Use File...Import...WIA Support, and your scanner will be used.

Ken

Barbara B. wrote:

 

If you have PSE 10 you will need to install the adobe twain driver before you can scan into the editor.

Point of order, Barbara -- in Windows, the WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) subsystem is what is used for scanning.  No need to install drivers, etc.  That is why enabling TWAIN support is now optional.

Ken

photodrawken wrote:

 

Point of order, Barbara -- in Windows, the WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) subsystem is what is used for scanning.  No need to install drivers, etc.  That is why enabling TWAIN support is now optiona

 

Ken

New point of order, Ken: While you are correct that WIA can be used for scanning, and eliminates the need to install scanner drivers, the TWAIN drivers for my (Canon) scanners offer much more control over the scanning process than does WIA This enhanced capability in return greatly reduces the amount of work I have to do on a scanned image, once it's open in Photoshop. Many users of PSE may be more than satisfied with the WIA approach ("All I want to do is scan an original directly from within Photoshop"), but others of us are looking for more, and Barbara B. has graciously and succintly provided the solution. (Thanks, Barbara!)

(By the way, to Christine / edwardsenm, you should flag the question in your original post as "Answered."

Best regards to all,

Jon

Yep, life's all about choice(s).

The two features in my scanner's TWAIN driver that I use most often are Unsharp Mask and Descreen (although not simultaneously). I'm usually satisfied with the results of the Unsharp Mask when I use it, so that saves a step in PSE. And the Descreen feature works very well when scanning process color originals. If PSE offers this feature, I haven't found it. There are 3rd-party plug-ins, I know, but I haven't found any that are both good and free. Doesn't make sense to me to buy a Descreen plug-in and obligate myself to another processing step, when the capability is built into the TWAIN driver, and is free and quite effective.

Also available (although I rarely use them) are Auto Tone, Reduce Dust & Scratches, Fading Correction, Grain Correction, Backlight Correction and Gutter Shadown Correction.

Since the scanner (CanoScan 8800F) also scans film, the TWAIN driver offers a Source drop-down, with the choices of Platen, Color Negative Film, Color Positive Film, Monochrome Negative Film and Monochrome Positive Film. The film options turn on a backlight in the scanner lid that probablly couldn't be invoked from WIA.

Finally, I tend to batch scanning jobs (like scanning a bunch of old film negatives). The TWAIN driver allows me to stay in the driver and scan a series of originals one after another, without returning to PSE after each scan. Of course, once all the scans are done, and I do return to PSE, each scan is open in its own window.

Best regards,

Jon

It's actually less work (in the TWAIN driver), because the settings are established prior to scanning, as opposed to requiring individual actions after each scan. Also, once set, they automatically apply to each successive scan until changed.

But your larger point about "workflow comfort" is well taken. Ultimately, it boils down to personal choice, except for my point about setting the scanner up for film scans. I'm fairly certain there's no way to invoke this capability through WIA.

I have now, and there's no option I can find to select film scanning through WIA.

Hi,

may I ask the same question for Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro (OSX 10.7.4) ? I can scan using Preview or ImageCapture (i.e. scanner is recognized), but using Acrobat Reader 9 under File->Create PDF->From Scanner the scanner is not listed (seen), i.e. there is no item under "Please select a device". For Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro there is no Support File-folder in Applications, so please let me know how to proceed. By googling around you find this or a similar problem often reported for Adobe products, but I did not find any capable answer similar to yours.