Question about Sliders in Affinity Photo Macro

[marciomendonsa]

As shown in the attached images, I created a macro that makes the sliders available for further adjustment once the macro is applied.

Although the sliders appear when the macro is activated, adjusting them does not change anything, as demonstrated in the images.

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you all.

[Wolfgang D.]

When I bought Affinity Photo version 2.4.1, this worked. Now in the current version 2.5.5 I have the same problem.

 

[walt.farrell]

@marciomendonsa: From static images I'm not sure I understand what you're saying/seeing.

Trying this on macOS, I see that when I play a macro, and it displays the adjustment sliders provided by the macro:

1. Moving the slider does not change the value in the box; and
2. Moving the slider does not change the image immediately.

However, when I release the slider the image changes, and the value in the box updates.

Like this: 

 

Compare with directly applying an Adjustment, where you're working directly with the sliders on the Adjustment dialog, not indirectly via the macro, and both the image and the box adjust as you move the slider:

 

Is that what you mean?

 

[carl123]

15 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

1. Moving the slider does not change the value in the box; and
2. Moving the slider does not change the image immediately.

3. However, when I release the slider the image changes, and the value in the box updates.

Like this: 

On Windows, 1 & 2 are the same but 3 does nothing to the image. (The value in the box does change but nothing on the image changes)

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, carl123 said:

On Windows, 1 & 2 are the same but 3 does nothing to the image. (The value in the box does change but nothing on the image changes)

That definitely is wrong. In fact, on Windows, the Adjustment Layer is created using the values that were originally set in the macro, completely ignoring the changes made by the sliders while executing the macro:

 

 

[smadell]

I am using 2.5.5 and I am seeing expected behavior. (I am using a Mac, and cannot speak to whether this is a Windows-only problem.) In creating the macro, I clicked on the "cog" to the right of the "Set adjustment properties" line. Then, I clicked on each of the 6 color sliders in the dialog box that opened. I had to save each of the sliders separately, and gave them their default names. But, having done all that, the macro executes as I would have expected, with all changes made during the macro surviving after the Apply button was clicked.

 

 

[walt.farrell]

33 minutes ago, smadell said:

I am using 2.5.5 and I am seeing expected behavior. (I am using a Mac, and cannot speak to whether this is a Windows-only problem.) In creating the macro, I clicked on the "cog" to the right of the "Set adjustment properties" line. Then, I clicked on each of the 6 color sliders in the dialog box that opened. I had to save each of the sliders separately, and gave them their default names. But, having done all that, the macro executes as I would have expected, with all changes made during the macro surviving after the Apply button was clicked.

I think you're showing the same behavior I showed in my first recording in this thread, but it seems you clicked a slider to change it, rather than dragging it. If you drag it, you should see what I reported (no changes until you release the slider, then the numbers in the box change and the image changes). And yes, then on macOS the changes are actually applied.

On Windows they aren't, as I showed in my video just above yours.

[smadell]

4 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

it seems you clicked a slider to change it, rather than dragging it

@walt.farrell - in the video, I did click. But dragging also gives me the anticipated results, i.e. nothing changes (slider values, image preview) until the mouse button is released. This is the same behavior I’ve seen since Macros were first released. And, click or drag, those slider changes survive the macro and can be updated using the Black and White panel afterward.

[walt.farrell]

6 minutes ago, smadell said:

But dragging also gives me the anticipated results, i.e. nothing changes (slider values, image preview) until the mouse button is released. This is the same behavior I’ve seen since Macros were first released.

Thanks. I wasn't exactly sure how that should work, especially the numbers in the slider boxes.

So it is just a Windows issue, then, where releasing the slider doesn't change anything in the image, and when Apply is clicked gives you a default Adjustment layer with none of the changes you made via the sliders for that run of the macro.

[Wolfgang D.]

19 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Thanks. I wasn't exactly sure how that should work, especially the numbers in the slider boxes.

So it is just a Windows issue, then, where releasing the slider doesn't change anything in the image, and when Apply is clicked gives you a default Adjustment layer with none of the changes you made via the sliders for that run of the macro.

Thank you. At least we have clarified that it only affects the Windows version. However, with versions <2.5 it also worked perfectly under Windows. Since I didn't create that many macros with this option, I only noticed it after some time. The question is, is Affinity Support reading this, or is it more expedient to email this problem to affinity@serif.com?

[walt.farrell]

1 minute ago, Wolfgang D. said:

is Affinity Support reading this

Yes. 

But please be patient as they are very busy.

[Wolfgang D.]

2 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

Yes. 

But please be patient as they are very busy.

Thank you.

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.

[Callum]

Hi All,

Apologies for the delayed response, this seems to be a known issue that is currently logged with our developers to be fixed in a future update.

Thanks
C

 

[Wolfgang D.]

3 hours ago, Callum said:

Apologies for the delayed response, this seems to be a known issue that is currently logged with our developers to be fixed in a future update.

Thank you very much!