Photo CD scans

Greaves said:

i have a number of images that were scanned to the old Kodak Photo CDs back in the 1980/1990s. The maximum resolution is 3072 x 2048. And I believe they are 8 bit.

I would like to revisit some of these images in order to benefit from the vast improvements that have come to pass over the years. The first problem is that the old PCD format is recognised by very few programs, certainly not by PS or LRC. So getting them on to the computer is a problem in itself. Then there is the problem of the scans themselves. Did they capture a good dynamic range? I believe they utilised a colour space designed to be used on domestic TVs rather than computer monitors.

I would welcome suggestions as to how to proceed with rescuing these Photo CDimages.

PS In some cases I might even have the original slides or negatives, though they are old and would probably need cleaning. Would I be better advised to start afresh with completely new scans?

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Greaves said:

i have a number of images that were scanned to the old Kodak Photo CDs back in the 1980/1990s. The maximum resolution is 3072 x 2048. And I believe they are 8 bit.

I would like to revisit some of these images in order to benefit from the vast improvements that have come to pass over the years. The first problem is that the old PCD format is recognised by very few programs, certainly not by PS or LRC. So getting them on to the computer is a problem in itself. Then there is the problem of the scans themselves. Did they capture a good dynamic range? I believe they utilised a colour space designed to be used on domestic TVs rather than computer monitors.

I would welcome suggestions as to how to proceed with rescuing these Photo CDimages.

PS In some cases I might even have the original slides or negatives, though they are old and would probably need cleaning. Would I be better advised to start afresh with completely new scans?

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Greaves said:

I have a Mac and an external drive. And should be able to download Graphic Converter.

i am still wondering whether new scans might result in better quality.

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Greaves said:

... In some cases I might even have the original slides or negatives, though they are old and would probably need cleaning. Would I be better advised to start afresh with completely new scans?

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Greaves said:

I have the usual PS/LRC package from Adobe, but as far as I can see it does not allow the import of PCD files.

Are there hidden files I am unaware of that would allow the import of PCD files. I know early versions of PS use to allow one to import PCD files, as I use to do it all the time. But as far as I know, Adobe abandon this format along with built-in disk drives.

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