Kodak PCD files

[photographxgrl]

Hello. I think I know the answer to this but I want to make sure I'm right before I look for another solution. Is it possible to convert my old Kodak PCD files to something like high quality JPEGS with my beloved Photo Mechanic? I know I can do this with Photoshop but I have to open each file first which is very slow since I have 100 old disks full of files to deal with (this is a work situation).

Thanks for your feedback.

laura

[Kirk Baker]

Laura,

Hello. I think I know the answer to this but I want to make sure I'm right before I look for another solution. Is it possible to convert my old Kodak PCD files to something like high quality JPEGS with my beloved Photo Mechanic? I know I can do this with Photoshop but I have to open each file first which is very slow since I have 100 old disks full of files to deal with (this is a work situation).

Photo Mechanic cannot render PCD files so it cannot do what you're asking, but there are several solutions out there.  If you don't mind running your batch conversion via a command line, ImageMagick can convert from PCD to JPEG.  ImageMagick is free, runs on both Mac OS X and Windows.  You can get ImageMagick here:

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

Otherwise if you want a GUI app and you're running Windows, the following solutions may be of use to you:

http://www.processtext.com/abckodak.html
http://www.ivanview.com/pcd-converter.html
http://www.graphicregion.com/batchconverter.htm

HTH,

-Kirk

[photographxgrl]

Thanks for the feedback, Kirk. I'm on a Mac so I'll look into ImageMagick. I've heard bits about this software but I've never worked with command lines.

Thanks, again.

laura

[Kirk Baker]

Laura,

Thanks for the feedback, Kirk. I'm on a Mac so I'll look into ImageMagick. I've heard bits about this software but I've never worked with command lines.

If you get stuck and can't figure it out, let me know.  I can certainly write up a shell script for you to help you get ImageMagick to do the conversion.

-Kirk