jameslbirke Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 From other posts I've learned that Affinity photo does not directly support scan acquire. I'm using a windows 10 64 bit system, an Epson perfection V550 scanner, and using the the Epson scan software that came with it. How do I use this combination to get the scanned photo into Affinity photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AffinityJules Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 If you have the scanned picture/document saved as a file then what's stopping you from opening that in AF. I have never tried to do it directly - but that's how I do it. Quote Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe. These are not my own words but I sure like this quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 On my Windows system, I have Affinity Photo as the default program to open tiff files. If I save the files from my scanner program as tiff files, then they automatically open in Affinity. I'm sure that there would be an equivalent facility on a Mac. 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...
walt.farrell Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, John Rostron said: I'm sure that there would be an equivalent facility on a Mac. On a Mac you can have Affinity scan the photo. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Just now, walt.farrell said: On a Mac you can have Affinity scan the photo. Thanks @walt.farrell. I was wondering what Macs were useful for. (I would insert an emoji here if I knew how.) 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...
jameslbirke Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 22 minutes ago, John Rostron said: On my Windows system, I have Affinity Photo as the default program to open tiff files. If I save the files from my scanner program as tiff files, then they automatically open in Affinity. Thanks John. I'll set my system up the same way and see how it works John Rostron 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: On a Mac you can have Affinity scan the photo. Actually, that option relies on the same OS level API that the Mac Image Capture app uses and there being a 'native' 64 bit scan driver installed on the Mac. That driver has to come from the manufacturer of the scanner -- the software provided by third party add-ons like Vuescan won't work with Affinity Photo or Image Capture. I am not sure why but I think it has something to do with malware protection & kernel level access. So unless the manufacturer offers drivers compatible with the version of the Mac OS installed on the system, & they often stop releasing updates that are, then that feature is a no-go on the Mac version. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezwick Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I can't believe in 2020 windows 10 version of Affinity Photo 1.8 xxx can not scan in a file ! Can't think of another graphics app for windows 10 that can't do it ??? Very poor excuse blaming the drivers PLEASE fix this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 3 minutes ago, Fezwick said: Very poor excuse blaming the drivers It is not an excuse. The problem is the scarcity of 64 bit scanner drivers for Windows. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezwick Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Ummm, Can't find another program which has this issue ? Also taken from the Affinity web site, "scanner supported by Windows" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuffinMedia Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Props to @Fezwick 👍 Come on, Serif. You are bang to rights here. Aside from the fact that it is, in my eyes, a poor excuse to point at a scarcity of 64 bit scanner drivers for Windows, there it is in black and grey, "Scanner supported by Windows". I have no feel for how many users make use of this. That is not necessary for me to make my argument, I make use of this facility. I have only just swapped from PS and the first time I come to a regular part of my workflow and I can't do it. I'm not impressed. Is there someone monitoring this forum from Serif that can at least give some indication of when this will be resolved? I've paid for something and I'm not getting what I paid for. The least, the very least Serif could do is give us some time line. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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