Scanner support for Windows?

[dv8.info]

It would be good to be able to directly scan into Affinity Photo

[John Rostron]

The reason given for not supporting this is that the current scanner software is typically 32-bit and Affinity is 64-bit. Until this is resolved, the best workaround is to use the software from your scanner (or a third-party alternative) and ensure that when you save the image, then it is in a format that will use Affinity Photo as its default program. Then, when you save a file from the scanner software, it will automatically open in Affinity.

[Brakus71]

but it will hopefully be considered by the AP-team? really want to get away from PS for good.....

[Hofnaar]

any news here? We need that scan import function asap.

[TonyB]

1 hour ago, Hofnaar said:

any news here? We need that scan import function asap.

 

It's more of a platform issue than anything else. I'm assuming you are on Windows so we will add scanning when the platform can support scanning on 64bit applications.

 

[Mark Ingram]

2 hours ago, Hofnaar said:

any news here? We need that scan import function asap.

 

Can I ask what's wrong with the scanner manufacturer's software? Can you not scan with that, then import into Photo?

[kirk23]

There is a free "Scan" app  for Windows  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/windows-scan/9wzdncrfj3pv 

 

[Hofnaar]

7 hours ago, TonyB said:

 

It's more of a platform issue than anything else. I'm assuming you are on Windows so we will add scanning when the platform can support scanning on 64bit applications.

 

Isn't Photoshop CS6/CC or Corel Photo etc a 64bit app?
They are scanning fine on Windows. Sorry, but I cannot understand the problem here. But Im not a programmer.

[Mark Ingram]

13 hours ago, Hofnaar said:

Isn't Photoshop CS6/CC or Corel Photo etc a 64bit app?
They are scanning fine on Windows. Sorry, but I cannot understand the problem here. But Im not a programmer.

 

What advantage does using Photoshop give you, over the scanner manufacturer's software?

[Hofnaar]

Its simple. The All In one way of doing it. Time is always money in the business.

[John Rostron]

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2 hours ago, Hofnaar said:

Is simple. The All In one way of doing it. Time is always money in the business.

When I scan using VueScan and saving as jpeg, and with Affinity Photo open, the image opens automatically in Photo. Not quite all-in-one, but pretty close. The same would happen if I saved as tiff.