Newbie Macro Difficulty

[ReggiePLS]

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. 

[firstdefence]

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.

 

 

 

[carl123]

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"

[ReggiePLS]

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.

[carl123]

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

[John Rostron]

You might like to consider Filters > Distort > Equations. This allows more flexibility in sizing which does not get hardwired. See the discussion here.

John