From: killeen@spcvxb.spc.edu (Jeff Killeen)
Newsgroups: rec.video
Subject: Photo CD and computers
Date: 22 Dec 92 14:40:01 GMT
Organization: SPC Community Access System

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EISNER::KILLEEN "Jeff Killeen NLC Chair"             12 lines  21-DEC-1992 22:20
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Does anyone know anything about the new Kodak Photo CD system?  What I am
really curious about has anyone heard about using this technology on a
computer? 

The CD is a WORM unit.  In theory they could be produced by a WORM drive
attached to a computer.  You could read in a KODAK CD, edit it, and write out 
many copies.

The resolution on the Photo CD is much higher than what it can display on a
NTSC TV today.  It would be interesting to use a PC or workstation with a high
resolution color monitor to display the images.  Anyone heard of software yet
to do this? 
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EISNER::MEZEI_JF "Jean-Francois Mezei"                7 lines  21-DEC-1992 23:12
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    I have heard that APPLE supports the KODAK PHOTO CD format with system
    7.1. I do not know what level of support that is. They probably have a 
    driver that can read KODAK files.
    
    I'd be interested in knowing if the format is TIFF. That would be neat,
    I could import pictures at high resolution. Probably cheaper than
    buying a high res. scanner.
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EISNER::LEDERMAN "Bart Z. Lederman"                  14 lines  22-DEC-1992 07:16
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    The announcements are that Apple Macintosh systems will read and
    display Photo-CD images.  It may be possible on System 7.0 if you pick
    up the new CD-ROM Drivers (which I haven't done yet), and you may also
    need the current Quicktime as well.  The image format is reported to be
    unique, and not TIFF, but existing programs are supposed to be able to
    display the images with the correct system software installed.  I don't
    have any Photo-CDs, so I haven't tried it myself, but people have
    reported that it works.
    
    Old CD-ROM drives will only read single-session Photo-CDs, or the first
    session only from multi-session CDs.  The newest Apple (Sony) and NEC
    drives are able to read multi-session.  It isn't entirely clear which,
    if any, older CD-ROM drives will be able to read multi-session CDs with
    updated software.
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