Support of Kodak Photo CD
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PMPro supports PCD graphics. This graphic file format is exclusively
designed for and used on Photo CD4s. Additionally, PMPro is able to 
read Portfolio Photo-CD's.

With the programs PhotoView and MultiConvert, you may also
display PCD graphics without starting PMPro or convert these to
e.g. IFF. Conversion may of course also be managed directly within
PMPro (see chapter Marked/Convert or Found/Convert).


Configuration:
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 Before processing graphics from a Photo-CD you have to specify within
 the settings which drive your CD-ROM is using (CD0:, CD1:, etc.)
 Here you also need to specify which resolution should be used for
 displaying the graphic.


Cataloguing:
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 For cataloguing graphics of Photo-CDs Picture Manager Professional
 supports two possible methods:

 1.) Via Expand/Photo-CD. The content of the corresponding file on
     the PhotoCD will be examined and the thumbnails will be extracted
     and catalogued. A Pixel size of 96x64 will be used for this.
     Rescaling of PMPro's native thumbnail sizes is not possible 
     using this method. This is only possible when using the second
     slower method of cataloguing PCD graphics.

 2.) By calling Expand/Directories (and of course also single files)
     the PCD graphics on the PhotoCD's may be catalogued just the
     same way as IFF and other graphic file formats.
     PCD graphics of a Photo-CD are stored within the directory
     /PHOTO_CD/IMAGES of the CD.

 Should problems occur with the first method, please use the second one
 for cataloguing PCD graphics.


Restrictions and notes:
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 Picture Manager only supports PCD resolutions up to 764x512 pixels.
 For screen displays and printer output this is entirely sufficient.
 Higher resolutions require a lot of RAM (up to 20 MB of Fast memory)
 and an extremely fast processor.
 Also, displaying of higher resolutions would not actually be possible
 on an Amiga, since more than 2 MB graphic memory (Chip RAM) are
 needed. It is possible that future versions of PMPro will also support
 those higher resolutions.


