Kodak CDs

Long ago I had a lot of slides transferred to CDs by Kodak (Kodak Digital Science). The only place they will open is in OpenOffice, a spreadsheet ap. They are called .PCD on the CD. Any easy way to open these in PSE?

Maybe?

Photoshop Tips for Artists: Dealing with old file formats: Kodak PCD - how to install Photo CD.8BI so you can open those old photos

or

.pcd Extension - List of programs that can open .pcd files

Thanks Sandy

If you're got (or can get) an old version of Photoshop, the Kodak Acquire module was one of the better ways to convert from PhotoYCC:

KODAK: Drivers, Software and Firmware: Photo CD Acquire Module

If you're on a Mac, there's this pup:

McGuffog&Company

Actually, this may be more cost effective than McGuffog's and cross platform:

How to open PCD? | Quick and easy! PCD to JPG

Well, I use Elements 8. I'm going to check out some of these suggestions but not up for it today.

I remember - vaguely - having to deal with this crap when Photo CDs were current technology.

 

However, I see that the free Irfanview has a plugin to read the PCD format, but not write it. Irfanview will let you save the pictures in a more universal format though.

However, I see that the free Irfanview has a plugin to read the PCD format, but not write it. Irfanview will let you save the pictures in a more universal format though.

Nothing can "write" it just as you can't write a proprietary raw. You render Photo YCC like you render a raw, then save it in a format like TIFF. PhotoCD was in a way, the Predecessor of a camera raw file.

Nothing can "write" it just as you can't write a proprietary raw.

 

- Kodak's scanning machinery obviously could, otherwise all Photo-CDs would be blank!:p

- Kodak's scanning machinery obviously could, otherwise all Photo-CDs would be blank!:p

Of course it could. But you cannot!

Now in the day, I could write that format, I owned a PIW.

Edited November 26, 2018 by digitaldog