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If it freezes regulary afterwards it could be hardware acceleration related as Dan C already suggested to test out. Or some font caching issues.
It always depends on what operations is performed here on/with the text and also how things are internally implemented here then for the used objects memory allocation & deallocation. Meaning it's not everywhere (in all different apps) handled the same way.

AltGr-C = © and of course it's the default on Win, aka preconfigured and works right out of the box this way on DE/GER keyboards ...

 
The brackets remapping etc. I told of before, is instead custom made/setup for my personal quicker turn-around needs (I don't use AltGr-</7/0/ß/8/9... default mappings) for typing in prog code!

It has far more than just that ...
How to type special characters on a Windows 10 PC

Windows keyboard tips and tricks
https://fsymbols.com/copyright/

Windows certainly doesn’t win the award for elegance or simplicity 😊

No, it is usability wise.
IMO no as it lacks any better interoperation dynamics here, so to say pretty much the same as naming things extension wise the one "macro" and the other one "macros" here. All in all these macro capabilities are pretty limited and also suffer from any doc sizing related independent missing dynamics.
I doubt people are overall happy with that, but most have given up after several years passing through and seeing that either way nothing happens in this and other demanded regards. So, over time, you jage of it and accept the crap as it is, and instead live with those normally unnecessary workarounds.
Personally I stoped years ago using APh macros, as they don't offer what I would need and expected from those.

No, it is usability wise.
IMO no as it lacks any better interoperation dynamics here, so to say pretty much the same as naming things extension wise the one "macro" and the other one "macros" here. All in all these macro capabilities are pretty limited and also suffer from any doc sizing related independent missing dynamics.
I doubt people are overall happy with that, but most have given up after several years passing through and seeing that either way nothing happens in this and other demanded regards. So, over time, you jage of it and accept the crap as it is, and instead live with those normally unnecessary workarounds.
Personally I stoped years ago using APh macros, as they don't offer what I would need and expected from those.

If it's just for the second handle, the frame text can of course also be inserted as a pseudo one (aka an empty frame text) in order to get the wanted second resizing handle.

As the name "library" halfway implies, it's probably more a  persistent made data collection (datastructure) of macro elements here, so a collection which holds various separate macros. And as far as the old macro element when altered isn't really dynamically exchanged/replaced in that persistent library collection (...aka the old macro removed and replaced by the edited/new macro instead), the collection (library) hasn't changed yet and will execute the old included one. - Thus old macros will probably have to be manually removed first from the library and then the newer reworked one explicitely to be inserted (saved) again.

Well there are also online SVG grid makers which use rectangles, so you can define/pick the grid style you like (rects in your case), define it's pattern and then copy the SVG code over (or save the generated SVG grid as a file for an import instead...) into ADe/APh etc.
made-grid-from-svg.afdesign
SVG grid pattern generator <--- *** https://gridulator.com/ https://webgrid.com/ https://www.magicpattern.design/tools/grid-background-pattern-generator ... and so on ... There are also such online things for SVG pattern generation ...
https://pattern.monster/

What's your MBP internal screen setup color profile in macOS now? - By default it should be something like Color LCD, or on newer Mx SoC based MBPs then Display P3 !
See related ...
Change Display settings on Mac Change your Mac display’s colour profile Change a device’s colour profile using ColorSync Utility on Mac macbook pro default display color profile ... etc.

Apply a black colored stroke of some size to the font text.

Might be better to make some selection of the purple shorts and then perform the recoloring instead via the "New Adjustment Layer -> Recolor" way ...


Personally I hate that unprecise and very CPU & memory intensive "Color Replacement Brush Tool", which is crap IMO!

This is a big shortcoming of the Layers panel concept. The only way to find out the use of the Transparency and Gradient Tool (as well as the change of Opacity, Blend mode and Blend Range) is to click through these tools/options for each layer in turn, if they are not set by chance. And imagine opening this document in APhoto (for example via Edit In...), which doesn't even have a Transparency Tool, so you'll never come find this problem and even fix it.
 
However, it still looks like a "bug", because the rotation/flip of the layer with the applied Transparency tool should not have such an effect.

