Shifts Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) Hello! New member to the forums here and a few weeks old user of Affinity Photo for iPad. Still trying to get the hang of it and the official tutorials and searching the forum for answers as been a big help so far. Something I have not found how to do yet though, is how to create your own macros from within Affinity Photo for iPad. Have found several forum threads on how to import macros, but find no posts on how to create them. It would be great to have a simple macro to run, to create certain layers right from the start before going into retouching and editing, instead of having to do it manually each time. Best Edited August 1, 2019 by Shifts Clarifying purpose of thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 The iPad version does not have the capability to make macros but can import and use macros made on th the desktop version. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifts Posted August 1, 2019 Author Share Posted August 1, 2019 Thanks, no need to try to bend it to do this then. Unfortunately I don't have the desktop version, but will survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Some members have both. Perhaps a request for someone to make a macro for you and upload it here? The members here are very helpful. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 It should be noted that there are two types of macro file. A *.macro file contains only a single macro and is imported via the Macros panel in the desktop apps, whereas a *.macros file contains one or more macros and is imported via the Library panel. Although the Macro Studio in Affinity Photo for iPad sounds as though it will import *.macro files, it will actually only import *.macros files (i.e. files exported from the Library panel in the desktop apps) which means that if a single macro is to be usable in the iPad app it needs to be copied from the Macros panel to the Library panel and exported from there so that it ends up in the appropriate format. DM1 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifts Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 An happily let you know that one helpful member contacted me, helping me in creating the macro I was after. Fantastic to receive that kind of help here! Alfred and DM1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 If you think the macros file would be useful to others, you can upload it on the Resources thread. Just post a description of what it does and add the file to the post. Quote M1 IPad Air 10.9/256GB lpadOS 17.1.1 Apple Pencil (2nd gen). Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Affinity Design 1.10.5 Affinity Publisher 2, Affinity Designer 2, Affinity Photo 2 and betas. Official Online iPad Help documents (multi-lingual) here: https://affinity.https://affinity.help/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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