The Photo CD plug-in module lets you open in Adobe Photoshop images that have been saved in Kodak's proprietary Photo CD format. Kodak Photo CD is a new method for storing photographs digitally on CD-ROM. Up to 100 35mm photographs can be stored on a single Photo CD; larger film formats will be supported in the future. The photographs can be viewed on a television set using a Photo CD player, or retrieved by a personal computer using a Photo CD-compatible CD-ROM drive.
To store photographs onto a Photo CD, take any standard 35mm print or slide film to a Kodak authorized Photo CD center. Call Kodak for more information or a list of Photo CD centers in your area. Kodak has indicated that Photo CD processing for a roll of 24 exposures typically costs about $25.
REQUIREMENTS
• Adobe Photoshop
• System 7 or higher
• Kodak Photo CD compatible CD-ROM drive.
NOTE: Only the Apple CD-150 and Sony CDU-7211 single-session drives support Photo CD on the Macintosh today (September 28, 1992). Many others are expected soon from other manufacturers.
TO USE THE PHOTO CD PLUG-IN:
1) Copy the Photo CD plug-in into the folder containing your PS Preferences file. (In most cases, this is the folder containing your other plug-ins.)
2) Start Adobe Photoshop; if the program is already running, you must quit and restart the program.
3) Choose Acquire from the File menu, and choose Photo CD from the submenu.
4) Use the Photo CD dialog box to open the image:
• Browse the contents of the Photo CD using the scroll bar or the forward and backward arrow keys. You can also open Kodak Photo CD files located on other storage volumes.
• Select one of five resolutions, from low to very high. The highest level is suitable for making high-quality color separations from the Adobe Photoshop program to produce professional-quality printed results on a typical magazine-size page. Check with your service bureau or printer for more information.
NOTE: Decompressing and transferring data from a Photo CD or any CD-ROM will be slow when acquiring images at the highest resolution (18 MB).
• View the dimensions and file size of all or any portion of an image before acquiring it.
• Resize the floating rectangle over a portion of an image that you want to acquire. To reselect the full image, click the small rectangle nested within the window.
