spacecat Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 I always add a 200px or 10-20% black border on all my photos before exporting to social media but for some reason when I record it on macro and click on the macro it seems to resize from the previous image's canvas size ... Is this a missing feature/bug or is there a better way ? What I do is: - Document > resize canvas > click on height and input "+200" next to the value > click on the middle anchor - create new black layer and arrange it to go behind all layers - copy-paste my website address at the bottom black border Image with border should look like this: Quote
John Rostron Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 This was the subject of a recent posting. Unfortunately, there is no way to record resizing the Canvas (or Document) in a macro without the new sizes being fixed into the macro. The linked thread made various suggestions, but I do not think that there is a definitive solution. John spacecat 1 Quote Windows 11, Affinity Photo 2.4.2 Designer 2.4.2 and Publisher 2.4.2 (mainly Photo). CPU: Intel Core i5 8500 @ 3.00GHz. RAM: 32.0GB DDR4 @ 1063MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
firstdefence Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 The macro facility is in dire need of a rework, too many limitations on function. spacecat 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
spacecat Posted March 29, 2020 Author Posted March 29, 2020 that's too bad I guess for now I'll have to remove the resize canvas part on my macro and do things manually Quote
firstdefence Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 What about creating a template file/s with borders already set that you can place edited images into? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
spacecat Posted March 29, 2020 Author Posted March 29, 2020 the problem is my canvas sizes vary from landscape to portraiture and if I use panoramas the sizing will be different too, that's too many templates I'm afraid Quote
Wosven Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 The problem is the macros use the result of formulas, instead of memorizing the formula to be able to apply it to other images. Quote
carl123 Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 35 minutes ago, spacecat said: the problem is my canvas sizes vary from landscape to portraiture and if I use panoramas the sizing will be different too, that's too many templates I'm afraid The attached macro will add a black 200px border at the top and bottom of a portrait or landscape image (up to 7500px in height). Not tested on a panoramic image but no reason it should not work there also. The macro can also be used in a batch job to process multiple files at once, if need be. add-200px-top-and-bottom.afmacros spacecat 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
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