Photo CD...

[Jeffersonian]

How do I make one?

[Cornucopia]

That's a loaded question. By PhotoCD do you mean...

1. Kodak PhotoCD® (Proprietary)?
2. (S)VCD Photoslideshow (Stills and/or Video)?
3. DVD Photoslideshow (Stills and/or Video)?
4. Kodak PictureCD and variants (ISO CDROM w/ JPEGs)?
5. Something else?

What have you got, how do you want it presented and what are you going to view it with?

Sorry, but you have to be more specific. (If you don't know what these options are, read the guides to the left and/or do a Google search)

Scott

[galactica]

How do I make one?

I agree, its slightly vauge

it also depends on where you want to view the pictures.
My dvd player is Kodack Picture Cd playable, and All i do is burn .jpg directly to the disk where the files are in the root, pop it in push play, they display for 5 seconds or so and switch to the next picture

no special method needed.
but for others you may need a special burning method.

[Jeffersonian]

Yeah I was referring to a real kodak picture CD. Not a DVD or VCD with pics on it. My DVD player supports the picture CD too, but I thought there was probably some format it had to be in. If all it is is JPEGs, how can Kodak take it and call their own thingy?

[Jeffersonian]

what's the difference in a Kodak Photo CD and Picture CD?

[galactica]

Eons ago before i found my dvd player just plays cd-r with .jpeg's on it i did some research. Here;s what i saved definition wise

Whats the difference between Picture cd and Photo cd??:

The KODAK Picture CD is a consumer-oriented product. It delivers up to 28 digitized 35 mm pictures along with an easy-to-use application on one floppy diskette. The application allows you to access your pictures on your personal computer, organize them into albums and folders, or use them in other software applications for viewing and personal communications.
Use KODAK Picture Disks in applications such as the following when you do not require the high resolution images offered by a PHOTO CD Disc:

screen savers
sharing pictures via-email
small pictures in printed documents
small pictures for printing on your home printer
A KODAK PHOTO CD Disc is intended for both consumers and imaging professionals. A PHOTO CD Disc contains up to 100 high-resolution 35 mm or large format film scans in a multi-resolution format which can be used in color-managed software applications to produce high-quality printed or multimedia output.

In addition, you can:
Browse your pictures on the CD
Perform basic image editing
Add picture captions
Send your pictures via e-mail (Internet access is required)
Create custom desktop wallpaper
Create screen savers (MICROSOFT WINDOWS only)
Make reprints from home
Order reprints online (WINDOWS only)
Create and present simple slideshows
Save images to files using different sizes and resolutions
Learn about capabilities offered by digital technology (WINDOWS only)


PHOTO CD Discs are best used when photographic-quality pictures printed on an inkjet printer

desktop publishing or graphic design
multimedia presentations
photo editing
creation of documents that include near-photgraphic quality pictures printed on an inkjet printer
when durability is important for picture archiving or preservation
when cross-platform usability is desired, because PHOTO CD Discs can be used today on all major computer platforms
PHOTO CD Discs can also be viewed with KODAK PHOTO CD, CD-I, SEGA SATURN, or 3DO Players.


My understanding is if just just drop .jpg's onto a cd-r in the roots, its a Photo Cd by nature. A Kodack Picture cd has all that special stuff that lets you view, edit, and share (sort of like iPhoto, but only for teh pictures on the cd) (usaully they are made using the Kodack Picture CD kiosk or however you spell it!)

I do remember finding something about how to make them, but im still looking for it in my bookmarks (im affraid i tossed it cause i didn't need it since my dvd player plays the photo cd's i burn.)

Try a google search, thats what I did and it came up (well, 6 months ago that is)

[AntnyMD]

I always thought the proprietary Kodak PhotoCD was a specially formatted CD, because it has its own specification like the Compact Digital Disc Audio (a regular audio CD), the Compact Disc Digital Video (the VideoCD), or the Compact Disc Super Video (the SVCD).


Read the official line on PhotoCD from Kodak, then read an alternate point of view from Ted Felix.

[Cornucopia]

AntnyMD, you are correct. "PhotoCD" is its own specification. It never was actually called be a certain Book Color like the others have been, but that was mainly because Kodak kept such a tight leash on the spec that they wouldn't even allow others to license it. Which is probably why it never really took off. It's still around, but really only for Pro Photographers and Picture Service Bureaus. And it's more expensive to produce than PictureCD.

Quick Differences:

PictureCD:
only 1 rez ~1500x1000, JPEG file format (so it's always compressed), CD is ISO9660 CDROM Mode1 Single Session, almost always includes Kodak's proprietary picture viewing/simple editing/printing/emailing Windows application. There are a number of variant brands that don't have the "PictureCD" trademark (e.g. Ritz) mainly because they use their own branded application. The file format and disc structure is the same, the folder heirarchy is usually the same.

PhotoCD:
PCD "ImagePak" file format using Multiple-resolution versions contain within the same file (similar to JPEG, but with smarter less lossy compression), resolutions include thumbnail, small, TV, large, photo quality with min being ~192x112 and max being ~3072x2200, unless you make a "Pro PhotoCD" where max is ~6144x4400, CD is ISO9660 Bridge CDROMXA, Mode2 Multi-session, No application on board except the required CD-I compliant app. Almost impossible to make your own--must be done at Kodak approved center.

Compare to VCD resolutions: 352x240 (NTSC) video and 704x480+352x240 still
or SVCD resolutions: 480x480 (NTSC) video and 704x480+480x480 still
or DVD resolution: 720x480 (NTSC) video and still

Or compare to simple JPEG's on a disc: resolution and compression size depends on source, individualized folder structure.

Scott

[AntnyMD]

Making a(n) (S)VCD slideshow isnt the most fun thing in PC and *nix apps, especially if you want music timed to the pictures and smooth transitions. Your best bet is to make a test CD using the free software Apple iPhoto 2, and pop that into your DVD player and see if it plays.