What is a .AFMACRO file?
An .AFMACRO file is a special kind of file used by a program called Serif Affinity Photo. This program is a tool for editing pictures, similar to how Adobe Photoshop works. It's used by people who like to take photos or create digital art to make their images look better or different.
The .AFMACRO file keeps a list of steps, or actions, that someone has done in Affinity Photo. Imagine you're editing a picture and you do several things to it, like adding different patterns or masks, and you want to do the exact same things to another picture later. Instead of doing each step over again, you can save all those steps into one .AFMACRO file. This is called a macro. It's like a recipe for editing a picture. Later, you can open this macro file in Affinity Photo and apply all those steps to a new picture with just one click. This saves a lot of time, especially if you're editing lots of pictures in the same way.
To make an .AFMACRO file in Affinity Photo, you start by recording your actions. There's a special part of the program called the Macro panel where you can do this. You press the "Record" button, do your edits, and then press the "Stop" button when you're done. After that, you can save what you did by clicking an "Export" button, and it becomes an .AFMACRO file. If you can't see the Macro panel, you just need to find the Window menu at the top, click on it, and then choose Macro to make it show up.
The main program that can open and use an .AFMACRO file is Serif Affinity Photo itself. So, if you have created or been given an .AFMACRO file, you'll need to use Affinity Photo to open it and see or use the macro stored inside. This is really handy for people who use Affinity Photo a lot and want to work more efficiently by reusing their favorite edits or sharing them with others.
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