HVDB Photography Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Hi, I'm pretty sure this has been asked before, but I gave up looking for the needle in the haystack. It's very annoying when applying it using macros !! Is this on the waiting list ? Or am I missing something ? Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 If you were applying it to an Image layer, you could apply a normal outline , create a Style and apply that as a Macro. But it won't work on Pixel layers. I suppose the only other option would be to clip the image in a rectangle. Not sure how that would work with a macro. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Yes Outline is a poor mans stroke. Could you incorporate Select > Outline... into your Macro? Select All Select Outline... Set to Inner Set the width and Apply Create new pixel Layer Fill with colour of choice Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.4.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Outline works better if you set Alignment to Inside But you would need to allow for the loss of image. Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 47 minutes ago, toltec said: But it won't work on Pixel layers I know, I tried that. 33 minutes ago, toltec said: set Alignment to Inside It is intended that it be explicitly applied as an outside frame. I already have a working macro that runs flawlessly. but there are a few extra actions added to eliminate the transparent corner parts. Hence my question. Thanks anyway, you to @firstdefence toltec and firstdefence 1 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 What about resizing the canvas by whatever size you need width and height e.g 100px; so a 50px border and then flood filling the transparent space? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.4.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJack Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Do what @firstdefence said. Just use Outside instead. We're talking about using the Outline option in the Select Dropdown... not the FX Outline. 5 step macro (actually only needs three steps if you run it right after the paste and the selection is still active ): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Another method could be... Create an oversized rectangle so that it creates a negative border outside the image dimensions use the arrange tools on the top menu to move the rectangle below the image Then select Document Unclip Canvas Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.4.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, JimmyJack said: Just use Outside instead. I'll have a look at ... Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Another method could be... I'll give it a try ... Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toltec Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 32 minutes ago, HVDB Photography said: I'll give it a try ... One problem is, you have a small pixel layer floating inside a large empty transparent layer. Don't know why or how. Would it help if you use Edit > Matte and fill the background of the layer with the green ? Maybe you could incorporate that in your macro somehow ? What actually do you do with the layer after outlining it ? Quote Windows PCs. Photo and Designer, latest non-beta versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Had a play with the macro and came up with this... Border with XandY scaling and colour selector.afmacro toltec 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.4.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 7 minutes ago, toltec said: Don't know why or how. That's the canvas resize from within the macro. See attachment Add Outside BORDER With Variable width v02.afmacros Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 29 minutes ago, firstdefence said: Had a play with the macro and came up with this Works fine Quote Affinity Photo 2.3.1 Laptop MSI Prestige PS42 Windows 11 Home 23H2 (Build 22631.3007) - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8565U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz - RAM 16,0 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Awesome, glad it works. Nice macro to have. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.4.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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