Saving scanned photos results in two files being saved

[susanb91429133]

I'm scanning a bunch of photos into Elements. I always do a preview first so that the whole flatbed isn't scanned, just the photo itself. For some reason,  Elements is saving the preview with names like "img_001.bmp".  I never save my files as .bmp files but as .jpg files. Why is it doing this? I will have to go back and delete all those .bmp files.  Is this a setting? If so, I couldn't find it. Thanks for your help.

[Greg_S.]

What version of Elements and OS are you using?  And are you using the Organizer or the Editor to scan?

I believe the format depends on the settings in your scanner.  I just tried scanning on my machine with Elements 2025 and could not find an option for saving as .bmp.

Here are the dialogs I get from the Organizer's Import from Scanner command:

And this is from the Editor's File>Import>WIA Support:

[susanb91429133]

Thanks for your reply. I use Windows 11.  I have Elements 25. My first scan screen looks like what you posted as "WIA support".  However after that my screens are completely different. I will attach them. I am using a Brother printer/scanner.

And I don't want to convert the .bmps to .jpgs as that is how I saved them! I'm ending up with two copies of the same photo.

[Greg_S.]

Instead of deleting the bmp files, you could  use the Editor's File>Process Multiple Files dialog to convert them to jpegs.

[Glenn 8675309]

I use scanspeeder pro to do all my scanning- a very simple interface, plus, scan three things, like old postcards all at once, and you choose what format you want the scans done in and you can also have a TIFF (it's uncompressed) made as well, and the images get automatically separated.   I had to scan in over 400 post cards so I didn't hesitiate to get the pro version for something like $39- best scanner software I've ever had.  It's replaced by beloved paperport 14- which used to be the top dog in the scanner game. 

[Greg_S.]

The Save As dialog shows that the files are being saved as img.bmp.  The file name will be changed by the OS to read IMG01.bmp etc. in each folder.

[susanb91429133]

Yes, but on that screen I always change the file type to .upgrade and give the file a new name..And I'm still getting a file saved as a .bmp.

[Greg_S.]

I have a very vague recollection of this happening to me many years ago. The scanner saved a copy of the preview scan.   Does this happen if you don't run a scan preview?  If not, perhaps there is an option in the scanner driver to prevent this from happening with a preview scan.

[susanb91429133]

You are right.  The problem with not doing a preview is that the scanner does its whole bed, not just the photo.  For some reason, the preview is able to close in on the photo on the bed.  ???? I don't know if it makes a difference in how the photo ends up if I have to crop the image heavily after doing the scan or not (if I don't do the preview).  I just am baffled why I can't change this behavior.  If you or anyone has ideas, I'd appreciate them.