SalsaGal Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Hi everyone I purchased affinity photo in Sept 2018 and I have started learning about using them. I upzipped my macro pack, and went to view, studio, library, import macros, click on the unzipped files and I then get an error message "unexpected macros format" Can someone please help. Many thanks.Doc1.doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted March 12, 2019 Staff Share Posted March 12, 2019 Hi @SalsaGal, Welcome to the forums. Usually, you get that error message if you import them in the Macro Studio. Can you please upload the .afmacros here: https://www.dropbox.com/request/hiK2gn7zHDFxTaRzXw4k to see if I can replicate it. Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalsaGal Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Thank you GabrielM for your assistance - I sent the zipped file as I downloaded it - it unzips the files ok, but then does not recognise format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted March 18, 2019 Staff Share Posted March 18, 2019 Very odd. They load fine on mine. Let's try to reset the app. You can reset your app back to its default settings by holding down the CTRL key while launching the app. When the Clear User Data window appears, click Select All and then Clear. The app will now open. Be aware that resetting your app back to its default settings will lose any custom settings such as keyboard shortcuts and brushes etc. To backup such settings before resetting the app, please watch our Affinity - Exporting User Settings and Keyboard Shortcuts video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalsaGal Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Hey Gabriel I am still having problems with Macros. I still can not open Macro pack I purchased with my Affinity Photo. I can record a macro and save a macro myself. But not in my library - it will not allow me to. It will also not let me add it to my library? I am having big problems with my Macros Please can someone help. I have reset my tools. I uninstalled Affinity photo and reinstalled. Still no luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Your screenshot doesn't show a "Default" category. After resetting the default settings it should be present. To be able to add your own created macro to the library you need at least a category to add it to. Can you create your own category? Maybe it's a directory access problem Can you access this directory ?%appdata%\Affinity\Photo\1.0\user There should exist a file named macros.propcol 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...
SalsaGal Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Hello - no default sitting with the library tab when it is open in Affinity photo. And yes I can access %appdata%\Affinity\Photo\1.0\user And can see macros.propcol Still nothing is working yet And still will not create a category Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 36 minutes ago, HVDB Photography said: Can you create your own category? ?? What Windows version are you on , Build ? Up-to-date ? 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...
SalsaGal Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 No will not let me create a category Running Windows 7 Pro And everything is up to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Close Aphoto rename the macros.propcol file to macros.old Restart Aphoto, it should create a new macros.propcol file with the default macros in the library panel SalsaGal and HVDB Photography 1 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalsaGal Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Wish me luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalsaGal Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 Oh my goodness - it worked straight away - just sitting there. Thank you so much everyone - really appreciated. Your time and patience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HVDB Photography Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 7 minutes ago, carl123 said: Close Aphoto rename the macros.propcol file to macros.old Restart Aphoto, it should create a new macros.propcol file with the default macros in the library panel That was the next thing I wanted to propose, but you were one step ahead ... SalsaGal 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...
R C-R Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 44 minutes ago, SalsaGal said: Oh my goodness - it worked straight away - just sitting there. Good to know that the rename worked but I am curious if before doing that you tried any of the reset options, as @HVDB Photography suggested earlier., in particular the Reset Macro Library option. As mentioned in this post, it is apparently the only reset option that affects the macros.propcol file, but it is unclear if it does more than deleting custom Macros. BTW, it may already be obvious to you, but you can delete the file named macros.old, since it isn't used by anything. Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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