While trying to investigate deeper, i had to realize that direct scan into Photo is not available for my used OS. Unfortunately, i cannot support further this time. I hope I have managed to describe what I attempt to do precisely enough and what the problem is. It works, but it would have been so much easier if I could scan directly into the program - and at least if it didn’t transform the scanned halves from 300 dpi to 72 and thus, blowing up the proportions immensely. Then I change the Blend Mode back to Normal, flatten the document and crop it and then I export it as a jpeg. I set the upper layer’s Blend Mode to Difference, because then I can adjust the two halves so they fit exactly. it works that way and I can copy/paste the two halves into a new document which is a horizontal A3 with a resolution of 300 dpi. That is also why I need to resample them and I need to change the measurements from pixels to millimetres, so I can set the height to something which fits into A3, like 290 mm. This also means that the physical dimensions have been blown up, from A4 to more than a metre high, for instance. Second problem: when I open up the saved parts in Affinity Photo, it changes the resolution from 300 dpi to 72 dpi!Īnd yes, I go to Document resize and that’s where I can see that they’ve been changed from 300 dpi to 72. I used to use TIFF earlier, but since the newspaper puts my drawings on the web, too, it is more convenient that way. And if scanning crashes it in Windows, too, then it is most certainly a bug.īy the way, I save them as JPEGs. There is also Image Capture on the Mac, but I have no problems scanning, althought it would have been more convenient if I could scan it directly into Affinity Photo.
I guess it will do the same, also if I had used Epson Scan. The problem is that Affinity Photo transforms it from 300 dpi to 72 dpi when I open up the images. Thank you, but it works well with Preview on the Mac. There is a recent comparison about scan software, including Epson Scan, to be found here: It avoids all issues often caused by buggy Microsoft TWAIN driver. This two-step approach could lead to far better and 100% predictable scan results. The scanned files can then be further edited in Affinity Photo. Never need to learn any new UI Then save the images as TIFF/16 bit.
The UI is a bit dated, but the functionality gives all you need. Epson provides a free-of-charge dedicated scan application "Epson Scan" which i always use (since 20 years). I'm an owner of an old Epson scanner, Model 3170 in my case. Or that you can tell me that there is a way to fix it.Īnd one more thing: I don't see any option to show Print Size. It was easy to do in Photoshop Elements, but as I have chosen Affinity and think it is a very promising package, I hope you will fix all of this soon. So, are these known bugs or are there ways to avoid this? I want to see the dimensions in millimetres and I have to uncheck Resample and I have to do that over and over and over and over again. Third problem: Because of this, I need to resize the two parts, but I have to do all the steps again for every new image. Second problem: when I open up the saved parts in Affinity Photo, it changes the resolution from 300 dpi to 72 dpi! Why!? I need it to be 300 because it is for print. Is that a bug? Is it because I try to scan in 300 dpi? I have some drawings size A3 I need to scan in and as my scanner - a combined scanner/printer Epson ET-2710 takes only A4 I need to do it in two parts and then import them to Affinity Photo to merge them.įirst problem: when I aquire the scanner and try to scan, the entire program crashes.