Photo CD Images

[L.J. Maris]

Dan,

I have experimented with PhotoCD slides too. I used Photomagic 1.0 from
Micrografx. (Part of the Designer 4.0 package.) I also used an Apple
Quicktake 100. From the replies I learned that Paint Shop Pro (I use
version 3) also reads PhotoCD, so I had a look at that too.
I have only incidental experience with scanning. From that I learned
that having the right settings is critical. Therefore the tuning takes
time.

In my experience the PhotoCD is more practical. It is storage too, and
less hassle than scanning. At the resolution one uses for web pages I did
not find much difference between the Apple camera and the PhotoCD.

As far as the software is concerned, Photomagic will offer you the full
detail mode too and will always prompt for the desired resolution. In
Paint Shop Pro the default is medium resolution, but this can be set in
the preferences/misc. section.

You should realise that working with resolutions higher than medium,
having a lot of memory (at least 8MB) is needed to make it workable. 
But that also holds for scans. On my machine PSP produced errors due to
a lack of memory.

I hope my reaction is of use to you.
Leo.

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