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For many years before there were digital cameras, photographers were able to get low-cost digital scans of film by labs using Kodak Master Scans and Pro Scans. Is there any software for accessing these old CDs and DVDs? Master scans were used primarily on 35mm film, and were very low cost, but a lower resolution. Pro Scans were at a higher resolution, and could be performed on 35mm, 2.25," and 4x5 film.
I am wondering if Adobe would make a plug-in for those old image disks, or if not, is there other software out there?
It's a little foggy, but I seem to remember that PS CS2 or CS3 used to have a .PCD converter.
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Irfanview definitely used to have a plugin to read .PCD files. I have no idea if it is still available. Ifanview is free and really quite useful. It can open Photoshop .PSD files for instance, so is a good tool for checking PSD files — but not a PSD document'ss layers, I suspect.
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Irfanview definitely used to have a plugin to read .PCD files. I have no idea if it is still available. Ifanview is free and really quite useful. It can open Photoshop .PSD files for instance, so is a good tool for checking PSD files — but not a PSD document'ss layers, I suspect.
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Most of the links I've found are from nearly 20 years ago, so I think you've got some work to do to find a working solution. So I wish you luck. Please let us know if you find an answer.
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Hi Trevor -
Well, Irfanview is the answer for Windows 11 PCs, at least. I downloaded Irfanview 4.62 64-Bit software. I also found out that the plug-ins for that version also have to be installed. This allows opening images at higher resolutions. Next, go to options/settings and pick jpg/pcd/gif, and pick the highest resolution. Next, go down to "Files of Type" and choose PCD files or all files. Once you bring up an image, go to File>Save As, and save as a jpeg or tiff. Now you can use either the Camera Raw editor for some adjustments, or Photoshop itself from Bridge to work on it. Its a little clunky, but it does work for Kodak Master Scans. Thanks.
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@archfoto You might find that the 'companion to XnView' known as "XnConvert" will be a suitable tool.
(I use it to quickly convert .WEBP image files- In batch multiples also.)
https://www.xnview.com/en/xnconvert/
XnConvert can recognise ~500 file types including .PCD.
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Hi Rob -
Thanks. I will look into it.