BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 4 --  Eastman Kodak Company today announced the
availability of its Photo CD Access software. Photo CD Access software is
an end-user tool for integrating Photo CD images into desktop computer
applications that have not been Photo CD enabled yet.

Photo CD Access Software extends access to Kodak's Photo CD technology to
users of any software application in the Macintosh (system 6.0.5 or 7) or
DOS (under Windows 3.0 or 3.1) operating systems. The Photo CD system is
emerging as a standard format for high-quality digital images.

Kodak's Photo CD system produces a writable compact disc that stores color
or black-and-white images in digital form. The Photo CD Imaging
Workstation scans 35 mm negatives or slides at high-speed, and writes them
to Photo CD discs, maintaining the original photographic quality of each
image. The Photo CD system enables users to work easily with low-cost,
photo-realistic, digital images.

Computer users can view and use Photo CD images on a desktop computer with
a CD-ROM XA drive and supporting software. Users also can view Photo CD
images on TV using a CD-I or Kodak Photo CD player. The service of
transferring 35 mm negatives and slides to Photo CD discs is available
today from photofinishers and commercial photolabs across the United
States.

"The Photo CD system delivers the power of high-quality color images to
anyone using a desktop computer," said Georgia McCabe, manager of
Commercial Photo CD in CD Imaging at Kodak. "This includes traditional
imaging users, such as graphic designers and desktop publishers, as well
as users who until now have not had the resources or expertise to work
with color digital images."

"We anticipate that all major Macintosh- and Windows-based applications
will provide direct support for the Photo CD format," McCabe concluded.

Kodak Photo CD Access software ensures that anyone can work with Photo CD
images in their existing, desktop applications today. Macintosh users also
will gain access to Photo CD images later this year through Apple Computer
Inc.'s QuickTime system software extension.

Easy Access to Photo CD Images Today

Photo CD Access software features an easy to use, familiar, menu-driven
graphical interface that allows users to load, edit, and export their
images to applications that support bit-mapped color or bi-tonal images.
With Photo CD Access software, users can control image attributes such as
orientation, resolution, color format, and display area.

Kodak also provides Photo CD Access Developer Toolkit software. This
enables independent software vendors (ISVs) to integrate support for Photo
CD images seamlessly into software applications.

With Photo CD Access software, or a Photo CD-enabled application, and a
CD-ROM XA drive, users can access Photo CD images today. CD-ROM XA
single-session drives that currently support the Photo CD format include
the AppleCD 150 and Sony CDU-7211 for the Macintosh, and the Sony CDU-7211
and Philips/Magnavox CDD461 for DOS systems. CD-ROM XA single-session
drives allow users to read the first session of images written to the
Photo CD disc.

Leading CD-ROM drive manufacturers such as Philips Consumer Electronics,
Pioneer Communications, Sony Corporation of America, and Toshiba
Corporation, plan to offer Photo CD-compatible multi-session CD-ROM XA
drives later this year. Photo CD users can add images to Photo CD discs in
more than one session. Multi-session CD-ROM XA drives read images appended
to a Photo CD disc at different times, using the full capacity of the
Photo CD disc.

Pricing and Availability

Photo CD Access software is available this August for the Macintosh (system
6.0.5 or 7) and DOS (Windows 3.0 or 3.1) operating systems. The
manufacturer's suggested retail price is $39.95. Photo CD Access software
can be purchased directly from Kodak by calling 1-800-242-2424 extension
53.

The service of transferring 35 mm negatives or slides to Photo CD discs is
available now through photofinishers and commercial labs across North
America. To locate a nearby photofinisher or lab that provides Photo CD
services, consumers can call 1-800-242-2424, extension 36.

Kodak will demonstrate the Photo CD system, and other imaging and color
products, at the Macworld Expo in Boston, August 4 - 6, booth 5012.

In addition to its traditional film, chemical and health businesses, Kodak
is a major manufacturer and marketer of imaging products, systems and
services for business and government uses. Kodak products include
scanning, image storage, software and printing devices for a range of
document and color imaging applications.

Eastman Kodak Company, 343 State St, Rochester, NY 14650-0519

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