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Hi Kirk Well I have at last managed to create my template as I want it, and the macro that I have created to reproduce my template each time seems to be working fine, I have experimented with a number of images and so far so good, thank you again for the time you have taken and also the detailed step by step guides, I have for insurance copied and pasted them into a document for future reference, just in case anything should go wrong! Best regards

Hi Kirk Well using your step by step guide I managed to get as far as step 5, selected the background layer, then chose Layer > Rasterize & Trim. I next clicked on FX in the layers pallette clicked on outline and made the radius 5 px, but nothing happened at all, I really am at a loss as to what makes such a simple task in PS so difficult in Affinity Photo, I still have 89 days left of my free trial to resolve all my issues! I look with trepidation upon my next task of bringing raw negative scans in to AP and converting them to positives that are of good quality. But that will have to wait for another day, mu first priority is to sort out my framing issue for uploading to my website. Thanks again for you incredible patience with me and also the time you have given to helping me, it really is appreciated, kind regards.

Hi Kirk Thank you for the tip, however I will give you a breakdown of the method that I am attempting to adapt to produce what in PS seemed quite straight forward, but in Affinity seems not so. [1] I first place my image on the screen. [2] I resize it the image. [3] using your method I create a thin black outline to my image. [4] I then resize canvas to give an equal border all arounf the image of 0.25 inches. [5] I then go back to resize canvas and add a further 0.75 inches to the bottom (This is where I place my text). [6] Then in edit i go to Matte and suddenly I have lost the black outline that I created at step 3. [7] My next step would have been to add the text. I have also discovered another issue with Affinity, in attempting to creat an action (Macro) to speed up the process, I can only get as far as step [6] and I am not being allowed to add text as part of the Macro! To offer an idea of what I am attempting not very successfully so far I am attaching an image that was created in Photoshop using an action (Macro). Obviously where the text is shown in the action the text just says Image details, and I delete and add the details that are appropriate. I do hope that you can follow what I am attempting to do

Bingo!! I have Macro lift off, thank you so much for your patience, I am certainly very impressed already with the software, but I am also on a steep learning curve after being with PS for probably too many years, and am hoping that with practice Affinity Photo will be the replacement for my workflow. I will no doubt be a regular on the forum as I discover more problems during my adaptation to the Affinity way of doing things, again thank you for your help.

Just checked that and yes it is checked, any further suggestions would be gratefully received, I am certainly on a pretty difficult learning curve at present!

Thank you both for your comments and I have already watched the James Ritson Macro video, however I have also carried out the same actions as he has done but no macro information appears for me to create the macro, I am attaching a screenshot with this reply. 2021-06-06-Screenshot-01.pdf

Thank you both for your replies, but where do I locate the screenshot, I have the rectangle tool in the left toolbar, but am unsure where I find the drop down box shown in the screenshot.

Have downloaded the 90 day trial version of Affinity Photo, but I am unable to create macros in the programme, I go to View - Studio - Macro, click on Macro and nothing appears on my screen at all, I have tried now with a number of different Jpeg images of all sizes but still no Macro facility. Is this a bug? I am running Windows 10.

I am a newbie to Affinity Photo and am struggling to find some of the tools that I used in PS. For an example, when I am creating a photograph within a white bordered frame I like to add a 1 pixel width black stroke around my image, I get as far as hitting Control "A" to put a selection around the image, but the stroke tool that was found under the PS EDIT menu does not exist in Affinity Photo, so I guess it must either be in another as yet undiscovered location or does not exist as such, I would very much welcome any pointers as to where I can find this tool, look forward to your replies.