Wilfred Hildonen

So, now i tried it out and lo and behold! It worked. Thanks a lot, mate!

Well, it’s not between apps. The scanned files open automatically in Photo and the new document is also in Photo. And yes, I was informed that it will work using Place, but then I need to save the scanned files to another location first, instead of having everything in one place.

Normally, I use Image Capture on my iMac when I scan the artwork and then I opt to have them opened in Photo. Then I create a new document, in this case from the A3-template, since the original artwork is A3. Then I copy and paste the scanned files into the new document, only to discover that they have been changed from 300 dpi to 72 dpi, so I need to resize them, before copy paste them. I think this shouldn’t be necessary when the scan is set to be 300 dpi. But I received a valuable tip: I can use the Place-option, if I have saved the scanned files to some location first. Then I can place them into the new document, but only by clicking instead of dragging. That way they will retain the resolution. So it’s a workaround, but I still can’t understand why the resolution has to be changed.

The original is exactly A3, but the drawing doesn’t cover the entire sheet of paper. And if it had, I would have needed to add a third scan, because of that shading I mentioned. But anyhow, I’ll check out that click-thing tomorrow. It sounds like the thing I’m after.

Well, the problem is that they are overlapping and it would be difficult to scan them in so they are exactly in half, much because of that shading on the edges. It sounds good in theory, but it’s not that simple. If I could afford it, I would’ve bought an A3 sized scanner

I can show you an example but tomorrow. I’m not scanning it twice or three times. But a drawing on a paper the size of A3 is twice the size of my scanner, which is A4. So, therefore I need to scan half of the drawing first, and then the second half. These two halves I need to import into an A3 sized document in Photo (if I want to retain the size of the original, that is). Once imported, I adjust each half so they fit exactly before I flatten the document. The third scan is just in case the edges of the two halves become a tad shaded, so then I can scan the middle part of the original and place it on top of the two other halves, using it for adjustments. That way one can scan even larger artworks, but it requires a lot of tweaking, of course. In Photoshop I could use the Eye Dropper to remove shadowy edges, but it doesn’t work in Affinity, alas.

No, the original drawing is A3 sized, and since my scanner is only A4 sized, I have to scan it in at least two parts, sometimes three, in order to avoid the shading at the edges. So, I got two or three files which I need to merge into one, inside the A3 document I have created in Photo. The easiest way would be to have it all opened in Photo and copy paste each of the files into the A3 document, then rearranging them so they will fit exactly. But since they are changed from 300 dpi to 72 dpi, I need to resize them before I copy paste them. Now, if it is like you say that I can only click when using the Place command, it might be the solution, but it’s close to midnight here, so I’ll check that out tomorrow.

I try it in various ways. I can use Image Capture on the iMac and choose to open them in Photo. Then I create a new document the size of A3 with 300 dpi, and copy paste, and although the scanner was set to 300 dpi, the files are now in 72 dpi and need to be resized. Or I can use the Place command and then drag the files to the required size, but it’s not very convenient, because it’s more like hit and miss, instead of having files with the correct dpi and size. Then I just need to place them, and use Difference on one of the files to be able to join them accurately and easily. I don’t understand why the programme can’t leave the size and dpi as it is. Ah, sorry - now I reread your post and saw that about just clicking. I’ll try that and see if it is the solution, but tomorrow. It’s not very intuitive, though.

Perhaps the majority here are working with digital photos, so my problem isn’t common, but I am an artist and illustrator and I often illustrate for printed media. Sometimes I need to scan in an original piece of work which is larger than my A4-scanner, so I need to do several scans and then merge them into one file. As it is for print, it needs to be 300 dpi or more. The problem is that Photo as well as Designer, changes my scanned files from 300 dpi to 72 dpi when I want to add them into the new document. It ignores the settings of the scanner. That way I need to resize each scan which should be unnecessary if the developers would understand the workflow when one is working for printed media. There should be some setting in order to avoid this. Keep the resolution unchanged. Please.

I think I have to add something more. I know that I can also choose to Place items into the document, like the scans, but then I need to drag each of them to the required size, which is not ideal, either, because I need to merge them. This would have been so much easier if each scanned file would retain the DPI and size it was when I scanned them in. As they are not, I need to resize them et cetera. I had hoped that this wouldn’t be necessary. It would be an easier workflow - but I guess not a lot of people have this problem.

Well, aside from inches and such, which is just confusing me, I think you missed my point. I don’t scan in 72 dpi. I scan in 300 dpi, but when I open the scans into the 300 dpi document, they are changed to 72 dpi and then I need to resize them, in order for them to fit in. And these are not photos, but drawings which I scan in and need to merge, because the original is larger than A4, whatever that is in inches. So, let me repeat: I have an A3 drawing which is going to be published in a book. Thus, it needs to be in 300 dpi. i scan the drawing in two or even three scans on my A4-size scanner and have set the resolution to 300 dpi. I create a new document in Photo or Designer, in A3 size with the resolution of 300 dpi. Then I open up the scanned files and copy paste them into the new document - but now they are changed to 72 dpi for some reason. In other words, they don’t fit in the document and I must either resize them manually or using the menu option to resize them, which is very cumbersome as they need to be merged. That would be much easier if they hadn’t been changed to 72 dpi, but would keep the resolution as it had when I scanned them. I’m not sure since it’s a long time since I used Photoshop, but I can’t remember that it behaved like this.

I’m working with illustrations for printed media and therefore they need to be at 300 dpi, at least. Sometimes I scan in illustrations which are larger than my A4 scanner, so I need to merge them in a new document which is set to 300 dpi. I scan in 300dpi and it opens in Photo at 72 dpi!? I try to save them to desktop and open them from there, but no. Photo opens them up in 72 dpi. The same thing with Designer. I know how to resize the files in Photo, but it’s very inconvenient and cumbersome. Is there a way to make Photo and Designer to open the files in the resolution they should be in?

Yes! That was it! I didn’t think of it and that it would be visible. Since well, it isn’t before I try that preview. Anyway, I deleted it and edited it by adding layers instead of erasing and then I merged it, exported it as a pdf, et voilá! No blob. Thanks a lot!

Ah! I think you might be onto something there! There was a text there from earlier which I erased, before I added the new text. Maybe the solution is to add a white rectangle which covers it then?

It’s a rather large file in total, nearly 200 mb…