adding symbol (watermark asset) to a macro is not possible

[dancebles]

hi

thanks for last time it was helpful..

now i'm trying to add an asset that has designer "symbols" to a macro recording so i can make a water mark to all photosbut i get this messege.

will i only be able to solve this by saving a designer file as a "flat" pdf?

 

THANKS

[dancebles]

ok

i did it .png

the think now is that i can't change the location of the watermark to be under the product layer. the macro can't record such thing either.

what can be done about this?.......

[walt.farrell]

56 minutes ago, dancebles said:

the think now is that i can't change the location of the watermark to be under the product layer. the macro can't record such thing either.

You should be able to:

1. Make sure no layers selected.
2. Start recording.
3. Select a layer by clicking on it in the Layers panel.  This can be tricky, and may depend on the layer structure of your file, so it would help to have more information and a screenshot of the application window including the Layers panel.
4. If necessary, click on the Insert Behind tool in the Toolbar.
5. Click on an Asset in the Assets panel.
6. Place the Asset on your canvas.

 

[R C-R]

2 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

You should be able to:

I cannot get this to work. Step 6 shows up in the macro recorder as an "Add" step but if I save that macro to a library & try it on another file, nothing is added to the file.

[walt.farrell]

20 minutes ago, R C-R said:

I cannot get this to work. Step 6 shows up in the macro recorder as an "Add" step but if I save that macro to a library & try it on another file, nothing is added to the file.

Hmm. I'll have to experiment some more.

[dancebles]

hi

and thank you for the help

[David in Яuislip]

If you want to use it as a batch job, the documents will need consistent layouts so the following approach will place the asset on the 3rd layer down:

Make sure nothing is selected
Start recording
Click top layer, accept Select layer 1 from the top
Click on layer below, accept Select layer 1 below current (note 1)
Click on the Insert Behind the Selection button
Double click on an Asset in the Assets panel
Place the Asset
Stop recording

Now create/open a document with several layers
Run the macro and note that the star appears on layer 3, name it 1
Run it again and note that the star appears on layer 3, name it 2
Run it again and note that the star appears on layer 3, name it 3
Run it again and whoops

The macro stores the asset and the insertion point so it will locate the star at the bottom right  center of an 800 x 600px image
Thus you will need seperate macros for each document size , asset and insertion point

Works from the edit panel, library or in a batch job

(1) you might expect clicking the 2nd layer and choosing Select layer 2 from the top would work but it doesn't

AddStar-Centre800x600.afmacro

[dancebles]

thank you!

i wll check it out later on

[David in Яuislip]

A pleasure, hope you get it working

An alternative approach if you have documents with varying layer constructions would be to rename one layer as 'target' or 'PUTtheWATERMARKunderHERE' and search for that instead

[R C-R]

1 hour ago, David in Яuislip said:

Now create/open a document with several layers
Run the macro and note that the star appears on layer 3, name it 1

I tried this with your macro on an 800 x 600 px file with 3 pixel layers.  The star appeared on the middle of the canvas in the #2 layer position. I tried this both with a layer selected first & with no layer selected but there was no difference. I then tried naming it "1" & ran the macro again, with the same result -- a new star layer appeared in the #2 layer position, also centered on the canvas (so on top of the first star).

Maybe this is something that works differently on Macs vs. Windows systems?

[David in Яuislip]

13 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Maybe this is something that works differently on Macs vs. Windows systems?

Quite possibly, macros are the source of endless amusement but your results are dissapointing. I just tried again with 3 layers and it produced 4 properly then went AWOL on the 5th. Maybe the named layer approach will work better, I'll try tomorrow if I remember, I am currently on bbq duty and it looks like it's almost ready to put the food in!

[R C-R]

1 minute ago, David in Яuislip said:

I just tried again with 3 layers and it produced 4 properly then went AWOL on the 5th.

Was this done with an 800X600 px canvas? If so, it does not look like any star was located at the bottom right; more like dead center similar to what I got.

[David in Яuislip]

12 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Was this done with an 800X600 px canvas?

Yes but the description, which I have now corrected, was based on an earlier version so thanks for the spot.  In your honor I have misspelled centre as well as honour 🙂