Macro File Placement Issue

[Darner]

The strangest bug in Affinity Photo.

Creating a macro for placing a file (watermark) works ok to set up and store.

But when creating a file placement macro in a flattened photo document (AP), the same macro used on a vector image (AD) converted to png, does not show the design when opened in AP. And vice versa.
Both files are same resolution and size. The placed file is there in layer panel, placed on top of all layers in 100% opacity.

Anyone have any idea what is going on?
 

[walt.farrell]

Do both images (the original raster image and the new vector image) have the same orientation, same size, and same DPI?

[Darner]

Thank you for getting back to me.

Yes, both landscape, same size and dpi.
Can even click on the invincible layer and it shows the selection, but not the content. Also set to 100% opacity and placed on top of other layer.

Hope that clarifies a bit.

[Callum]

If possible could you provide a copy of the macro and a copy of an Affinity project file that has had the macro ran within it so I can see the invisible layer in question?

Thanks
C

[Darner]

1 hour ago, Callum said:

If possible could you provide a copy of the macro and a copy of an Affinity project file that has had the macro ran within it so I can see the invisible layer in question?

Thanks
C

See attached. Not the actual designs, but extracted a bit of the files for the sake of Macro test, hope that will work. One originally AD and one AP. Now both saved as AP. Hope that helps.
Thank you!

Archive.zip

[Darner]

Hi.

Amy updates on this topic after sent you attached files and macro command?

Still issue not being able to run a macro with watermark placement on AD file in AP, when created macro with watermark in an AP file (photo), and vice versa.

The watermark is there but not visible, even though the image is flattened, and watermark on top in "visible mode". 
Just discovered a workaround, which is if the none visible watermark is cut and pasted, it shows. Still strange, and might be worth a look at.

[carl123]

I ran the macro and used Resource Manager to link the watermark file.

I then opened that file and saw that it is in RGBA/16 format

That is the only thing I find "odd" 

Is there any reason you used that format for the watermark?

[Darner]

Thanks.

The watermarks is rgb8. But the original photo file might have been in rgb16. It will be converted to rgb8 in the actual process.
Both images are same size and flattened. And when placing the watermark without a macro, it works well in both files.

But the graphic file AD has been in cmyk during testing. Eventually it will also be in rgb8 as.
Did also try ecord a new watermark macro, converted both to rgb8, then it seems to work better.

Nice catch Carl!
I guess the issue here might be that the waterwark macro does not apply properly when the files have different color profiles. 
I assume this might be a bug, as normally placing an rgb on a cmyk works, even though not optimal, and not something I normally do.

Let me know if anything else.
Appreciate you took the time to look into it. Hopefully it will be a fix from Affinity soon.