pop-up macros

[tomia73]

hello, i learned to make pop-up macros from adjuments..Unfortunately, they have a few shortcomings.

1 - the macro being edited cannot be saved under the same name - overwrite (add save button).

2 - the effect of each adjustment will take effect only after releasing the button - would it be possible for the effect to take effect immediately?

3- saturation gives poor results (-10,000 percent to + 10,000 percent) - is unusable in macro. The vibration adjustment shows values of -127 + 127 (correctly it should be -100 + 100), but this is quite fine because even the extreme value does not destroy the photo like saturation.

4 - The user macro could have a restet button for all adjustments.

[John Rostron]

20 hours ago, tomia73 said:

The macro being edited cannot be saved under the same name

Macro editing in Affinity is very limited. Could you be more specific in how you tried to save the macro? Did you use Export? Or Add to Library?

20 hours ago, tomia73 said:

saturation gives poor results (-10,000 percent to + 10,000 percent) - is unusable in macro

What adjustment were you using here? Why on earth would you want to apply saturation (or vibrance) in excess of 100%?

John

[tomia73]

The procedure can be seen in the screenshots. Edit-edit (serrated wheel), add to library, add macro and enter the name.

But I don't want the range -10,000 to 10,000 but only -100 to 100. But the problem is that "saturation" is very sensitive in macros and the slightest movement will cause a lot of value.

[v_kyr]

Well as @John Rostronalready stated, macro editing has it's limitations & shortcommings in APh. - All you get and can do is usually described here (macros online help), beside some other how-to-possibly-do things, you will find when searching accordingly after such topics here in the forum.

[tomia73]

I think I understand how to create a macro, but I'm sorry that saturation, for example, gives bad values in a macro. Then, when I touch the slider and move a little to the left (I mean in Layers adjustments saturation), it jumps to 100 ...

Edited April 17, 2022 by tomia73

[John Rostron]

I can certainly confirm that, when trying to Edit the Saturation parameter having created a macro, the slider is extremely volatile, jumping to over 100% at the slightest touch. The vibrance parameter is less volatile but has a range of -127 to +127% as @tomia73describes.

This does look like a bug to me.

John

[tomia73]

yes, thank you .. The vibration value in the extreme value is 127 ... The saturation value is almost in the middle and in the picture is 131 ... It's a bug

[Callum]

I can't seem to recreate this here when I try this on my Mac which operating system is it that you are using? if possible could you export and provide the Macro you are using? Just to confirm am I right in thinking that this issue only occurs when trying to edit the adjustment sliders within an existing Macro it doesn't happen while recording the Macro?

[tomia73]

Hello. The system is Windows 10. Macro is mine. I don't understand your question very well, I don't speak English well. The error occurs in the macro, and the value is then also transferred to the layer panel. But there, when I click on the slider, it jumps to 100. You can see it in the pictures I shared before.

Macro is in the attachment.

MaxroTest.afmacro

[John Rostron]

I have just tried applying this macro to an image and it does indeeed behave as described.

My PC details are below. Hardware accelleration is off.

John