About the Macro panel
The Macro panel is available from the Photo Persona; it can be switched on via the Window menu.
For more information on how to record, edit and use macros, see Macros.
The Macro panel provides a means of recording, saving, importing and exporting macros—a series of actions and operations that can be quickly reproduced and applied to speed up and aid workflows.
The Macro panel is available from the Photo Persona; it can be switched on via the Window menu.
For more information on how to record, edit and use macros, see Macros.
The following options are displayed on the panel:
Start recording—click to record your actions and operations which are added to the panel as you record.
Stop recording—click to stop recording your macro.
Play—click to play back and preview your recorded macro.
Reset—click to clear the currently recorded macro operations and actions. Use to start recording from scratch again.
Add to Library—saves your recorded macro to the macro library. A macro needs to be saved or it will be lost on subsequent macro recording.
Export—exports your recorded macro to a .afmacro file which can be shared with other Affinity Photo 2 users or stored externally from the app.
Import—imports a previously exported .afmacro file.
Settings—click the cog icon to customise a specific operations's settings for the already recorded macro.
Disable/Enable macro operation—Uncheck to exclude the operation from playback; check to include it again.