Zoie Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 I am trying to import a macro to my Affinity Photo. I followed all the steps but when I click import the dialog box never opens to allow me to select where the macro is located. I have tried restarting Affinity. I have tried restarting my laptop. The selection box never appears for importing the macro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Welcome to the Serif Affinity forums, @Zoie. If you're trying to do it without having a document open it won't work. Try opening a document, or creating a new one with File > New, and see if that helps. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikerofoto Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 I usually just drag the macro to AP icon while AP is running, never had issues doing it this way. A pop up window the appear saying its been install without issues. maybe not the what supposed to be done but its faster then going in burger menu choosing import, locating the macro then import it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 6 hours ago, mikerofoto said: I usually just drag the macro to AP icon while AP is running, never had issues doing it this way. I am reasonably sure that only works for *.macros files, not *.macro files. The plural extension is used for macro categories, which are imported into the Library panel. The singular one is for individual macros, which can be imported into the Macro panel, but like @walt.farrell said, only if there is a document open in the app. Dragging may also be a Mac only thing, but I am not sure about that. 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...
mikerofoto Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 1 hour ago, R C-R said: I am reasonably sure that only works for *.macros files, not *.macro files. The plural extension is used for macro categories, which are imported into the Library panel. The singular one is for individual macros, which can be imported into the Macro panel, but like @walt.farrell said, only if there is a document open in the app. Dragging may also be a Mac only thing, but I am not sure about that. I thought only macros only could be imported not those without the “s” ? I don’t run AP on PC so I don’t know neither is drag and drop work for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 1 hour ago, mikerofoto said: I thought only macros only could be imported not those without the “s” ? Individual .macro files can be imported into the Macro Studio panel, but only if there is an document open in Affinity Photo to apply them to. To import one, use the rightmost button at the top of the Macro Studio, the one with the arrow pointing downward into a box shape. It's greyed out unless there is an open document. From there, it can be added to a macro Library category, using the second from the left button that looks like a plus sign & 3 squares. 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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