Simon C Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 It would be helpful to be able to use publisher as a replacement for acrobat pro. I would like to scan docs and pictures directly into files using Publisher. This will help with the final disentanglement with ADOBE regarding creating PDFs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Hi, @Simon C, welcome to the forums! It looks like you might be able do this if you also have Photo, by switching to the Photo persona within Publisher and selecting "Acquire Image" from the File menu. I don't have a camera or scanner set up at the moment so haven't tested it myself, but the option is there in the menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 13 hours ago, fde101 said: Hi, @Simon C, welcome to the forums! It looks like you might be able do this if you also have Photo, by switching to the Photo persona within Publisher and selecting "Acquire Image" from the File menu. I don't have a camera or scanner set up at the moment so haven't tested it myself, but the option is there in the menu. I believe it is a Mac only option. fde101 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon C Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 Hi guys. thanks for the comments. I have windows version and definitely cannot find an 'acquire image' option in the menu system. It worth a thought though. Perhaps Serif will add this tot eh windows version in an update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fde101 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 4 hours ago, Simon C said: I have windows version and definitely cannot find an 'acquire image' option in the menu system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granddaddy Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 This request for an Acquire function in Affinity Windows software has been brought up numerous times in the past couple of years. Try searching the forums for scan Windows 10 and you'll get only 81 hits instead of the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of hits I got with other search terms. I find the forum search engine rather finicky. In fact it's probably easier and more effective to search Bing or Google rather than the Affinity forums. Just include the word Affinity in your list of search terms. The responses I've seen fall into three categories: 1.) Serif and some users say Windows does not provide suitable scanner drivers to interface with Affinity products 2.) Some offer suggestions for other software you could use for scanning. They say if you set Affinity applications as the default for opening the filetype output by your scanner then the completed scan will open automatically in Affinity. 3.) Some say no one should be scanning things in these days when images are born digital in cameras and other devices. A few sample threads: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/56378-scanning-within-affinity-photo/ https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/81745-how-can-i-get-a-scanned-photo-into-affinity-photo/ https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/77021-scanner-support/ https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/66196-affinity-designer-scanning/ Quote Affinity Photo 2.4.2 (MSI) and 1.10.6; Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 (MSI) and 1.10.6. Windows 10 Home x64 version 22H2. Dell XPS 8940, 16 GB Ram, Intel Core i7-11700K @ 3.60 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon C Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 Thanks. Interesting comments. It's really an alternative to Acrobat pro for office purposes (archiving docs, etc) that I'm looking for. I just thought that the new Publisher might have planned to accommodate this as a marketing extra. Just looking forward to getting rid of all the Adobe products from my system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 23 hours ago, Simon C said: It's really an alternative to Acrobat pro for office purposes (archiving docs, etc) that I'm looking for. You definitely need something else than Publisher.. I believe there are "scan-to-PDF-and-archive" solutions available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofreJKD Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 On 6/21/2019 at 9:27 PM, fde101 said: Hi, @Simon C, welcome to the forums! It looks like you might be able do this if you also have Photo, by switching to the Photo persona within Publisher and selecting "Acquire Image" from the File menu. I don't have a camera or scanner set up at the moment so haven't tested it myself, but the option is there in the menu. There is no such thing in PC version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofreJKD Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 On 6/24/2019 at 8:56 AM, Granddaddy said: This request for an Acquire function in Affinity Windows software has been brought up numerous times in the past couple of years. Try searching the forums for scan Windows 10 and you'll get only 81 hits instead of the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of hits I got with other search terms. I find the forum search engine rather finicky. In fact it's probably easier and more effective to search Bing or Google rather than the Affinity forums. Just include the word Affinity in your list of search terms. The responses I've seen fall into three categories: 1.) Serif and some users say Windows does not provide suitable scanner drivers to interface with Affinity products 2.) Some offer suggestions for other software you could use for scanning. They say if you set Affinity applications as the default for opening the filetype output by your scanner then the completed scan will open automatically in Affinity. 3.) Some say no one should be scanning things in these days when images are born digital in cameras and other devices. A few sample threads: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/56378-scanning-within-affinity-photo/ https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/81745-how-can-i-get-a-scanned-photo-into-affinity-photo/ https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/77021-scanner-support/ https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/66196-affinity-designer-scanning/ --- and yet Adobe does it just fine in Windows with same drivers??? for several decades??? try again- I call Bull crap - lol emmrecs01 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Serif could access WIA in Windows. Which is what Adobe applications do now that they are 64-bit. WIA is pretty much sub-standard scanning. There are excellent scan applications available for Windows. I suggest using the software that comes with the scanner or one of those applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofreJKD Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I disagree. Theres nothing more infuriating than have to open another app to perform functions and import import import all the time. Workflow sucks that way. And being realistic.. . WIA isnt the best, not really a concern. Because end result is it opens a simple window, it scans, and I have my image. It works. It just works. What's better isnt the standard, it's the fact that something just works and workflow isnt interrupted or relying on 3rd party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithsloan Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Trying this on my Mac, go to Photo Persona and Aquire Image, select scanner, but then does nothing. Scanner is an HP2600 Printer/Scanner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santos Brown Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 You definitely need something other than Publisher .. I believe there are "scan-to-PDF-and-archive" solutions available. pym, sajidhusain and Sonnet ever 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santos Brown Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 4/2/2021 at 1:44 PM, Santos Brown said: You definitely need something other than Publisher .. I believe there are "scan-to-PDF-and-archive" solutions available. I just found a "scan-to-PDF-and-archive" solution that is using an application called CamScanner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 2/11/2021 at 12:32 PM, keithsloan said: Trying this on my Mac, go to Photo Persona and Aquire Image, select scanner, but then does nothing. Scanner is an HP2600 Printer/Scanner HP 5500 series works here on Mac OS 10.14.6 Didn't use to. Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santos Brown Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 On 4/6/2021 at 9:27 AM, Santos Brown said: I just found a "scan-to-PDF-and-archive" solution that is using an application called camscanner pro download free I just revised my comment, you can click refer to that app Sonnet ever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTO Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 On 6/24/2019 at 8:56 AM, Granddaddy said: In fact it's probably easier and more effective to search Bing or Google rather than the Affinity forums. Just include the word Affinity in your list of search terms. If you want to search the Affinity forums from Google, add this before or after your search keywords: site:forum.affinity.serif.com Old Bruce and Alfred 2 Quote Download a free manual for Publisher 2.4 from this forum - expanded 300-page PDF My system: Affinity 2.4.2 for macOS Sonoma 14.4.1, MacBook Pro 14" (M1 Pro) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 1 hour ago, MikeTO said: If you want to search the Affinity forums from Google, add this before or after your search keywords: site:forum.affinity.serif.com Works with DuckDuckGo as well. Alfred 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 2 hours ago, MikeTO said: If you want to search the Affinity forums from Google, add this before or after your search keywords: site:forum.affinity.serif.com 15 minutes ago, Old Bruce said: Works with DuckDuckGo as well. Also other search engines such as Bing, Ecosia, Startpage, and Yandex. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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