Help Creating a Macro and Then Batch Processing it or...??

[jellis]

I have 200 images that I need to do the same thing to.  Let me explain and please let me know what you would do if you were me.  Thank  you!

 

The images are all black line drawings.

I need to convert the images from black lines to white lines.

I then need to place a chalkboard image background behind the newly white image and export the combo as  one image.

 

Said another way I have a bunch of black line drawings and I want to make them white line drawings and put them on a different chalkboard image so each ends up looking like a white line drawing on a chalkboard.  Make sense?  How do I do that quickly for 200 images?

 

Thanks again!

[anon1]

Macros can't load image yet

well actually they can , pretty cool

 

so just go to view > studio > macro

hit record and do your thing and then save that macro 

 

then make a new batch job and apply that macro 

 

these are official tutorials covering macros

https://vimeo.com/affinitybyserif/videos/search:macro/sort:date

[jellis]

I am still having problems and I know it is my fault please help.  Here is exactly what I am recording as a macro:

1. I 'place' my chalkboard background
2. I 'place' my black line drawing (of a fish)
3. I 'invert' my black line drawing (and select layer 2 from the bottom)

This looks great and is what I want BUT when I batch with other black line drawings (cat, dog....) the result is exactly what I want but it just keeps grabbing the fish image.  It is like it doesn't know to grab the cat, dog...

 

Said another way when the macro records my placing my fish drawing it just says 'add photo'  is there a way to make that add photo step cycle through all the photos I want to batch?

 

Thanks everyone for your time and help, I really appreciate it.

[anon1]

your macro would have to look like this:

 

(0) line drawing is present (not recorded as macro)

(1) load chalkboard (file > place)

(3) move chalkboard below drawing 

(4) modify drawing 

((5)) batch process those afphoto files to PNG or something like that 

 

(3) is currently not possible

 

maybe there is some other way to hack around this but nothing that comes to my mind...

 

cheers 

[MEB]

Hi jellis,

I don't know much details about the images and sizes you are using so i've built a sample that hopefully may help.

Just import the macro through the menu in the Library panel then go to menu File ▸ New Batch Job, select the three cat files (source images), select the macro you just imported (it's on a category called MEB_sample), select the format you want to export and click OK. You should get the three cat images, inverted to white on the chalkboard background. Cat images, background and macro included in the zip.

MEB_sample.zip

[anon1]

Hi jellis,

I don't know much details about the images and sizes you are using so i've built a sample that hopefully may help.

Just import the macro through the menu in the Library panel then go to menu File ▸ New Batch Job, select the three cat files (source images), select the macro you just imported (it's on a category called MEB_sample), select the format you want to export and click OK. You should get the three cat images, inverted to white on the chalkboard background. Cat images, background and macro included in the zip.

arrange nodes?

 

how did you do that?  :D

[MEB]

Menu Arrange ▸ Align Centre and Align Middle to center the background and Arrange ▸ Move back One to move the background below the drawing layer. I agree that the descriptions aren't very helpful.

[John Rostron]

Perhaps I have not grasped your aim, but would this work?

 

Load all your B/W images in a stack.

Set the mode to minimum (or darkest). This should show all the black lines.

Invert this composite to show white lines on a black background.

 

I don't have AP in front of me so I cannot give the specific details.

 

John