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Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD)

Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD) technical notes

Kodak Photo CD image file is a raster format developed by Eastman Kodak for scanning photographic images onto compact discs. PCD images are derived from 35-mm film negatives or slides that have been converted to digital format and stored on a CD. Photo CD allows high-quality digital storage and manipulation of photographic images. The PCD format is typically used by photofinishers and service bureaus who provide the service of placing photographs on CDs.

This file format is not supported by the 64-bit version of the application.

To import a Kodak Photo CD image file

1 Click File

Import.

2 Choose the folder in which the file is stored.

3 Choose PCD - Kodak Photo-CD image (*.pcd) from the list box next to the File name box.

4 Click the filename.

5 Click Import.

6 In the PCD import dialog box, move any of the following sliders:

• Brightness — lets you set the amount of light

• Contrast — lets you specify the contrast between the pixels in the image

• Saturation — lets you specify the purity of a color

• Red — lets you specify the amount of red in the image

• Green — lets you specify the amount of green in the image

• Blue — lets you specify the amount of blue in the image

7 From the Resolutions list box, choose an image size.

8 From the Image type list box, choose a color mode.

9 Position the import placement start cursor on the drawing window, and click.

You can also
Resample a graphic while importing	For more information, see To resample a bitmap while importing.
Crop a graphic while importing	For more information, see To crop a bitmap while importing.

You can drag on the drawing page to resize the image.

You can remove the adjustments made by the photofinisher at the time the original image was scanned and placed on the Photo CD disk by enabling the Subtract scene balance check box.

You can identify out-of-gamut areas of the image by enabling the Show colors out of gamut check box, which renders the out-of-gamut pixels in pure red or pure blue.

Kodak Photo CD Image (PCD) technical notes

• Kodak Photo CD (PCD) images may be subject to copyright. The Corel program does not display a warning message about this.

• Other Kodak-compatible programs may install the Kodak pcdlib.dll file in the Windows folder instead of the Windows\System folder. This difference in the folder location produces an error message.

• When you import Photo CD files, a dialog box appears and prompts you to choose the desired file resolution and color. The resolution is limited to 72 dpi and the maximum image size is 3072 × 2048 pixels.

• You can import the following color modes: RGB (24-bit), paletted (8-bit), and grayscale (8-bit).