Best way to read a DCS 420 file.

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Thomas998
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Best way to read a DCS 420 file.

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I've been playing around with 420c and 420ir... my only problem is opening the files. Thus far the only only software I have that seems to remotely work on them is photoshop CS... which is a problem since I only have CS on an old backup computer... my main computer is running CS3 and it doesn't seem to like the Kodak files.

Anyone have any suggestions on the best way to do it... While the CS seems to work well with the 420ir files it gives me very jacked up results from the 420c... I don't know if the CS just can't do it properly or I have a bad sensor because the color shift is pretty extreme.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Kodak Photo Desk

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Have you tried Kodak Photo Desk? Free software, available for both Mac and Windows:

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professi ... Main.jhtml

Alternatively, you can download the DCS file format module:

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professi ... 6.11&lc=en

Features in V4.2

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP file format plug-in
Open Kodak Professional DCS Proprietary RAW TIFF and DCS format images
Apply all saved process parameters
Optionally open images in 8-bit or 16-bit mode
Optionally open images in linear mode
Optionally control automatic SBA for unedited raw images

Good luck!

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Re: Kodak Photo Desk

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Webmaster wrote:Have you tried Kodak Photo Desk?
I had heard about photo desk... unfortunately Kodak has moved on to version 4.3... V4.3 does not support the DCS 4XX cameras. when I try to open a tiff file I get a unsuported message.

Does anyone now where I can get V4.2?
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Re: Kodak Photo Desk

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Thomas998 wrote:I had heard about photo desk... unfortunately Kodak has moved on to version 4.3... V4.3 does not support the DCS 4XX cameras. when I try to open a tiff file I get a unsuported message.
Ok.. Don't know where you can get 4.2, but the Photoshop plugin (DCS file format module) should still work.

Thumbs Plus (www.cerious.com) will also open/convert Kodak DSC files, but apparently you'll need to download the DCS support files separately.

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Re: Kodak Photo Desk

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Webmaster wrote:Ok.. Don't know where you can get 4.2, but the Photoshop plugin (DCS file format module) should still work.
Seems like the DCS file format module doesn't work with Photoshop CS3. Just tried - no success.

If I can find some spare time I may put together a small program to convert DCS TIFF files, using Kodak's own file support library.

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Re: Kodak Photo Desk

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Webmaster wrote:Seems like the DCS file format module doesn't work with Photoshop CS3.
Thanks for verifying what I thought was happening... I tried using that plug in every way possible but had no luck. I guess for now I'll just be at the mercy of the old computer running CS... hopefully the old computer doesn't die or I'll be in a world of hurt.
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Re: Kodak Photo Desk

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Thomas998 wrote:I guess for now I'll just be at the mercy of the old computer running CS... hopefully the old computer doesn't die or I'll be in a world of hurt.
If you're a Windows user you'll be happy to read this:

viewtopic.php?t=327

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