Creating a macro to change DPI

[John Rostron]

I created a set of macros to change the DPI of an image, originally in Photo 1.6 which worked well then, and worked in later versions. I found however, thet re-recording these macros in later versions (including 1.10) do not work. I report here my investigations as to what is going wrong.

I re-created the individual macros using a simple image  to work on. They all seemed to work OK. I then tried on a different image and discovered that they do not. What seems to have happened is that the macro records the size  of the image when recording, so that when applied to another image  it resizes to that new size, despite the Resample box not being ticked.

Edit: I have now added change DPI to 120.

John

[Chris B]

Hi John,

I've just got around to checking this one - you are indeed correct and I can easily reproduce this. I'll pass this to the developers. Thank you! 

[PaoloT]

I think I have the same issue in the Mac version (Photo 1.10.4, but it was also in the previous versions).

1. I start recording a macro.

2. Then open the Resize Document dialog.

3. Change the size and the resampling method, and confirm.

4. Stop macro recording.

Playing the macro does nothing.

Paolo

 

[walt.farrell]

8 minutes ago, PaoloT said:

Playing the macro does nothing

That's not the problem being discussed here.

For this problem, the macro plays but does the wrong thing; it resamples when it shouldn't.

[carl123]

5 hours ago, PaoloT said:

Playing the macro does nothing.

Works fine here 1.10.4 (Windows)

Can you upload your macro?

[PaoloT]

9 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

That's not the problem being discussed here.

Sorry, I did misunderstand. I've created a new topic here, with the macro attached: 

 

[John Rostron]

I have now re-installed Photo 1.6 and recorded my Change DPI macro for 120ppi.

It works OK with Photo 2.4.1

 

I attach below  the macro Change DPI to 1201.6.afmacro
and the updated macro library to include this macro Change DPI 1.6.afmacros

John

Macros

Change DPI 1.6.afmacros Change DPI to 120 1.6.afmacro

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The issue "Resample tickbox ignored and always true when recording a macro" (REF: AF-990) has been fixed by the developers in the latest beta build (2.6.0.2900). The fix is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
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