Issues importing macros & 525 Mystical Lights - Overlay Collection

[Kevin Mulholland]

Hi All

Having problem importing  "525 Mystical Lights - Overlay Collection" into Affinity Photo and Designer. Click on import in the asset screen  and I get a file import failure message.  Have tried a previously loaded asset and that loads ok both in Photo and Designer which appears to point to the Mystical Lights collection being at fault but just looking to see if anyone else having the same issue.  Running Windows 10 with ver 1.8.5.703 of Affinity photo.

 

Also got issue trying to import macros into Photo. Click on import icon, "import" text appears but nothing happens.

 

Ta

Kevin

[walt.farrell]

6 minutes ago, Kevin Mulholland said:

Also got issue trying to import macros into Photo. Click on import icon, "import" text appears but nothing happens.

Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums.

What macros are you trying to import, and what is the complete filename? Are you using the Library panel or the Macro panel?

[Kevin Mulholland]

Hi Walt

Trying to import macros into photo ... in the library. ( tried also with the macro option but don't think that correct.   file name......      mystical-lights.afmacros.

 

Ta

 

Kevin

[Kevin Mulholland]

Hi Walt

getting "unexpected macros file format" when trying to import via library with the mystical-lights.afmacros file

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, Kevin Mulholland said:

getting "unexpected macros file format" when trying to import via library with the mystical-lights.afmacros file

They import successfully into the Library panel for me. I would try downloading them again in case something went wrong with the first download.

[walt.farrell]

2 hours ago, Kevin Mulholland said:

Having problem importing  "525 Mystical Lights - Overlay Collection" into Affinity Photo and Designer. Click on import in the asset screen  and I get a file import failure message.  Have tried a previously loaded asset and that loads ok both in Photo and Designer which appears to point to the Mystical Lights collection being at fault but just looking to see if anyone else having the same issue.  Running Windows 10 with ver 1.8.5.703 of Affinity photo.

That collection has a mix of .zip and .afassets files to download. Which one(s) are giving you problems?

Again, if it's something about an invalid format perhaps trying another download would help, but if you have a specific file name that would help any investigation.

[Kevin Mulholland]

Hi Walt

Another update.    Downloaded all the files associated with Mystical Lights and tried again, as you suggested.

Went to Library - Import Macros - mystical-lights.afmacros.

get "unexpected macros format "    -  "failed to load file ....."

Retried download again with same result.  Then tried to import a 2nd copy of a previously downloaded macros (from a few months ago) which worked ok.

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With regard to the assets side of this software package, I have been unable to install any, using Assets - import assets.  Just get "Import failed,    unable to import file"   This happens with all the assets, ( 1 to 8 ). Here again I can install a different asset that I previously had on my system with no issues.

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With the zip files associated with this package I am unable to open up the first few, (modules 1 to 4).        Just get      "compressed folder is invalid"       and I am told that the folder is empty when right clicking on file and trying to "Extract All" in explorer, although all zip files appear to have the correct size in explorer.  Modules 5 & 6 open ok, and files are readable.

 

I have attached some of my download files below

 

Again, many thanks for your assistance

Kevin

1-prism-distortion.zip mystical-lights.afmacros 5-light-leaks.afassets

[firstdefence]

I’d say these are all corrupt or bad downloads, the prism zip file unzips some of the jpgs but about 8 or 9 fail to unzip.

Just a thought but have you tried a different browser like Opera to download these files

[Kevin Mulholland]

Thank you,   

Will try a different browser and see

[Kevin Mulholland]

Tried Chrome with same result as Edge, nada!

[firstdefence]

Shame they don’t offer checksums, MD5 or the like to verify a downloaded file has downloaded correctly.

[walt.farrell]

Chrome and Edge are very close to being the same browser, at least if you have the latest version of Edge. Try Firefox.

In any case, I cannot open your .zip file, nor your .afassets file. But your .afmacros file works fine for me.

Edit: 7Zip will open that .zip file, but only shows about 15 of the 100 files that should be there. All the files have the proper sizes, at least when rounded to KB, but obviously not the right content.

[Kevin Mulholland]

Tried Firefox / Chrome / Edge  with the 1-prism-distortion files,  all with the same results; a no go.

 

Tried the assets in Affinity Publisher and getting the same error message as with Photo.

[firstdefence]

Microsoft Edge, Chrome and Opera all use the Blink engine, Firefox uses the Gecko engine.

[firstdefence]

I’ve known antivirus intervention corrupt downloads. 

A Mod might be able to get the files checked on the server but if others have had success in downloading it is likely something is interfering with your downloads.

[Kevin Mulholland]

Thanks, try stopping antivirus

[Alfred]

1 hour ago, Kevin Mulholland said:

I have attached some of my download files below

‘525 Mystical Lights - Overlay Collection’ is available to buy from the Affinity Store. I don’t think any of its content should be shared here.

[walt.farrell]

11 minutes ago, firstdefence said:

I’ve known antivirus intervention corrupt downloads. 

A Mod might be able to get the files checked on the server but if others have had success in downloading it is likely something is interfering with your downloads.

I downloaded them yesterday successfully, using Firefox on Windows 10 (and Norton Antivirus).

[walt.farrell]

The checksums for all 3 files posted above are definitely different from the versions I downloaded.

[firstdefence]

59 minutes ago, Alfred said:

‘525 Mystical Lights - Overlay Collection’ is available to buy from the Affinity Store. I don’t think any of its content should be shared here.

They aren’t much good but I agree I think the links should be removed now.

[Kevin Mulholland]

Hi Walt

will disable a/virus later and try downloading again with various browsers and will keep you updated

Ta

 

[walt.farrell]

Hope it works

[Kevin Mulholland]

Evening All

Just want to report that my importing of macros and assets into Affinity Photo has been sorted.

I copy files using Firefox on my linux notebook onto a usb pen and then copied them to my Windows system. From there, there installed as they should.

I wish to thank all the people who took the time to help me with this issue.  I intend to disable the anti virus and try the download again on my computer to see if I can pinpoint the exact problem when I get a bit of free time.

Many thanks All

Kevin

[firstdefence]

Thanks for the feedback and well done you. Enjoy the new toys.