Paintshop Pro. I converted all mine to TIFF at that time and no longer use Corel. There are a couple PCDtoJPG converters out there but I have never used them due to the fact they only are available from questionable download sites.
The on-disc PCD viewer works with Windows 95 or 98, but I could never get it to work on anything newer.
Apr 1, 2019 17:01:21 #
Longshadow wrote:
Do they require a Kodak .PCD viewer? Did you used to have a .PCD viewer?
Can they be imported into an editor and saved as JPEG?
(I never saw/used .PCD files.)
Can they be imported into an editor and saved as JPEG?
(I never saw/used .PCD files.)
I could open them in CS1 and CS2. They are in several resolutions. The highest is about 6MP. I can reinstall CS2 in my Windows XP machine and read them I think. It would take me some time but doable.
Apr 1, 2019 18:39:46 #
Linary
Loc: UK
BebuLamar wrote:
Back in the film days I had a number of my APS film developed and put on photo CD. I used to be able to open them in Photoshop CS2 but now I can't open them in Photoshop CC. Any idea how to open these files?
Irfanview should be able to open your files.
Below is a screen clip of the set up preferences. I have not tried using Irfanview for this - I have no PCD files.
Apr 1, 2019 20:10:46 #
Apr 2, 2019 06:18:44 #
jwn
Loc: SOUTHEAST GEORGIA USA
I just loaded them into Photos on my mac, no problem. old mac had built in cd, the new mac requires plug in cd player.
Apr 2, 2019 09:06:42 #
Apr 2, 2019 10:29:04 #
Don't leave images on a CD as it will degrade and make images inaccessible, unless it is an archival CD/DVD, which are advertised as retaining images for 100 years, I have non archival CD's that are inaccessible after 15 years
Apr 2, 2019 10:30:45 #
Its very apparent that many of the posters to this thread are unfamiliar with the subject at hand.
Apr 2, 2019 10:43:54 #
Linary wrote:
Irfanview should be able to open your files.
Below is a screen clip of the set up preferences. I have not tried using Irfanview for this - I have no PCD files.
Below is a screen clip of the set up preferences. I have not tried using Irfanview for this - I have no PCD files.
I’ve used Irfanview. If your computer can see the files, it will work.
Apr 2, 2019 10:51:51 #
I understand the point the poster was making and he is looking for the relevant software to open the files he has, I was just making a point about how files will degrade after time making them inaccessible to any software, and although we may not have the obvious expertise you no doubt have we may have a tiny bit of knowledge others without your prowess will find useful
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