The tricky task of supporting Photo CDs on Linux


 
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The tricky task of supporting Photo CDs on Linux

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:00:00 GMT
In the photography world, a prominent proprietary file format is Kodak's Photo CD (.PCD). Once the premiere format for film scanning, it is now a difficult-to-work-around relic. Recently I set out to resurrect some old PCD images on a Linux system -- a challenge that serves as an object lesson in the importance of open standards in any kind of digital archive.


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gdmphotosetup(1)						   User Commands						  gdmphotosetup(1)

NAME
gdmphotosetup - GDM Photo Setup SYNOPSIS
gdmphotosetup [gnome-std-options] DESCRIPTION
gdmphotosetup allows you to select an image that will be used as your photo by the GDM face browser, if enabled by GDM. The selected file is stored as ~/.face. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more information. EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching GDM Photo Setup example% gdmphotosetup FILES
The following files are used by this application: /usr/bin/gdmphotosetup Executable for GDM Photo Setup ~/.face GDM face browser image ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWgnome-display-mgr | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface stability |External | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform. gdm(1), gdmXnestchooser(1), gdmflexiserver(1), gdmsetup(1), gdmthemetester(1), gdm-restart(1m), gdmconfig(1m), gnome-std-options(5) NOTES
Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004. SunOS 5.10 1 Sep 2004 gdmphotosetup(1)