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Open PCD files and convert Kodak Photo CD to JPG

A .pcd file is a photo from a Kodak Photo CD: a lab scan of your film from the 1990s or 2000s.

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Contenta Converter results screen showing 32 converted photos and a before and after preview
The results screen of Contenta Converter: 32 photos converted in 47 seconds, with a before and after preview.
  1. Add your PCD filesDrop in single files or a whole folder.
  2. Pick output formatJPG, PNG, TIFF, PDF and more.
  3. Click ConvertEvery file converted in one pass.

The same photo, five outputs

Photo of a stage set with a bed, a small table and a checked sofaDSC_0001.NEF · 3900×2613
  • PNG.png1.9 s
    16.1 MB
  • AVIF.avif2.2 s
    2.02 MB
  • JPG.jpg1.7 s
    1.69 MB
  • WebP.webp1.7 s
    1.32 MB
  • JPEG XL.jxl1.7 s
    1.12 MB
One Nikon D60 RAW file converted to five formats, at quality 90 where the format has a quality setting. PNG is lossless, so it is the largest. Seconds are the median of three runs. Measured with the Contenta Converter 9.0.35 command line on an AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, 2026-09-30.

Each file holds the same photo at several sizes, up to 3072×2048. Windows Photos cannot open it. Free viewers open one file at a time; Contenta Converter converts a whole disc to JPG at full resolution.

How to open a .PCD file on Windows

  1. IrfanView (free). Opens a single PCD file. Use Save As to keep that photo as a JPG.
  2. XnView (free). Also opens single PCD files. Fine for looking through a few photos.
  3. Contenta Converter, for a whole disc. Drop the Photo CD or its folder, pick JPG, PNG or TIFF, and every photo is converted at the full 3072×2048 size, not the 768×512 preview. Runs on Windows.
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포맷

PCD

회사

Kodak
설명 PCD (Photo CD) is Kodak's 1992 format for storing scanned photographs on CD-ROM. Each image is stored at five resolutions (192×128, 384×256, 768×512, 1536×1024, 3072×2048) in a single file, letting software pick the size it needs without resampling. Kodak offered PCD as a service — you mailed in film, got back a CD with digitized images. The product line ended in 2004, but the files persist in archives.
장점 Multi-resolution design was ahead of its time — pick any of five sizes without server-side resizing. 12-bit color per channel at higher resolutions, YCC color space, Huffman coding. Decent compression for 1992.
단점 Kodak discontinued Photo CD support in 2004. Most modern software opens the highest resolution stored but cannot write new PCD files. The format's quirks (YCC instead of RGB, reversed scan-line order on Pro PhotoCD) require specialized decoders; Contenta Converter PREMIUM handles this.

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PCD image organization

PCD를 어떻게 열지? PCD를 처리하는 방법을? PCD를 축소하는 방법? PCD를 줄이기 위해 어떻게? PCD를 어떻게 자동으로 이름을 바꾸려면? PCD를 어떻게 구성하는 하위 - 폴더? 을 다시는 PCD를 어떻게? 어떻게는 PCD에서 PDF의 사진 앨범을 만들?

PCD image color processing

흑백으로 변환하는 방법은 PCD에서? PCD를 세피아로 변환하는 방법? How to adjust the brightness PCD? How to adjust the contrast PCD? How to adjust the gamma PCD? How to invert the colors of PCD? How to boost colors from PCD? How to boost the contrast from PCD?

PCD image processing

PCD를 위해 워터마크를 추가하려면 어떻게? How to create animated GIF slideshows from PCD? How to create pencil/ink drawings from PCD? PCD를 선명하게하는 방법? How to blur PCD? How to refocus PCD? How to denoise hot pixels from PCD? How to crop PCD? How to rotate PCD? How to flip PCD?

PCD image annotation

How to change the resolution in dpi of PCD? How to modify the IPTC/XMP creation and modification dates of PCD? How to modify the IPTC/XMP description of PCD? How to modify the IPTC/XMP location of PCD? How to modify the IPTC/XMP legal information of PCD? How to edit the IPTC/XMP workflow (status and urgency) of PCD? How to edit the IPTC/XMP copyright of PCD?

Frequently Asked Questions about PCD

How do I open a PCD file on Windows?

Windows Photos cannot open PCD files, and most modern editors dropped support. The free viewers IrfanView and XnView open single PCD files. To convert a whole Kodak Photo CD to JPG in one pass, use Contenta Converter.

Can I open PCD files on a Mac?

Contenta Converter runs on Windows only; there is no Mac version. If you can use a Windows PC once, convert the disc to JPG there. The JPG files then open on any Mac.

Do I get the full resolution from my Photo CD?

Yes. Each PCD file stores the photo at several sizes. Contenta Converter decodes the largest one, 3072×2048 (16Base), not the small 768×512 preview, and saves it as JPG, PNG or TIFF.

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