PP Macro Collection

Effect Macros

• FlipSides v3.05

  • Flip half of an image vertically or horizontally.

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• MirrorImage v1.35

  • Mirror an image in one of four directions.

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• StretchEdges v2.35

  • Create a border by stretching an image's outer edges.
  • StretchEdges Screenshots
    • StretchEdges interface
      
    • Before and After
       

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• SwapDimensions v1.35

  • Resize an image swapping the width with the height.

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• TileOnce v1.45

  • Tile an image once either vertically or horizontally.

Command Macros

• Copy Values Macros v1.0

  • A small set of macros to copy document properties to the clipboard.
    • Copy_DPIX
    • Copy_DPIY
    • Copy_FileName
    • Copy_FilePath
    • Copy_FullFileName
    • Copy_Height
    • Copy_Width
    • Copy_FilePath

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• CropMaskToObject v1.0

  • Crop a mask to the selected object.

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• FillFromFile v2.26

  • Bypass the fill dialog and directly pick a file to fill the current image.

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• MaskFromSelection v1.0

  • Create a mask from the current selection.

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• PasteObjectTiled v1.55

  • Create a new object filled with the contents of the clipboard.

Utility Macros

• CloseAllDocuments v1.1

  • Closes all open documents that have not been modified. Also, displays a checklist of modified documents to confirm closing without saving.
  • CloseAllDocuments Screenshot
    

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• InsertDateStamp v1.0

  • Insert a Text object with the current date and/or time.
  • InsertDateStamp Screenshots
    • Enter the date/time pattern
      
    • Resulting text object
      

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• PixelResize v1.0

  • Enter pixel values for resizing the selected object.

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• SimpleAlign v2.0

  • Easy and intuitive interface for basic object alignment needs.
  • SimpleAlign Screenshot
    

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• TileAnimator v1.56

  • Create a scrolling animation from an image tile.
  • TileAnimator Screenshots
    • Select a direction
      
    • Sample output
      

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• ToggleObjects v1.0

  • Quick visibility toggle for selected objects or, if none selected, all objects in the current document.

Workaround Macros

• Fix2Colors v1.05

  • Manually restore colors in 1-Bit BMP and GIF files that PP opened as B&W.

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• ObjectCombine v1.0

  • Combine selected objects without cropping areas that extend beyond the document's boundry.

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• RemoveGuidelineDuplicates v1.0

  • Remove duplicate guidelines.

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• SplitOnGuides v1.01

  • Export image slices defined by guidelines.

Setup

• To install the AntiPoetics Macro collection, first download ap_pp_macros.zip.
• Extract the antipoetics.gms file to the Photo-Paint GMS folder.
  For a typical installation, the path will be:
  C:\Program Files\Corel\CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4\CorelPHOTO-PAINT\GMS
• Start Photo-Paint or restart it if it was already running.

Usage

• Macros are run by going to the Tools menu, then Visual Basic, and then Play.

  

• Next, select AntiPoetics from the "Macros in" box, select the macro you want from the list above, and finally click Run.

  

Revisions

• 04-25-2008
  • Updated CloseAllDocuments.
    • Added a Select All checkbox to select/deselect all documents in the list.
    • A document selected in the list now has its window activated. (Try maximizing a document before running the macro.)
  • Added InsertDateStamp.
• 04-18-2007
  • Initial Release for Photo-Paint X3 and X4.

Support

For bug reporting, questions, comments, feature requests, etc., please send me a message via the Contact page.