Kodak CD question

<p>I downloaded an old Kodak CD of some slides they scanned. The images are listed but they are folders in the preview labeled "exec". They don't open as photos. Any ideas?</p>

<p>You need some kind of software designed to render these proprietary files. Used to be a Kodak Acquire Module for Photoshop years and years ago, you can probably still get it to work IF you have a very old version of PS (Photoshop 4).<br>

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/software/pcdPlugInUpdates.shtml<br>

There's also other products that can do this. </p>

<p>That didn't seem to work but I haven't given up. The files are labeled "IMG0001.PCD" and so on. I have PSE 8.</p>

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<p>That didn't seem to work but I haven't given up.</p>

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<p>What didn't work? PSE 8 isn't going to do you any good. <br>

See: http://www.photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00cXBw</p>

<p>iMac said the download was corrupted. </p>

<p>Irfanview will read the .PCD files and convert them to .TIFF or JPG.</p>

<p>If you're on a Mac, GraphicConverter for a mere $39 will open PCD files and it's a great product to have around for many other tasks as well: http://www.lemkesoft.de/en/products/graphicconverter/</p>

<p>There's a helpful Wikipedia article on this:<br>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_CD">

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_CD</a><br>

See the section "Converting Photo CD images".</p>

 

<p>For OS X, it looks like the best option is <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/pcdmagicsite/">pcdMagic</a> ($79), followed by <a href="http://pcdtojpeg.sourceforge.net/Home.html">pcdtojpeg</a> (freeware).</p>

<p>Picture Window Pro also has excellent PCD reading software, handles highlights (the tricky part, due to weird math) very well.</p>