ReggiePLS Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 I like to resize the document I'm working on to a certain number. So I tried my hand at macros to accomplish this. I turned on the recorder, selected the resize document tab, entered the size I preferred, 4000. Hit enter, etc, and closed off the recorder. These are the steps I do manually, and they work. When I try the macro, however, the picture distorts usually into an elongated version. I can't find what I'm doing wrong. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 In the Document resize panel there is a padlock clicking on that locks the aspect ratio and when you enter a value in either box the other one changes accordingly. If it looks like the padlock in this screenshot the aspect ratio is locked and both values will change. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, 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...
carl123 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Bear in mind that when you record the macro it hardcodes the values from the document you are working on into the macro. So if you change the width to 4000px, whatever value change that makes to the height will also be recorded. If you then replay that macro on another document that does not have the same aspect ratio of the original document you will get distorted results The Mac 1.7 beta has an update listed as "- New ability to control how macros are scaled / aligned when playing back." But Windows users do not have that update as yet so I cant say what that does or if it will cure the "problem" 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...
ReggiePLS Posted March 26, 2019 Author Share Posted March 26, 2019 Thank you, Firstdefence, and Carl123. I did check the lock aspect ratio, and it was checked. Based on Carl123's info, I did a little check, and found his explanation did clear up my confusion. I tried it manually with a pic, and noted the adjusted number after I entered my desired width. Sure enough, after the macro on a different pic, I got the desired width, but with the same exact height of the first pic. So, at least I know that I'm not going crazy. I will just have to resize manually. Oh the horrors of such a heavy task. /s. I still love Affinity, and love learning about it's power. Once again, thank you to everyone for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl123 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 If you ever have a need to simply resize lots of documents at once, then File > New Batch Job should do what you want. It has the flexibility to be able to only enter the width (or height) and the aspect ratio will be maintained 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...
John Rostron Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 You might like to consider Filters > Distort > Equations. This allows more flexibility in sizing which does not get hardwired. See the discussion here. John Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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