ABSTRACT
Kodak's jump into the compact disc (DC) arena has allowed many small multimedia production shops to hold off buying an expensive digital scanner and has allowed transfer of original photography into image files that can be manipulated with most Adobe Photoshop-type software. The Photo-CD has gone from being a consumer toy to a multimedia presentation tool. In September 1990, the Photo-CD system was announced by Eastman Kodak. The Photo-CD sharply reduces the cost of getting an image into a computer so the photo in its new digitized form can be manipulated, sized, color shifted, cropped, and adapted to any specific use. The ultimate quality of the Photo-CD image depends on the training and care of the technicians in charge of the conversion process. Kodak realized that its public reception was less than auspicious almost as soon as the product was introduced.
