Need Help with Kodak Photo CD .pcd Images

by Carl Farley for John Yoder . . .

I have a project that I am working on that requires use of some images that I shot in the mid 90’s.  The problem is that I had the 35 mm film developed and put on a Kodak Photo CD  disc for digital images (.pcd).  I inserted the disc into my PC hoping to transfer the images to my hard drive.  I can’t read the files with a recent copy of  Photoshop Elements 5.0.  The Windows XP image SW is of no use. What do I do, short of digging out my original slides and re-scanning, or cranking up my old (hope it still works) 486 Windows 98 machine that I used to use with an earlier Adobe SW (can’t remember the name) to read these images just fine?

The problem is that Kodak stopped supporting this ARCHIVAL SYSTEM in 1998, thus ensuring the images would be forever protected from misuse, since nobody can read them anymore.  I have heard, though, that Photoshop (PRO) SW has the capability of reading these files?  Maybe a third party SW is available for use with Elements 5.0?  Any help will be much appreciated.

Another Way to Share Photos and Videos . . . Online

by Carl Farley forwarded from a member . . .

I have a lot of photos and several videos that I took using my digital camera that I would like to share with relatives living far away. I tried to send them by email, but the files are too large.How can I share pictures and videos?

Here’s the way I worked out. This is also a way to have files that you can access from both your home and work computers.

Head on over to www.zdrive.com and open a free account. Use a username and password that you don’t mind sharing with friends and family, since you will need to give them the username and password so they can view the files.Once you have made an account, you will need to check your email to get a message from Zdrive with a link in it, click on the link, and your account will be all set up.

Once your account is set up, you can go to www.zdrive.com and log into your account using the username and password you selected.You will see that there are three folders in your account, My Documents, My Music, and My Pictures. You can create more folders if you wish using the “Create Folder” button at the top of the page.

Click on the Folder you want to store your videos in, and a new page will load for that folder. Now, click on the “Upload” icon near the top of the page.

In the Upload page, you will have five sections, each with a browse button. Click on the top “Browse” button, find your file, click on it, then click the “Open” button.

You can repeat this process for the other four files, but you should  note that you can’t go over 200MB with the five files.

When you have selected your file or files, click on the blue “Send” button to copy the file from your computer to zdrive’s servers. When it is finished, you will see your files listed in the folder.

When you are done uploading files, you can send an email message to your family and friends. Just tell them to go to www.zdrive.com and log in using your username and password.They can check off the files they want, then click on the “Download” button at the top of the page.

Does anybody else use this approach?