CD ROM FAQ PhotoCD

Information in this page updated: 24 Sep 95


9. PhotoCD

PhotoCDs are just normal multisession/XA CD-ROMs. The pictures are stored in an special format that includes several resolutions. Real, processed PhotoCDs are golden and have more than one session. At your dealer you can get lots of pre-processed PhotoCDs, these are single-session normal CDs and often include a viewer for DOS/Windows sometimes for Mac and/or CD-I players. To view those pictures on your Amiga you'll need a special program and if you want a little comfort you will have to pay for it. Also since the pictures are TrueColor 24Bit pictures you should have a graphics board or at least an AGA-Amiga and in every case lot of ram.

 Program        ca. price   max. resolution
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 PhotoworX      ca. 198DM   Base*16
 PhotoworX pro  ca. 299DM   Base*64
 FolioworX      ca. 128DM   for PortfolioCD(TIFF)
 ADpro loader   ca. 198DM   Base*16
 Photogenics    ca. 55£     Base
 ImageFX        ca. ?       Base*16
 ADpro/Asimware PD          Base
 ppm2...        PD          Base*16

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