iMatt Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Any chance of Affinity Photo gaining the ability to scan an image directly into the program via Windows WIA interface anytime soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pšenda Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Quote Affinity Store (MSI/EXE): Affinity Suite (ADe, APh, APu) 2.4.0.2301 Dell OptiPlex 7060, i5-8500 3.00 GHz, 16 GB, Intel UHD Graphics 630, Dell P2417H 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Dell Latitude E5570, i5-6440HQ 2.60 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics 530, 1920 x 1080, Windows 11 Pro, Version 23H2, Build 22631.3155. Intel NUC5PGYH, Pentium N3700 2.40 GHz, 8 GB, Intel HD Graphics, EIZO EV2456 1920 x 1200, Windows 10 Pro, Version 21H1, Build 19043.2130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 On windows, if you save your scanned image as (say) tiff, and if Affinity is the default program for tiffs, then following the save, it will open automatically in Affinity. Not much different from scanning from within Affinity. This also works if you save as jpeg. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Martin Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 So AP has no ability to use a scanner? Grief. FOrtunately, I still have PhotoPlus 5which I think was the last Serif programme able to do the job. Bleah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Paul Martin said: So AP has no ability to use a scanner? Grief. FOrtunately, I still have PhotoPlus 5which I think was the last Serif programme able to do the job. Bleah! You would do better to use your scanner software and allow the saved file to automatically load into Affinity. It might seem a more complicated workflow, but in practice it works very smoothly, especially if Affinity is already open. The only disadvantage is that it creates an intermediate saved file which you may or may not want to keep. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Martin Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Thanks, John, I will try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdcclxv Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Yeah, that might work for those who are willing to install all that bloatware that comes with the scanner. Not me. Good thing I scouted the forum before taking out the bucks. Off I go searching for another alternative to Photosop. And regarding the WIA drivers, that statement is not true. Until ditching Photoshop I used WIA extensively. Btw, I ditched Photoshop mainly because during the last several years it also turned into a massive bloatware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 47 minutes ago, mdcclxv said: Yeah, that might work for those who are willing to install all that bloatware that comes with the scanner. I actually use VueScan for flatbed scanning (and SilverFast for sldes). VueScan is well worth the $40/£28 price. There is also a Pro version which scans slides and does OCR, but the standard version should do what you want. It does not include any bloatware! John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanSG Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 On 29/03/2018 at 1:45 PM, mdcclxv said: Btw, I ditched Photoshop mainly because during the last several years it also turned into a massive bloatware. And there's the problem - you see the ability to scan as something desirable while for me it would just be bloatware! Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stain Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 GIMP is fine with it. Though there is a question why it can not be implemented on Windows. The answer leaves more questions. Can live without it anyway. AP is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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