Details of Macro Pack

[JohnEG]

Hello Everyone

I've recently become an Affinity convert so am using the lockdown as a learning opportunity!

My question is this: I have downloaded the free Macro Pack but cannot find a list of contents anywhere.

I was hoping to find a brief description of what each macro does rather than have to run each one and see what happens!

Can you help me?

John

 

[walt.farrell]

If you mean the JR Macros: Channels pack, the details you want are in the Installation Guide:

[JohnEG]

Thank you, Walt.

The ones I'm referring to appear as a free download in my Affinity account, below the licence key and download link for the application.

As far as I can see there is no information available.

[v_kyr]

 

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What’s included?

• Image Styles
• Light Leaks
• Distortions

 

The old one from 1.6 times had those named ones, though things might have changed over time.

[walt.farrell]

15 minutes ago, JohnEG said:

The ones I'm referring to appear as a free download in my Affinity account, below the licence key and download link for the application.

If it's the one that says it's the universal macro pack (or something like that) then the .zip file includes a quick_start.pdf file that has (at least some of) what you want.

 

[JohnEG]

Yes, I've looked at that Walt, and the quick start guide is about installing and using the macros.

What I was hoping for was a contents list and a bit of detail about what each macro does, otherwise it's down to trial and error. And it's a prettry big library!

[Dan C]

22 hours ago, JohnEG said:

What I was hoping for was a contents list and a bit of detail about what each macro does

This is part of the Installation guide that Walt has pointed you towards, which can be found here - 

https://cdn.serif.com/store/resources/jr-macros-channels/jr-channels.pdf

Pages 3, 4 & 5 break down each Macros functionality, and show a quick preview of the expected change to an image.

I hope this helps!

[Alfred]

On 5/1/2020 at 2:04 PM, v_kyr said:

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What’s included?

• Image Styles
• Light Leaks
• Distortions

The old one from 1.6 times had those named ones, though things might have changed over time.

 

[v_kyr]

1 hour ago, Alfred said:

 

And now look into the exhausting description of that package "QuickStart_Guide.pdf" ... 😉

QuickStart_Guide.pdf

[R C-R]

On 5/1/2020 at 2:21 PM, JohnEG said:

What I was hoping for was a contents list and a bit of detail about what each macro does, otherwise it's down to trial and error. And it's a prettry big library!

As you probably already know, after importing, a list of the names of the macros appears in the Library panel, organized by category. As for the details of what each named macro does, since typically their effects vary greatly depending on the item(s) they are applied to, even knowing every detail of how they do whatever they do would not remove the need for trial & error experimentation to decide if or to what extent any of them would be useful for any particular project.