I don't often talk about pcdMagic because, well, there's seldom much new to say about it. For those that don't know, pcdMagic is my software package for converting old Kodak Photo CD images to modern formats. It's available for both Mac OS X and Windows, and runs on the latest 64-bit versions of both OS's. Photo CD was very popular in the early 90's and a LOT of images were converted back then. Unfortunately, Kodak subsequently abandoned the format. Today, it's actually quite hard to convert Photo CD images. Most of the major packages (e.g., PhotoShop, Lightroom, etc) no longer support Photo CD at all, and the packages that do still have some kind of support have really bad support - they typically only support low resolution images, they blow highlights, and get the color wrong. Take a look here and here for more detail on why these problem exist.
pcdMagic is custom built just for Photo CD images, and incorporates equivalents to Kodak's original proprietary color profiles, so pcdMagic gets color, highlights, etc., exactly right, the way Kodak intended back in the day. To my knowledge, pcdMagic is the only software package available for modern operating systems that can do so. As such, pcdMagic is frequently used by museums, art galleries, etc to convert their images.
But don't take my word for it. NDSR Boston recently performed a very detailed comparison of the various options for converting Photo CD images. To quote from their website, "The National Digital Stewardship Residency is a program designed to develop the next generation of stewards to collect, manage, preserve, and make accessible our digital assets by building a small cohort of residents."
While the comparison is very detailed, complete with histograms, color comparisons, etc, the result was simple - to quote from NDSR Boston, "pcdMagic is our tool of choice". You can read the whole comparison here.
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PhotoRaw version 4.2.1 is now available on the Apple App Store with new camera support including the Sony A7 II (ICLE-7M2), Sony QX1 (ICLE-QX1), Panasonic DMC-CM1, Pentax K-S1, Olympus E-PL7, Fuji S1, Kodak C330, Leica D-Lux (Type 109), Leica V-Lux (Type 114), Samsung NX300M, Samsung NX30000
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