converting Mac images for PC

[joggerjayne]

Help !

I've just had a CD delivered with some graphic images ...

... (or ... "pictures") ... that I need for work.

But my lappies can't see the pictures on the CD.

Could this be because the person who made the disk has a Mac?

If so, can I do anything to enable any of my lappies to read the CD?

(I have Windows XP Pro)

Thanks guys.

Please note:
If anyone does reply, I won't be able to respond immediately. I'm not being rude ... I just have to go out now. I will respond later. Jayne x

[sn�gs]

''Could this be because the person who made the disk has a Mac?''

Yes.

Can your client email you the images instead (as .jpegs to keep the size down)...

[sn�gs]

^ I guess there are too many images to email, hence the CD...

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Or...

Get the person who wrote the disc to save another version as 'readable by all formats' or similar. Sounds like they've saved the first one as just for PC...

[Gromit]

When you write to a CD on a Mac it should automatically do it in a format that PC users can open, so it is unlikely that the reason you cannot open the pictures is just because it was written on a Mac.

Do the pictures have a suffix on them? .tif .jpg .eps etc.

Macs do not need a suffix to see the pictures but PCs do. Just remaining them with the correct end might solve your problem.

Another reason is that they have been saved in CMYK colours (for printing). PCs have RGB as the default and even programmes like word often struggle with CMYK.

[sn�gs]

How can JJ change the suffix on the files if she cannot see them/they are not showing on the disc she has?

[fo3nix]

I think Gromit's right.

Image formats are a standard, that both Windows and Mac OS X understand.

Sounds like something that Gromit suggests, or perhaps they're in a psd (Photoshop) file format, which Jayne doesn't have.

[Twenty20]

The OP says she can't see the pictures, she doesn't say whether she can see the file names or not so it may just be a case of renaming them by adding a suffix.

If you can't see the disc at all then it's either corrupt or saved in a Mac only format (which would be unusual as the default is universal).

[joggerjayne]

You guys are just so fab.

Thank you. At least I won't soundtoo dumb when I speak to the sender.

Can't stop. Going back out. Thanks again.

Jayne x x x