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I have some macros I like to use in order to save me time. I also have an Elgato Stream Deck that I use to boost my productivity. I would like to be able to run my Affinity macros from my Stream Deck. I can access most other required functions by simply having the button on my Stream Deck send a hotkey to do the desired function. However, I cannot use this method to trigger macros in Affinity because I cannot a custom shortcut to trigger that macro (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-Shift-1). Currently, every time I want to use a macro, I have to open the Library tab and manually scroll through my list of macros to find the right one. I would love to be able to skip these few steps every time I wish to run a macro. For me, half the point of macros is to be able to run them without having to halt my workflow every time (1: stop what I'm doing, 2: open the library panel, 3: scroll through the list of macros in tiny font, 4: click one, 5: and then close the library panel). Having a keyboard shortcut for a macro would allow me to skip these 5 steps every time. Keeping the library panel open at all times is less than ideal. It only eliminates 2 of those 5 steps, and consumes valuable screen real estate (and mental bandwidth).

Someone else actually solved my problem already, but thank you for your detailed explanation! This is good to know for future reference.

I don't have a "Copy Merged"command there. However, I just tried "Copy Flattened" (Ctrl-Shift-C) and it does pretty much what I need. Thank you! I feel really stupid for having missed this for so long.

Okay. Pardon my ignorance, but... Can you describe to me an instance where this behavior is actually desirable? (i.e. why someone would want Copy-Paste to completely ignore whatever they have selected). It seems like if I wanted to duplicate the whole layer ... well, there's already a Duplicate function.

What I expect to happen: Step 1: Import an image. Step 2: Make a detailed selection of part of that image. Step 3: Copy the selected part. Step 4: Paste the selected part. What actually happens: Step 1: Import an image. Step 2: Make a detailed selection of part of that image. Step 3: Copy. Step 4: Paste -> pastes the entire layer, completely ignoring my selection Step 5: Confusion. Is this a bug? What is going on? Step 6: Reboot Photo. Repeat steps 1-5 with same results. Step 7: Spend 20 minutes trying to google it Step 8: Learn that this is the intended design, and get called an idiot for doing destructive edits. Step 9: Complain about it. <- I am here. In the past two years of using Affinity, the number of times I have wanted an Image Layer is exactly zero. On the contrary, the number of times I've had my blood pressure go up after having to backtrack, undo, and rasterize is in the dozens, if not hundreds. It's really a minor annoyance but after a while the frustration really starts to pile up. Is there a toggle where I can make this rasterization automatic? Seems like something the Assistant should be capable of, but I don't see anything there. Thanks in advance.

Interesting, I hadn't thought to try that. It looks like launching and closing a 3d game gets my GPU to return to normal. Kind of a hacky workaround, but still better than having to reboot completely. I suppose that will have to suffice for now. Thanks!

GPU usage after closing shows 0-1% (i.e. normal idle levels), but the voltage and clock speed remain maxed out. So the temperature remains high, with fan spinning to match, even though the GPU is no longer being used. Typically my idle GPU clock speed (State0) is 214MHz, at 800mV, with temps in the mid 40s, fan at 0 RPM. But while running and after closing Affinity Photo, the clock stays maxed at 1200MHz @ 1.14V (i.e. State7), temps in the upper 60s (which basically the same as while gaming), and does not leave that maxed out state until I reboot. Normally after running a game, the GPU powers back down after closing the game. But with AP, it never "gets the message," so to speak, to power back down after closing. So the temperature stays in the upper 60s and the fan stays running, even at ~0% utilization.

Just wondering if anyone had any other insight on this issue. Right now, having to reboot my computer every time I finish working in an Affinity program is kind of a burden to my productivity.

I don't really know anything about this. I just know that my GPU clock/voltage/fan stuff seems to behave exactly as I would expect it to for everything else on my computer that involves GPU/hardware-acceleration (e.g. gaming, video stuff, Google Earth Pro, etc). The "anomaly" seems to be specific to Affinity software's hardware acceleration, from what I can tell. Something about Affinity suite seems to just tell my video card "get hot and stay hot after we close, until reboot."

The fan behaves normally, according to whichever fan profile I have chosen for the GPU, which is based on the temperature of the GPU. If my GPU temp goes up, my fan speed goes up. If GPU temp drops below a certain threshold, fan drops to 0 RPM. In other words, fan is behaving as expected. Since my GPU stays hot (max clock/voltage) even after closing any Affinity software, the fan reacts accordingly.

I'm on Windows 10, running a Radeon RX 460 video card with up-to-date drivers. With hardware acceleration enabled in Affinity Photo, my GPU heats up substantially (i.e. to the same level as when gaming). This in itself is probably fine. However, even after I close Affinity Photo, my GPU stays at maximum voltage (checked in Radeon software and in HWInfo64), and the temperature never drops back down. Actual GPU usage is negligible in task manager, however. It is as if some process is started by Affinity that "warms up" my GPU, but is never actually killed when closing the software. My GPU remains in this state until I reboot my system. It is as if Affinity's hardware acceleration feature has "locked" my GPU in State 7 even after I close it. Normal Idle GPU temperature: ~42 celsius. Normal Idle GPU Clock Speed: 214 MHz Normal Idle GPU Core Voltage: 0.850 V GPU fan off. --- GPU temperature when in Affinity: 64 celsius. GPU clock speed in Affinity: 1200 MHz (max) GPU Core Voltage in Affinity: 1.106 V GPU fan on. --- GPU temperature 10 minutes after closing Affinity: 64 celsius GPU clock speed 10 minutes after closing Affinity: 1200 MHz (max) GPU Core Voltage 10 minutes after closing Affinity: 1.106 V GPU fan on. After rebooting, everything returns to normal. This is tested after a fresh reboot, with no other software running besides Affinity Photo, HWinfo64, and the Radeon control panel.