Photo CD Images

[Dan Lester]

I have a bunch of 35 mm slides that I'd like to
scan, both to use on web pages, and for long
term preservation.  No inexpensive means of
directly scanning is available (i.e. not for less
than $2.00 per slide).  However, I have found a
service bureau that will produce a Kodak Photo
CD of 100 slides for about $80.  It comes with a
PhotoCD viewer to view the images, which are
in PhotoCD format (of which I've conveniently
forgotten the extension, perhaps .pcd, but NOT
.jpg, .gif, .tif, .bmp, etc, etc.)   My real questions
are two:

First, have any of you worked from Photo CD
images?  If so, any particular problems?

Second, what software will allow me to convert
the PhotoCD images to .gif or .jpg for use on
web pages, etc?

Any comments, either on or off list, appreciated.
 I'll summarize any offlist comments of
relevance.

cheers

dan


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