Several students have experienced various difficulties when opening images from a Photo cd. I contacted Adobe who were most helpful and the following information was received.

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What's Covered

Source and Destination Profiles

Creating a Destination Profile of Your Working Color Space

Specifying Profiles When Opening a Photo CD Image

Source and Destination Profiles Included With Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop 5.0.x uses the Kodak ICC Color Management System

(KICC CMS) to open Kodak Photo CD images. KICC CMS uses ICC profiles to

convert the color space of a Photo CD image. Source and destination profiles

enable Photoshop to accurately and consistently convert color in the Photo

CD images it opens. This document explains each type of profile to help you

decide which one to choose when opening Photo CD images in Photoshop 5.0.x.

ICC (International Color Consortium) profiles, which include source

and destination profiles, are files that describes how a particular device

reproduces color -- they describe the device's color space. ICC profiles can

be created for three types of devices: a display device (monitor), an input

device (a scanner or digital camera), or an output device (a printer). Mac

OS, Windows 95 or later, and Windows NT 4.0 manage and store ICC profiles

differently (see the table below for details).

Operating System

ICC Profile Manager Source Profile Location

Destination Profile Location

Mac OS ColorSync 2.x System Folder:ColorSync Profiles

System Folder:ColorSync Profiles

Windows 95 KICC CMS Windows\System\Color Windows\System\Color

Windows 98 ICM 2.0 Windows\System\Color Windows\System\Color

Windows NT 4.0 KICC CMS Windows\System32\Color

Windows\System32\Color

Source Profiles

A source profile describes the color space used to create an image.

Kodak Photo CD source profiles also describe the type of film (color

negative or color slide) used to create the original image.

Color slide (i.e., color transparency, color reversal) film source

profiles describe the film processing: Kodak Kodachrome film uses K-14

processing; Kodak Ektachrome and all other types of slide film use E-6

processing. The source profiles may also describe the scanning method used

for the Photo CD image. In Photoshop, the processing information appears in

the Image Info dialog box with the Product Type of Original code. If you are

using Photoshop in Windows, the processing information also appears in the

Source's Open dialog box in the Kdevice Settings line of the Show Profile

Attributes area.

A destination profile describes the color space in which the image

opens (e.g., RGB, CMYK, LAB). You determine which profile to use based on

your workflow. For example, you can use ICC profiles to open an image into

an RGB color space and then later convert it to CMYK, or you can use a CMYK

profile to open an image directly into the CMYK color space.

For more information on the appropriate destination profile for your workflow, see

Adobe's Web site at

http://www.adobe.com/support/techguides/photoshop/main.html. To determine

the color space of the profile in Photoshop, ensure that Show Profile

Attributes is selected, select the profile, and then note the Device

Colorspace in the Destination's Open dialog box.

Creating a Destination Profile of Your Working Color Space

Before opening a Photo CD image, you may want to create an ICC

profile for the RGB working color space in Photoshop 5.0. You can then

choose that profile as the destination profile when you open a PhotoCD

image. This procedure ensures that Photoshop opens the image into the

working color space.

To create an ICC profile for the RGB working color space:

1. In Photoshop, choose File > Color Settings > RGB Setup.

2. Select the desired RGB working space from the RGB pop-Up menu.

3. Click Save in the RGB Setup dialog box.

4. Navigate to the System Folder:ColorSync Profiles folder (Mac

5. Name the profile and then click Save in the Save dialog box.

6. Click OK to close the RGB Setup dialog box.

You must specify a source and destination profile for a Photo CD image when you open it in Photoshop 5.0.x. Before you can specify a source profile, you must know which type of film was used to create the image.

To determine the type of film:

1. Choose File > Open.

2. Select the image from the [x]:/Photo_CD/Image folder (where

3. Click Image Info in the Kodak ICC Photo CD dialog box.

4. Note the type of film used:

If Medium of Original reads "Color Negative," the

If Medium of Original reads "Color Reversal," use

052/55 SPD 0000 Color slide film scanned as Photo CD (Ektachrome) or Color

116/72 SPD 0000 Color slide film scanned as Pro Photo CD (Ektachrome)

116/22 SPD 0000 Color slide film scanned as Photo CD (Kodachrome)

5. Click OK.

1. Choose File > Open.

2. Select an image from the [x]:/Photo_CD/Image folder (where

3. Choose a resolution from the Resolution pop-up menu in the

4. Click Source.

5. Select a source profile and then click Open. Determine the

Color negative film pcdcnycc.pf (Mac OS) pcdcnycc.icm (Windows)

For Kodachrome: pcd4050k.pf or pcdkoycc.pf (Mac OS); pcd4050k.icm or

pcdkoycc.icm (Windows)

For Ektachrome and other types: pcd4050e.pf or pcdekycc.pf (Mac OS); pcd4050e.icm or pcdekycc.icm (Windows) Color slide film scanned as Photo CD

For Kodachrome: pcdkoycc.pf (Mac OS); pcdkoycc.icm (Windows)

For Ektachrome: pcdekycc.pf (Mac OS); pcdekycc.icm (Windows)

Color slide film scanned as Pro Photo CD

For Kodachrome: pcd4050k.pf (Mac OS); pcd4050k.icm (Windows)

For Ektachrome: pcd4050e.pf (Mac OS); pcd4050e.icm (Windows)

6. Click Destination.

7. Select a destination profile and then click Open.

8. Click OK to open the image in Photoshop.

Photoshop 5.0 includes the following Kodak ICC source and destination profiles (other applications may install additional ICC profiles):

pcd4050e.pf (Mac OS) pcd4050e.icm (Windows) Kodak Ektachrome or all

pcd4050k.pf (Mac OS) pcd4050k.icm (Windows) Kodak Kodachrome color

pcdcnycc.pf (Mac OS) pcdcnycc.icm (Windows) Color negatives Kodak

pcdekycc.pf (Mac OS) pcdekycc.icm (Windows) Kodak Ektachrome or all

pcdkoycc.pf (Mac OS) pcdkoycc.icm (Windows) Kodak Kodachrome color

Epsn1p04.icm Epson ES-800C Single Pass

Epsn3p04.icm Epson ES-800C Three Pass

Eucmyk06.icm Light GCR 300 UCR CMYK Euro Positive Proofing

Eucmyk50.icm Light GCR 360 UCR CMYK Euro Positive Proofing

Genkdcs1.icm KODAK Generic DCS Camera Input

Gncmyk04.icm Light GCR 280 UCR CMYK US Negative Proofing

Gncmyk50.icm Light GCR 360 UCR CMYK US Negative Proofing

Hpsj2cx.icm HP ScanJet IICX/T

Hpsjtwm7.icm Hewlett Packard ScanJet IIc

Jpcmyk06.icm Light GCR 300 UCR CMYK Japan Std. Proofing

Jpcmyk50.icm Light GCR 360 UCR CMYK Japan Std. Proofing

Ls3510m7.icm Nikon LS-3510 AF

Mt600zm7.icm Microtek 600ZS

Openrgb.icm KODAK Open Interchange RGB

Pslabint.icm Adobe Photoshop CIELAB

Pslabpcs.icm Adobe Photoshop CIELAB

Rfs2035m.icm Kodak Professional RFS 2035 Film Scanner

Stdpyccl.icm Std Photo YCC Print

Xyz2xyz.icm XYZ to XYZ Identity Profile

Xyzinput.icm XYZ to XYZ Identity Input Profile

February 2000