adgfx Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 I have a custom macro created in Affinity Photo (1.7) for the Mac and want to import this on Affinity iPad (1.7). What are the correct steps to achieve this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 You need to export it via the macro library so that it becomes a .afmacros file (note the s on the end). The iPad can import .afmacros but cannot import .afmacro Files. To import just open the macros studio on iPad and tap the studio menu, the the import macro menu item. You may have to copy the macro (.afmacros) File to icloud in order to import it. nikata 1 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...
adgfx Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 Thanks for the tip @DM1Followed the steps. It indicated that it was downloading but nothing appeared in the Macro list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM1 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Are you sure it was exported from desktop macro library in .afmacros format. Sorry I don't have desktop version so cannot explain that part in detail. Try the attached macro by James at Affinity and see if it works. JR - Workflow Aids.afmacros 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...
adgfx Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 Hi @DM1. It exports the macro with the extension .afmacro but I rename it to .afmacros. I will try the JR macro and see how I get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 hour ago, adgfx said: It exports the macro with the extension .afmacro but I rename it to .afmacros. That won't work. A .afmacro file has a different format than a .afmacros file. You get a .afmacro file if you export a macro from the Macro studio. You get a .afmacros file when you export from the Library studio. adgfx and Alfred 1 1 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...
adgfx Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 It worked @walt.farrell. It looks like I was exporting from the Macro studio rather than from the Library like you mentioned. Thanks @DM1 for pointing me in the right direction. walt.farrell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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