smadell Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Is the Macro Persona planned for version 1.5? This is the feature I am looking forward to most! geraldbiawl 1 Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted May 24, 2016 Staff Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hi smadell, Welcome to Affinity Forums :) No, as far as i know it will not be included in version 1.5 yet, sorry. A Guide to Learning Affinity Software | Affinity Quick Reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Andy Somerfield Posted May 26, 2016 Staff Share Posted May 26, 2016 The Macro persona will not be included - but Macro support will be included in 1.5.. We decided that macros did not need a full persona - they will be made available as a dockable panel in the main Photo persona :) Hope this helps, Andy. Newstone, smadell, paolo.limoncelli and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarmenCo Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 That is great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Wow … :) smadell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaz Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 days or weeks? tnx The Macro persona will not be included - but Macro support will be included in 1.5.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilleG Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 That's wonderful, Andy! That will solve so many minor irritations. Muchly appreciated and eagerly awaited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Staff Andy Somerfield Posted August 6, 2016 Staff Share Posted August 6, 2016 Hi, "How will you allow to "count" layers? Say I`m recording some workflow and select the top layer out of 3 layers in the layers panel, does AP take it as the "third layer counting from the bottom" or "first layer counting from the top" ? Will one be able to manipulate this behavior?" We're still working on this part of the recorder - we will allow multiple selections, but everything will be "layer name" based. "The same goes for resizing, if I run a macro that has a part in it that shrinks an image. Does the macro record the shrinking proportional or in absolute pixel oder cm? Will we have the choice? Probably this goes into the field of scripting..?" Everything is proportional at the moment. "Can one macro call another macro?" Yes. "Will you be able to create stopping points at which you can tell the macro to wait for a user interaction, e.g. setting of a slider and then proceed?" Eventually, yes - but not yet. "AND can a macro work cross AP and AD?" Theoretically yes, but it is not exposed in Designer. Macros are one of the prerequisites for scripting - and scripting certainly will be exposed in Designer in the future. Hope this helps, Andy. anon1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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william7 Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 So will Macros Ever be their own persona or they just don't need it for version 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhodaniel Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 How about adding a "Macros" section so that users can share them. It would be great, for example, if we all didn't have to go through the tedium of recording macro(s) of creating the various luminosity masks from channels, subtractions, etc. Lloyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smadell Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 So glad to see that Macros have arrived. I have a few questions: I assume that selecting layers will be an available macro command. Will we be able to select channels? By name? Please reassure me that macros, once created, will be editable. Once a macro is created, I can't see how to place it into a particular library category. Once a macro is saved into the library, will I be able to move it from one category to another? Will there be any events that will NOT be available to place into a macro? i.e., will all tools, filters, adjustments, etc be available? Will all menu choices be available? Will macros be able to create new documents? Will macros be able to branch from one document to another, for instance treating a new document as a temp file if need be? Will macros be able to Place existing files into an Affinity Photo file? OK, so maybe I'm thrilled with what I see as the possibilities. I always thought of myself as a patient fellow, but this is bringing out the worst of me (in that regard, at least). Also, I'm loving the Focus Merge feature! MEB, aaron_r, anon1 and 1 other 4 Affinity Photo 2, Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2 (latest retail versions) - desktop & iPad Culling - FastRawViewer; Raw Developer - Capture One Pro; Asset Management - Photo Supreme Mac Studio with M2 Max (2023}; 64 GB RAM; macOS 13 (Ventura); Mac Studio Display - iPad Air 4th Gen; iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seneca Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 1. I think macros are fine and they can do a lot to automate certain processes. 2. But we definitely need scripting to push the automation envelope further. That goes particularly for Designer and later Publisher. 3. I also hope that Affinity is planning to expose their APIs so that we can write Plug-ins to go much further (to infinity affinity and beyond!!! :)). Regards Bauke 1 2017 27” iMac 4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 • Radeon Pr 580 8GB • 64GB • Ventura 13.6.4. iPad Pro (10.5-inch) • 256GB • Version 16.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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aaron_r Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 I would love to hear what the developers have to say about the questions posed by smadell (a few posts above this one). I have been looking forward to macros, and I'm really interested in where they are going. smadell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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