zorbtrauts Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Affinity Photo 2.1.1 When recording a macro (using image 1): Select > Select All Edit > Copy Edit > Paste When I apply this macro to image 2, step 3 of the macro appears to paste the copy taken from image 1, rather than the copy that should be taken in step 2 from image 2. Step 2 does not actually appear to be recorded in the Macro studio window. It appears that rather than recording the Copy command, it is recording adding a specific selection to the clipboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Yes, this is how macro processing works, in both V1 and V2. It has been discussed many times, and is working as designed, though clearly it could be improved. Many aspects of macro processing in Photo work this way, remembering/recording results not the actions or inputs. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorbtrauts Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 Really? This is intended behavior? Why? There doesn't seem to be a reasonable use case for this—especially considering what is lost by not being able to copy in a macro... or, by saying "working as designed" are you simply pointing out that the design was flawed? If this has been discussed before, is there a workaround (or a plan to fix this design/implementation flaw)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 4 minutes ago, zorbtrauts said: or, by saying "working as designed" are you simply pointing out that the design was flawed? That's one way of looking at it 5 minutes ago, zorbtrauts said: If this has been discussed before, is there a workaround (or a plan to fix this design/implementation flaw)? No workaround, and I've no idea whether Serif has any plans to fix it. But one guess would be that they won't fix it. Perhaps the rumored forthcoming support for Scripting will eliminate the need for the macro function completely. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. Laptop 2: Windows 11 Pro 24H2, 16GB memory, Snapdragon(R) X Elite - X1E80100 - Qualcomm(R) Oryon(TM) 12 Core CPU 4.01 GHz, Qualcomm(R) Adreno(TM) X1-85 GPU iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 18.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sequoia 15.0.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 5 hours ago, zorbtrauts said: If this has been discussed before, is there a workaround Select > Select All Layer > Duplicate Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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