Mabel Lucy Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I am still in the trial for Affinity Photo. One of the main things I want to do is to change photos to pencil or colored pencil sketches. There are numerous steps that I will eventually learn. However, there seem to be many macros available that will make the process quicker. (I assume I will be able further adjust the photo after using the macro.) How do I know which macros are legit? Is it trial and error? Does affinity have its own macros? I think I see them advertised but cannot locate them. The ads may be referring to the macros I would record myself. If I have to create my own that may still be the better choice than Photoshop Elements. Thanks for any clarification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Welcome Affinity Forums, @Mabel Lucy. Try the pencil effect macro provided and described here. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smee Again Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 You might try this tutorial for Affinity. There is a free macro for Affinity included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Or this tutorial ... How to Transform Photo into spectacular Pencil Drawing Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel Lucy Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 I suppose I was hoping for a ready-made macro that I could download and it would perform all the steps and then I could adjust it. All of these are steps to create my own macro which will be very helpful. Thank you all for the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 9 minutes ago, Mabel Lucy said: I suppose I was hoping for a ready-made macro that I could download and it would perform all the steps ... The above postings pointed you to some related downloadable macros ... Sketch.afmacro Sketch effect.afmacro pencil-portrait.zip Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel Lucy Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 I found them all to be instructions to create my own macro...and glad to have that. They will be easy to follow. The links in your reply would not work for me... Mac OS Big Sur Version 11.2. Thank you. sur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Mabel Lucy said: The links in your reply would not work for me... Mac OS Big Sur Version 11.2. What do you mean with don't work here? You can't download any of them, or you can't import them into the macro panel with it's import function under Big Sur? Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel Lucy Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 Only one would download. Did not know about import into Affinity. Thank you. My download remains gray from Affinity and Affinity is gray it my "open in" options. Still I have excellent instructions to record my own now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 See: How to import a macro? Macros (online help) Macro panel (online help) Library panel Macro Video Tutorials (the good ones) Macros 1.5 Macros: Equations 1.5 Macros: Layer Behaviour (a very important one) Batch Processing with Macros Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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