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LoadyourfreeMacrosforAffinityPhoto
GotoView>Studio>Library.WiththeLibrarytabnow
open, click on the menu icon at the top right. Select
Import Macros from the list. Choose the Macros you want to
import – found in the PP Collection folder – and click Open.
Now they’re in Affinity, you will see them loaded into the Library
ta b. Open the collection by clicking the left-hand arrow and click
th e Macro of your choice to activate it. The edits associated with
th e Macro will stack up in the Layers tab. To make it easier, you
can group them by clicking each Adjustment while holding Ctrl,
and then pressing Ctrl+G. This lets you alter the global Opacity
of all layers at once if the effect is too extreme. You can also
change the Opacity of each of the Adjustment Layers to suit
your image, as well as alter the values for each layer to tweak
th e effects to suit your image.
FREE ACTIONS & PRESETS
EXPERT ADVICE ADD YOUR
OWN TOUCH TO PRESETS
Just because we’ve given you a range of presets that can
be applied out of the box, it doesn’t mean you can’t still add
your own flare to each one. In Photoshop, you can open the
Action’s group and tweak each individual layer to better suit
your image. You can do the same in Affinity by clicking on
each layer and playing with the values. When it comes to
Lightroom, you only need adjust the sliders and tools on
the right-hand side of the Develop module to come up with
a slightly different look. It sounds simple, but it’s important
to remember that a preset doesn’t work for every photo, and
a tiny tweak could well be just the ticket. You can even add
extra layers or adjustments on top of ours to put your mark
on it and really make it your own.