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From: ybernard@Belgium.EU.net (Yves Bernard)
Subject: Photo CD conversion & mastering softwares?
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Organization: B.U.U.G./ EUnet in Belgium
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 1994 15:49:53 GMT
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What are the programs running on Mac or PC allowing to master
Photo CDs from pictures stored in some digital format on your hard disk?

I known this is a question related to various licensing problems
of the Photo CD technology from Kodak. However, as Photo CD is more
and more useful in various professional applications, many people
would like to be able to generate PCD (image packs) files from their
pictures files, and put these images packs on an ISO cd-rom, eventually
as a true Photo CD.

Kodak only sells its photo cd imaging station based on a scanner, 
a Sun sparc station, and a cd writer. It's quite expensive and closed. 
I think they do not sell any complete solution running on Mac and PC, 
and allowing to take pictures from other sources than argentic films.

I known "Photocopy" made by CE-Quadra and sold by Philips, which allows
to do just that on a PC. It uses the WinOnCD software as low-level
ISO cd-rom mastering software. It allows to make Photo CD portfolio
(low-res pictures with DA sound tracks) and master Photo CD from files
in BMP or other popular pictures formats.

Are there other programs doing that?

Also are there any programs able to convert pictures files to 
PCD (image packs) ?

Thanks,

Yves Bernard
ybernard@ub4b.eunet.be
Brussels, Belgium