Maybe, the title should be I See a Horse  
Is that a humpback whale in the background? 🤔
 

A feature that has been high on the wishlist of countless designers like us: the mighty "Trace Tool"! You know how essential it is to have all the right tools at our fingertips for unleashing our creative potential. Well, brace yourselves, because it's time to give the people what they want, and guess what? This tool is already rocking the design world in many other software, but it's time to bring it right here, into our beloved Affinity Designer!
As designers, we crave a seamless and efficient workflow, and the inclusion of a Trace Tool would be nothing short of a dream come true. Picture this: effortless conversion of raster images into smooth, editable vector graphics, right within Affinity Designer! No more fumbling around with external apps or manual tracing hassles. It's time to level up our game and bring ease and convenience to every step of our design journey.
Why settle for less when we can have more? A Trace Tool opens up a world of possibilities – from breathing new life into existing artwork to transforming hand-drawn sketches into stunning vector masterpieces. And here's the best part: we can take full control! Imagine fine-tuning the details, smoothness, and accuracy of the traced output to match our unique design styles. It's an invaluable addition to our creative arsenal that we just can't ignore.
So, let's unite our voices and make sure the Affinity team hears us loud and clear. We know what we want, and we're well aware that the design community is already benefiting from this fantastic feature in other software. It's time to bring it home – right here to Affinity Designer, where we belong!
Join me in rallying for the Trace Tool that we deserve. Let's show the world that our passion for design knows no bounds, and when it comes to fulfilling our creative needs, Affinity Designer is the place to be!
 

Just testing to see how many filters, adjustments, blend modes, etc I could use before crashing the latest Photo and Designer Betas.  Couldn't! 

 

Du bist der Hammer, ich könnte dich knutschen.😘
Ich musste nur ganz am Anfang alle Ebenen abwählen und dann hat er das so gemacht wie ich wollte.😍

Schau Dir diese älteren aber nach wie vor relevanten Videos an, insbesondere das Erste (Layer Behavior), da dies mit am Wichtigsten ist!
Macros: Layer Behaviour  <--- *** Batch Processing with Macros Und dann verifiziere Dein Macro noch einmal dahin gehend ob es sich immer stimmig verhält. - Übrigens half es oftmals auch die Layer/Ebenen explizit unterschiedlich zu benennen, so das man gezielt einen (und dann wirklich nur diesen) anspringen kann.
Ich benutze APh v1 und kann daher nicht Dein Macro intensiver in Augenschein nehmen bzw. dessen Verhalten Testen oder Verifizieren. Aber u.U. kann ein anderer (APh v2) Benutzer hier aus dem Forum einen genaueren Blick darauf werfen, sofern Du es hier einmal als Attachment postest!

For certain photos like street, casual wear, but also sometimes for portraits, I tend to use matte color effects if those shots have to underline some more urban style. It is an easy task to apply some matte color effect to your shots, though if you need it quite often a reusable macro is the way to go for this. - Here is one adjustable matte color macro for Affinity Photo, which you can reuse for such matte effects for either color or b&w images.
BEFORE

AFTER


LAYERS

 
This macro creates three layers for you with corresponding layer masks:
A curves adjustment layer which applies the main matte coloring to the image, which lowers contrast and flattens blacks. You can use the mask (draw with a
white/black brush) to exclude/include specific areas from the matte color. For example you could exclude in portraits the eyes from being matte here etc. A contrast boosting layer which allows to give back a little bit of the contrast lost by the matte color effect. This is as default a copy of the matte layer with an
applied soft light blending mode and half lowered opacity. Again you can use the mask to remove or reapply certain image areas here. Finally a desaturation layer which can be used to lower the saturation of possibly still too bright colors. You can use the mask here too in the same intended
way as before mentioned for the other layers.  
THE MACRO
matte_color.afmacro Matte color.afmacros  

Time approaches quickly so here are some Xmas texture styles in case anybody has a need for such things (and as always you may freely use those styles to your likes):


 
Personally I sometimes use such textures for backgrounds on greeting cards and stuff like that here ...

Here are the compressed AD style files:
xmas1.afstyles.zip
xmas2.afstyles.zip
Have a nice Xmas time!
 

Here are some AD fabric styles:
The compressed styles files:
fabrics_1.afstyles.zip fabrics_2.afstyles.zip

Welcome!
First I would look after some possible available halftone & extruded fonts, so if there maybe is already something similar to reuse here right out of the box. Though there are a lot of such different fonts on the net, where some may work others not and so it would be a matter of finding the right fitting one here. - Aka maybe something similar like ...
Leave no fingerprints ... etc. Other than that you have to look after some web tutorial for PS to adapt to APh on how to create such text effect and get close to it ...
How to Create Blur Halftone Text Effect (Photoshop Tutorial) How to Create Dotted Text Effect  (Affinity Photo Tutorial) ... etc.  

Hi Folks,
I had some fun time animating a drawing I made when I was 40 years ago, when I was six years old. Animation was done in Moho Pro, but I happily used Affinity Photo for making all the cutouts and doing some stamping and tricks to make it work. And of course the great export persona (I might have used Affinity Designer for that tho, as flexible as the Affinity ecosystem is in just opening the same file with another Affinity app!)!

Hope you like it! 
 

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