Record resize percentage in a macro

[PaoloT]

Hi,

This is following this thread, open by believing this was a bug and not by design:

When recording an action in the Resize Document dialog, I would like any value entered as a percentage to be recorded as is.

At the moment, the result of the percentage scaling is recorded. That is, if you start recording with a document 100px wide, and you enter a 110% increase, the macro records a width of 110px, and not an increment of 110%.

This is useful for repeated increases of a document while resampling it.

Paolo

 

[Buell8abe]

Here here. Resizing the whole file, with or without layers, by percentage is an essential production and housekeeping tool. Currently requires finding a 3rd party software to perform this task. If it could be built into the 'Resize Document' dialog box that would be a great addition! Tx. xx

[PaoloT]

I don't know if the developer want to answer on this issue, and let us know if this will remain as it is, or will be changed.

My idea is that a macro should record the action of the user, and not the calculated result.

Paolo

 

[Customer Feedback]

Of course Photo should record the percentage in this case. It is after all the whole point of the operation. It's sloppy implementation. Similar action in Photoshop records what it should:

• The procedure, as always, should be:

A) Gather data from customers and the market so you know use cases for functionality. Research competitors' products.
B) Develop functionality.

Not the other way around.

 

[John Rostron]

One way to increase an image by a fixed proportion is to use Equations.

Use the following macro steps for a 10% increase (1.1-fold):

1. Document > Resize Canvas
2.    Enter 5000 (or some arbitrarily large value) in the width box, Click in the central box in the choice of position.
3. Click on [Resize]
4. Filters > Distort > Equations
5.   For x enter x/1.1
6.   For y enter y/1.1
7. Click on [Apply]
8. Document > Clip Canvas (this removes the added blank area)

Note that to enlarge the image 1.1-fold, you need to divide the x  (or y) value by 1.1.

Adding the 5000 pixel blank canvas is to give the image room to expand. You need it large enough to accomodate an arbitrarily-sized sourced image.

You could replace the 1.1 by a parameterised version by replacing it by (1+a), where a is the first parameter.

I can provide a (parameterised) macro if you wish.

John