Graphics Programs Reference
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64-bit version.) Macs can still use TWAIN if your scanner understands 64-bit TWAIN (not
all scanners do).
In 64-bit versions of Windows, there's nothing you need to do to prepare for scanning into
Elements except to make sure your scanner driver is up to date (if you're not sure how to do
that, check with your scanner's manufacturer). If you have a 32-bit Windows computer, you
need to install the Adobe TWAIN driver by going to
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop
Elements 13\Optional Plug-Ins
and then copying the Import-Export folder to
C:\Program
Files\Adobe\Photoshop Elements 13\Plug-Ins
. On a Mac, go to Applications→Adobe Pho-
toshop Elements 13→Support Files→Optional Plug-Ins, and then copy (Option-drag) the
ImportModules folder from there into Applications→Adobe Photoshop Elements 13→Sup-
port Files→Plug-Ins. (It's important to
copy
this folder rather than move it because if Adobe
makes any “point updates” to Elements—from Elements 13 to 13.1 for example—Elements
expects to find that folder in the original location.)
To control your scanner from within Elements, you can scan from the Editor and (in Win-
dows) the Organizer. In the Editor, go to File→Import, and you'll see your scanner's name or
WIA Support. In the Windows version of the Organizer, go to File→“Get Photos and
Videos”→From Scanner, or press Ctrl+U.
TIP
If you have a 64-bit version of Windows and you don't want to use WIA, one workaround
is to use your scanner's software and save all your scans to a folder that you have desig-
nated as a watched folder (
Opening Stored Images
). That way, you can easily get your
scans into the Organizer.
If you have a Mac, you can also scan from Preview and then send the scan to Elements. To
do that, with your scanner connected to your computer, launch Preview, and then choose
File→“Import from Scanner.” You can even tell Preview to send the scan to Elements when
you're done scanning. You can also scan with Image Capture (also part of OS X). However,
if you have a really old scanner, the scanning features in OS X may not acknowledge its ex-
istence, in which case you have to use the software provided by the scanner's manufacturer.
If these methods don't work for you or don't offer all the features you need, you'll need to
use the software that came with your scanner. Then, once you've saved your scanned image
in a format that Elements understands, like TIFF (.tiff, .tif) or Photoshop (.psd), open the file
