Simulation Posted March 8, 2020 Posted March 8, 2020 Affinity Photo 1.8.0.585 Windows 10 version 1909 On the Library panel select the option to "Import Macros....". The file filter is *.afmacros when it should be *.afmacro. So the file open dialog doesn't display any of the available macros. You can import a macro by using the Macro panel which does have the correct file extension and then using "Add to Library". Quote
walt.farrell Posted March 8, 2020 Posted March 8, 2020 A .afmacro file (no "s" at end) is exported from the Macro panel, and contains 1 macro. If you have a file like that, you need to import it to the Macro panel. Then, from the Macro panel, you can put it into the Library. A .afmacros file (with "s") is exported from the Library panel, and contains 1 or more macros. If you have a file like that, you would import it to the Library panel. Chris B 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.2.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
Simulation Posted March 8, 2020 Author Posted March 8, 2020 Thank you for the reply. It isn't obvious from the help the difference between .afmacros and .afmacro. If I export a single macro from the Macro Panel I don't see why that cannot be imported via the Library Panel allowing *.afmacro and *.afmacros. A afmacro won't have a Category name, but the system could create one called, for example "Imported". It would also be useful if the help had a paragraph on the difference. Regards, Quote
walt.farrell Posted March 8, 2020 Posted March 8, 2020 The Help for the Macros panel talks about .afmacro files. The Help for the Library panel talks about .afmacros files. I don't think the Help has anything that discusses just the two kinds of files and their differences. I agree that it should have that, somewhere. 28 minutes ago, Simulation said: I don't see why that cannot be imported via the Library Panel It probably could be, but that's not the way it's currently designed and implemented. Feel free to post an Affinity Photo Feature Request for that, or to concur with an existing one if someone has posted it before. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.2.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1
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