Or is planned for the future? I see that the 3 in 1 integration for Affinity tends to make you work inside it without needing to go to external programs, with, is ok. I see there is not option for scan, i look the help file and says Mac only. I see the scan feature in everywhere other apps, appear not something hard to add. There is some reason to not include it or is not an issue for most of you?
Scanning Not in Windows, there is some reason?
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Well, most apps, or programs that scan, really dont do nothing with drivers, they just launch the scanner gui, and after you scan, that gui feedback the image. Appear some kind of excuse, but is ok. I will still use XNView to scan...
The thread in the link says "nobody scan this days". Well, i do, specially when doing art on paper, which still is a great option to do. -
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I will still use XNView to scan
Dito.
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I like VueScan for a standalone scanning app.
Although they do have a custom integration with Photoshop. Maybe Canva should send VueScan a few bucks to build an integration for the Affinity app.
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I like VueScan for a standalone scanning app.
Although they do have a custom integration with Photoshop. Maybe Canva should send VueScan a few bucks to build an integration for the Affinity app.
sound like it has it own interface that replaces the scanner own? it says they reverse enginering scanners to do that.
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sound like it has it own interface that replaces the scanner own? it says they reverse enginering scanners to do that.
Basically yes. It is a standalone scanner app that controls the scanner features directly, and not using any TWAIN or WIA interface that comes with the scanner.
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I scan images and documents using the control panel on the printer's scanner and send them to my Mac or PC. A utility application from the printer manufacturer then opens the application assigned to the format.
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Depends on what you are scanning. For slides and negatives I use the best scanner ever available, a Nikon LS4000 in combination with Silverfast. For „scanning“ everything else (prints etc.) I use a reprostand with a DSLR attached.
I never used the scanner software that came with the hardware, so I see no need in a scanning function in Affinity.
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there are a lot of offer of multi-function printers that include scan.
Yes, but mostly the quality of the scans is very poor.
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Yes, but mostly the quality of the scans is very poor.
To what you refer when you say that a scanning is "poor"?
I always scanned with the integrated scanner of some printer -long time ago i had a dedicated umax scsi scanner. The difference i see is not in the detail, but color. Certain colors are so different than the real image -
To what you refer when you say that a scanning is "poor"?
I always scanned with the integrated scanner of some printer -long time ago i had a dedicated umax scsi scanner. The difference i see is not in the detail, but color. Certain colors are so different than the real imageThat's exactly what I meant. The main pupose of those scanners in multifunctional printers is not to deliver scans of photos in a high quality, but to be fast when scanning text documents or making copies of a document. I once had a dedicated HP SCSI flatbed scanner and its quality regarding details, colours and greyscale was far better than the quality of my current Epson multifunctional printer. The Epson is not really bad, but delivers not the quality I like to see when using scans for photobooks or other projects.
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