Picture CD

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Picture CD is a product by Kodak, following on from the earlier Photo CD product. It holds photos from a single roll of color film, stored at 1024 x 1536 resolution using JPEG compression. The product is aimed at consumers. Software to view and perform simple edits to images is included on the CD.

Most digital minilabs and many Kodak Picture Maker kiosks are capable of producing Kodak Picture CD's from either film or digital pictures. The Picture CD is a standard recordable CD with Kodak software pre-recorded. Images are burned onto the CD using a standard CD-R drive. In addition, Picture CD's are also available with thumbnails printed onto the label.

Photo CD is preferred for professional use due to its superior quality and capacity.