Macros & Affinity Photo Workbook

[Robbob]

Trying to do the "chameleon" section in the Photo Workbook I cannot run any of the macros. Neither the default or the downloaded ones will run. If I right click on the macro then click on it it will run however this mean that I cannot do the batch processing exercise as I cannot apply the macros from the dialogue box.

Anyone else had this problem?

Advice please

Cheers

Rob

 

 

 

[stokerg]

Hi Rob and Welcome to the Forums,

Just tested this chapter from the book on my Mac and everything is working as expected, are just using a mouse or a tablet and pen when trying to action a single Macro on an image? 

For the batch process section, you select the Macro you want to apply on the Batch dialog, click on the Apply button and in the box next to this, under the heading Applied Macros, it should state the Macro you've selected.  Then when you click okay, the batch job is ran and the Macro applied.

[Robbob]

Hi Stokeg

Thanks for your prompt reply

For batch processing I can select the macro and clicking the apply button brings it up in the Applied Macros box but OK is not highlighted so of course clicking OK has no effect

As I said I cannot apply a macro to a single image either unless I right click then left click on the selected macro 

I'm using a desktop Mac, screen shot attached

Thanks again

 

 

 

 

[stokerg]

Thanks for the screenshot.  I can replicate the okay button not being active but only if i don't set the location for 'Save into'.  Have you tried clicking the button where the 3 dots are setting a location (if you have, a screen recording would be great showing all the steps you taking).

I'm sure we had reports of Macros failing to action when clicked a while back, but this was resolved from what i know.  

[Robbob]

Hello Again

Thanks, clicking the three buttons worked, I had been clicking Authorise for selecting the location - oops user error - so what is Authorise for?

I also found that I can apply the macros to a single image if I use my track pad rather than my mouse, both are Apple products, hardware problem perhaps

Thanks for your prompt response and help in sorting this one out

Cheers

Rob

 

 

 

 

 

[stokerg]

1 minute ago, Robbob said:

Thanks, clicking the three buttons worked, I had been clicking Authorise for selecting the location - oops user error - so what is Authorise for?

 

The Authorise option is only needed when writing back to the original folder the images came from.  This is just due to Apple sandboxing.  I always batch to a new folder as it just keeps things a bit more organized than having 1 folder with the original and then converted images in.

Glad everything is working as it should

[Robbob]

Thanks for the explanation

I agree, I always create separate folders for originals and processed

Thanks again

 

[Richard Bagley]

• I am also trying to do the "chameleon" section of the workbook, but I cannot add the macro files to the library. I have followed the instructions in the workbook and the pdf file that comes with the download but I keep receiving the message that the file is an Unexpected Macro Format. 

[R C-R]

52 minutes ago, Richard Bagley said:

I am also trying to do the "chameleon" section of the workbook, but I cannot add the macro files to the library. I have followed the instructions in the workbook and the pdf file that comes with the download but I keep receiving the message that the file is an Unexpected Macro Format. 

How specifically are you trying to add each of the afmacros files from the Macro Pack to the app?

Note that on page 408, it says that the double-click method only works for Macs, so since from your screenshot it is evident you are using Windows, you will have to use the second method mentioned on that page. A common error when using that method is to try to import an afmacros (note the plural) file into the Macro panel instead of the Library panel that the workbook says to use.

The Macro panel "Import" button only works for afmacro (no plural) files, which always are just one uncategorized macro. The Macro panel cannot import an afmacros (plural) file because the plural form means that file type is formatted as a Library category containing one or more macros, which must be imported as a new category into the Library panel.

[walt.farrell]

7 minutes ago, R C-R said:

Note that on page 408, it says that the double-click method only works for Macs, so since from your screenshot it is evident you are using Windows, you will have to use the second method mentioned on that page. A common error when using that method is to try to import an afmacros (note the plural) file into the Macro panel instead of the Library panel that the workbook says to use.

Thanks for trying to help, @R C-R.

Speaking as a Windows user, if he tried the wrong method, he would have gotten one of the following instead of the message he got:

1. Via Drag and Drop: A message like "This file is not an Affinity Document."
2. Via double-clicking: A popup from Windows asking him to choose an application. (And, I presume, if he chose Affinity Photo he'd then get the message just above.

As he does not have the Macro panel showing, only Library, I think he must be trying to do it correctly. However, I just downloaded those files, and imported them into the library, and they worked fine for me. I would suggest a faulty download, except that they download as a .zip file, and if that download were bad he wouldn't be able to unzip the file.

I see there is no "Default" category in his Library panel. That seems odd, but I don't know if it could be related.

[Richard Bagley]

I have tried to import the macros into the Library panel as described. As mentioned by walt.farrell the default macros are also missing which I don't understand, how do I add these? Ant other suggestions for fixing this problem would be welcome.

[scottqmarcus]

On 9/18/2018 at 3:51 AM, Robbob said:

Hi Stokeg

Thanks for your prompt reply

For batch processing I can select the macro and clicking the apply button brings it up in the Applied Macros box but OK is not highlighted so of course clicking OK has no effect

As I said I cannot apply a macro to a single image either unless I right click then left click on the selected macro 

I'm using a desktop Mac, screen shot attached

Thanks again

 

 

 

 

I'm glad someone posted this screen shot. I've looked all over and cannot find what the "A" (with all the check marks below it - shown above" is for. In the Affinity Photo help that comes with the app, it doesn't show the "A".

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, scottqmarcus said:

I'm glad someone posted this screen shot. I've looked all over and cannot find what the "A" (with all the check marks below it - shown above" is for. In the Affinity Photo help that comes with the app, it doesn't show the "A".

The tooltip when you hover over it explains it

 

The Online Help shows it, but doesn't explain it, for some reason.

The in-application Help also shows it, but apparently only when Photo is configured for UK English (or at least, not when configured for US English), but still doesn't explain it.