Scanner import

[Ina Schneider]

how do I import a picture directly from my scanner?

[GarryP]

Welcome to the forums @Ina Schneider

Which Affinity application are you using?

Which operating system are you using?

[R C-R]

7 hours ago, Ina Schneider said:

how do I import a picture directly from my scanner?

You probably can't unless all three of the following are true:

1. You are using a Mac
2. You are running Affinity Photo V1 or V2
3. Your scanner shows up as a device of you select File > Acquire Image... in the window that appears.

For #3, the scanner driver software that you can get from its maker must be compatible with the version of the macOS you are running. If it is it will appear there & also in the Mac Image Capture application as a supported device.

[NotMyFault]

11 hours ago, Ina Schneider said:

how do I import a picture directly from my scanner?

You better use a native scanner app, and save as tiff file preferably with RBG/16 format. Then open the file in Photo.

This workflow avoids multiple issues, and gives you consistent results on every OS, with any scanner.

[John Rostron]

I have Photo as the default program to open .tiff files. When VueScan saves a scanned image (as tiff), it automatically opens it in Photo.

Simplifies the workflow.

John