KODAK Pro PHOTO CD support

I have been happily moving my photos into LR and I've been very pleased so far. I have gone through all my digital photos (from cameras). Today I went to start importing my photos from film. Most of my stuff was scanned many years ago to PhotoCD for Kodak. I discovered that LR will not read the files. Even iPhoto can import form PhotoCD.
I know I can open them in PS and save them out as JPG then import them into LR, but with sixty some odd disks that would be a big pain in the a**.

I should point out, in addition to the distinction between PhotoCD and Photo Disk, there was also a distinction between the "regular" PhotoCD (which perhaps yes, was a mediocre format) and the "pro" version of PhotoCD. The "Master" version, as has been pointed out, a very high-quality format (and still is), and was by far the best archival method at the time.
That said, I agree with the others, it's time to move the files out of a format that's been orphaned even by the company that made it. A batch convert to TIFF, or some other format, is just a one-time conversion even if you have to go through multiple steps. Let's keep Lightroom simple and streamlined ;)
Personally, I would archive to max quality (10+ in Photoshop) JPG; storage may be cheap these days, but beyond this it's just wasted IMO. The reason I archive and work with RAW/DNG or TIFF is so I don't lose data in 12+ bit sources; when you're dealing with an 8-bit source format, eg PhotoCD, you don't gain anything by up-converting to a higher bit depth and at those high settings the JPEG compression loss is unnoticable even for fine detail. Maybe burn a copy or two of the TIFF on a DVD just for the heck of it, then keep the JPG on online storage (eg, hard drive) and don't look back. But TIFF vs JPEG, that's your call, just get it out of PhotoCD...

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I think I know the answer to this question but I thought I would ask anyway. I have some Kodak Pro Photo CD's with images that are very important to me. Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom no longer will open these disc. iPhoto will open the images but sorry, I dislike iPhoto very much. My question is will Aperture open images from Kodak Pro Photo CD?
Ideally, I would like to finely adjust and balance these images, and archive in the .dng format. I do not own Aperture but if it will help to do what I want I am willing to give it a try. Any assistance is appreciated in advance.

I believe that Graphic Converter (a most handy photo app to have around) is still licensed to be able to open them. Once open you can save the images to a standard folder and then import into Aperture. Buy it from the App Store.
If I can find one laying around, I will test.
You can email Thoreston Lemke and ask about Graphic Converter -- use support at lemkesoft.com. Can find at http://www.lemkesoft.com/contact.html
Ernie

Microsoft Pro Photo Tools 2 Includes Support For XMP Sidcar Files

http://www.microsoft.com/prophoto/downloads/tools.aspx
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Have you looked at Jeffrey Friedl's cross platform tool? http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/gps and http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-29/979
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). Since version 2 it has supported Adobe's XMP sidecar file format. I've recently used it with the following workflow to tag my images with location info directly from a separate GPS:
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3. I download the track information from my Garmin GPS, saving it as a GPX file.
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Have you looked at Jeffrey Friedl's cross platform tool? http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/gps and http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-29/979
This works inside Lightroom, understands track log files, works with manual tagging from google maps and much more.

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It sounds like the JPGs may have been exported with an AdobeRGB or even a ProPhotoRGB color-profile instead of the sRGB they should have. This is not a problem with Lightroom, just a problem with how someone used Lightroom.
You should be able to correct this in Photoshop if you have that. Use Edit / Convert to Profile... which should show what they have currently and then select sRGB as the Target profile.
If the images were exported without a color profile then look and see what Photoshop (which you said they look ok in) is using as its working RGB profile using Edit / Color Settings...
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I'm trying to pair my iPhone 4 with my MacBook Pro and it is saying my MacBook Pro is not supported. I just bought this thing and it's telling me that it isn't supported???

Do you mean Bluetooth?
If you are trying to activate your iPhone you need to use iTunes.
There's no need to "pair" an iPhone with a Mac. Syncing, restoring, backing up, apps/ music / photos etc., is all done with iTunes.

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Anybody knows where should I request support for an old Digital Back? Kodak ProBack 645
I have a lot of raw files of this DB. Lightroom supports these raws but I want to add them to Aperture

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http://wowcamera.info/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4
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I need to open Kodak CD photo files in photoshop where can i get the plugin or filter?

I need to open a Kodak CD photo image in photoshop what do i need and where can I get it?

I have Photoshop CS5 is there a plugin?
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It's available here:
http://www.osirix-viewer.com

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Hi Kent,
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I m looking to solve this issue;I m trying to find a perfect setting to print photos using "Iphoto 6" with a "Canon i860" and this new Kodak paper "UPP-4-A" or "Kodak Ultima photo paper"...All im getting for now are green pictures.
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I finally got to my references. This had to do with "soft proofing" on screen in Photoshop.
So this may not help you at all. Re: Strange sRGB soft-proofing behavior So go ahead and leave that setting at Basic.
However there is a Color Management forum that you also go to and see if anyone has answers for your particular problem.
Here is the link: Color management
I hope they can help you out.
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