The Macro panel will no longer record edits I make to my image. Once I’ve recorded all my steps, I’ll hit the “Stop recording” button (red arrow in the image above). Rather than recording all my steps, I simply get a message from Affinity Photo’s assistant that this action can’t be recorded (green arrow). One exception to this is trying to draw a gradient on a layer with the Gradient Tool (red arrow). I’ll exit out of the Unsharp Mask filter once I’m finished making my adjustments.Īs I mentioned earlier, you can perform ALMOST any action and have it recorded as a macro. As I do this, the third step for this process is created (all three steps for the unsharp mask filter are outlined in green in the image above) – though it is simply labeled “Unsharp Mask.” This is our parameter step for this live filter. I’ll now make adjustments to the unsharp mask filter. This action is recorded as the step “Add unsharp mask blur layer.” If you’re following along, you’ll know the next macro step that will be created will be something to do with setting parameters. From here, I can select the “Unsharp Mask” filter (blue arrow). Now, I’ll click the “Live Filters” icon at the bottom of the Layers panel (red arrow). I’ll choose the first option, “Select layer named ‘Background,’” then click “Select.” The macro records this action as a step labeled “Set current selection.” This is essentially making sure the Macro panel records the right action. When I do this, a dialogue will pop up clarifying what action I’m trying to perform (outlined in green above). Next, I’ll click on the “Background” layer, which is our main image layer, to make it our active layer (red arrow). To do this, I’ll go back to the Layers panel (blue arrow in the image above). To demonstrate this, I’ll now add the Unsharp Mask Live Filter to the image. So, I can do more than just add adjustments to my image. I’ll exit out of the HSL adjustment panel.Īs I mentioned earlier, you can perform pretty much any action and have it be recorded by the Macro panel. Once again, a step is created in the Macro panel labeled “Set adjustment parameters” (red arrow). I’ll then decrease the saturation of my image, and increase the luminosity using the respective sliders. When I do this, another step is recorded by the Macro panel – this time labeled “Add HSL Shift Adjustment” (red arrow). Next, I want to adjust the saturation and lightness of my image, so I’ll click on the “HSL” adjustment in the Adjustment panel (blue arrow).
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( For more details on how to use the Levels tool, I recommend checking out my Affinity Photo tutorial on the subject.) I’ll then exit out of the levels adjustment dialogue. As I do this, you’ll see a second macro step is created labeled “Set adjustment parameters” (blue arrow in the above image). I’ll adjust the black level, white level, and gamma. Next, I’ll make some small tweaks to the levels. You’ll see that when I do this, the very first step that appears in the Macro panel is the action “Add Levels Adjustment” (green arrow). For starters, I’ll navigate over to the Adjustment panel (red arrow) and add a levels adjustment to my image (blue arrow). So, I’ll click the “Start recording” button, and will begin making edits. If you come across an action that can’t be recorded, the little Affinity “Assist” feature will pop up on your screen letting you know that that particular action can’t be recorded.
There are, however, some things that cannot be recorded as a macro. You can tell when the macro is recording because the Start recording button will be grayed out, and steps will begin appearing in the macro panel as you make edits.Īlmost everything can be recorded as a macro, including image adjustments, scaling your document or performing transformations, adding new layers, adding effects, and more. Once this recording button is clicked, the Macro panel will continue recording edits you make to your photo until you click the “Stop recording” button. To start a new macro recording, click the red record icon (it’s labeled “Start recording” when you hover your mouse over it – green arrow in the image above). This will bring up a new panel to the right of your Tools Panel labeled “Macro” (outlined in green in the image above). Once your photo is inside Affinity Photo and the Photo Persona, open up the Macro panel by going to View>Studio>Macro (red arrow in the image above). Clicking the Develop button will open the image inside the Photo Persona.
The Macro panel is not available in the Develop Persona. Note: if you’re using a RAW photo, you’ll need to click the “Develop” button inside the Develop Persona. You can do that by going to File>Open, then searching for the photo you want to open on your computer.ĭouble-click on the photo you want to use (red arrow in the example image above), and it will open in Affinity Photo (or click the “Open” button – blue arrow in the image above).
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