.pcd file problem

"DannyC" wrote in message

Hi,

When I try to open .pcd (Kodak Photo Disc): files, Photoshop 6 (the registered program for these files), will no longer open them and just reports "a program error", (very helpful!). Does anyone have a solution for me?

I had a trial version (now expired and uninstalled), of CS2 installed, if that’s relevant. I guess that the uninstaller may well have left some junk behind in the Registry? Or is there another reason?
TIA

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DannyC
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I am trying to remember this..
try import instead of open??
I think Kodak discontinued support for the format
but I do recall a plug-in or add-on to import them

check out the Adobe downloads section
gl

"KatWoman" wrote in message

I am trying to remember this..
try import instead of open??
I think Kodak discontinued support for the format
but I do recall a plug-in or add-on to import them

check out the Adobe downloads section
gl

Thanks for the reply. PS6 doesn’t list this file type under Import as later versions do. Yes; Kodak have discontinued support.

The files used to open fine. I cannot open them now using either the original CD or from saved copies on my hard drive. I’ve tried Open As… and then use the listed .PCD file type, as suggested here: http://www.adobe.com/products/adobemag/archive/pdfs/9701qaps .pdf but still get the same old message: "Could not open *****.pcd because of a program error".

There doesn’t appear to be anything useful on Adobe’s site. Kodak have some very old files still available for download, but they pre-date the facility built into PS4 and greater, whereby the .pcd files *should* open on File/Open. I’ve double-checked my C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop
6.0\Plug-Ins\File Formats folder, and the required plug-in (Photo CD.8BI),
is still there.

From my brief investigations on the Web, I’ve found a fair few queries on this subject dating back to Photoshop 3 and as recent as PS7…but no solutions!

I know that the same file extension is used by Microsoft for something to do with modifying scripts for Outlook Exchange Server and as "Visual Test (Microsoft)", so this is why I am tempted to think that my Registry has blown a fuse and is getting a little mixed up.

Thanks again for your help & suggestions

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DannyC
Get Sticky Design
www.getstickydesign.co.uk

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:41:40 GMT, "DannyC"
found these unused words floating
about:

"KatWoman" wrote in message

I am trying to remember this..
try import instead of open??
I think Kodak discontinued support for the format
but I do recall a plug-in or add-on to import them

check out the Adobe downloads section
gl

Thanks for the reply. PS6 doesn’t list this file type under Import as later versions do. Yes; Kodak have discontinued support.

The files used to open fine. I cannot open them now using either the original CD or from saved copies on my hard drive. I’ve tried Open As… and then use the listed .PCD file type, as suggested here: http://www.adobe.com/products/adobemag/archive/pdfs/9701qaps .pdf but still get the same old message: "Could not open *****.pcd because of a program error".

There doesn’t appear to be anything useful on Adobe’s site. Kodak have some very old files still available for download, but they pre-date the facility built into PS4 and greater, whereby the .pcd files *should* open on File/Open. I’ve double-checked my C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop
6.0\Plug-Ins\File Formats folder, and the required plug-in (Photo CD.8BI),
is still there.

From my brief investigations on the Web, I’ve found a fair few queries on this subject dating back to Photoshop 3 and as recent as PS7…but no solutions!

I know that the same file extension is used by Microsoft for something to do with modifying scripts for Outlook Exchange Server and as "Visual Test (Microsoft)", so this is why I am tempted to think that my Registry has blown a fuse and is getting a little mixed up.

Thanks again for your help & suggestions

Have you tried following the steps (help file) in "Opening and Importing Files", specifically "Photo CD" ? It’s a round-about, but might let you select/use the 8bi in your ‘files’ directory.

"Sir F. A. Rien" wrote in message

On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:41:40 GMT, "DannyC"
found these unused words floating
about:

"KatWoman" wrote in message

I am trying to remember this..
try import instead of open??
I think Kodak discontinued support for the format
but I do recall a plug-in or add-on to import them

check out the Adobe downloads section
gl

Thanks for the reply. PS6 doesn’t list this file type under Import as later
versions do. Yes; Kodak have discontinued support.

The files used to open fine. I cannot open them now using either the original CD or from saved copies on my hard drive. I’ve tried Open As… and then use the listed .PCD file type, as suggested here: http://www.adobe.com/products/adobemag/archive/pdfs/9701qaps .pdf but still get the same old message: "Could not open *****.pcd because of a program error".

There doesn’t appear to be anything useful on Adobe’s site. Kodak have some
very old files still available for download, but they pre-date the facility
built into PS4 and greater, whereby the .pcd files *should* open on File/Open. I’ve double-checked my C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop
6.0\Plug-Ins\File Formats folder, and the required plug-in (Photo CD.8BI),
is still there.

From my brief investigations on the Web, I’ve found a fair few queries on this subject dating back to Photoshop 3 and as recent as PS7…but no solutions!

I know that the same file extension is used by Microsoft for something to do
with modifying scripts for Outlook Exchange Server and as "Visual Test (Microsoft)", so this is why I am tempted to think that my Registry has blown a fuse and is getting a little mixed up.

Thanks again for your help & suggestions

Have you tried following the steps (help file) in "Opening and Importing Files", specifically "Photo CD" ? It’s a round-about, but might let you select/use the 8bi in your ‘files’ directory.

Mmm, I have this under ‘Getting Images into Photoshop and ImageReady > Opening and importing images > Opening Photo CD files’:

‘To open a Photo CD file:
1 Choose File > Open.
2 Select the PCD file you want to open, and click Open. If the file does not appear, select the option for showing all files from the Files of Type (Windows) or Show (Mac OS) menu.’

That doesn’t work, no. ‘Photo CD (*.PCD)’ is listed, but the same old error pops up. Thanks, anyway.

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DannyC
Get Sticky Design
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