> > the proprietory Kodak Photo CD(TM) stuff!!! That image format is > > undocumented and there are no guaranteed functional open source programs > > to unpack the top resolutions (meaning much above 512x768). > > There was a GIMP plugin which worked perfectly for me.
All the open source decoders go back to the same source which someone made up after reverse-engineering in the early 90s. As I said, at the lower resolutions there were no issues, but at the top resolutions additional steps were needed to increase detail. You wouldn't necessarily be able to see it unless you knew what to look for. Unless you can guarantee(!) that that gimp result is as good the secret Kodak specs describe, I might want something better. Of course if you save your scans in jpeg, you wouldn't be any worse off with pcd... but why support proprietory if one doesn't have to? The other negative is that the typical pcd file (and the prices I gave) only have 6MP, which is probably less than what you're looking for. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
