T V

The inner kid in me felt the need to work with some chalk colors.  Here is a Crayola Sidewalk Chalk (64).afpalette to get you creating until you can get outside.  Enjoy, - T V       
 Crayola Sidewalk Chalk (64).afpalette  

I asked in forums and the response was yes.  Template format is not restricted to OS.  😀

Did not work for me on Windows when I tried it earlier.

Are you dragging on the text "Opacity:" in the Curves window, or on the number field showing the opacity %?

@Old Bruce says drag on the word. I responded that it didn't work for me. 
Since you asked, dragging on the number doesn't work, either. 

Oh well. I guess it works there on Macs but not Windows.
Does it work for you elsewhere, like in the Transform panel when dragging on the H, W, X, or Y text?

Yes, it works in panels. But not in Adjustments (at least, not in the Curves adjustment dialog).

Here on Mac I just click on the word Opacity and can drag from left to right to decrease or increase the %. Also works for the various other fields. Click and drag on the Labels, not in the field.

And now you know that you can't adjust that field by dragging the mouse that way

Thanks Walt!  That's awesome news...always wanted to get one.  Now it's a no brainer!  😃

Dragging any highlighted text into an Affinity document will create a text frame with that text in it
Try it with something like Notepad and you will see what is happening

To see if I understand what you did: You selected a piece of text (the opacity percentage), and dragged it on top of the actual image.
That sounds like a kind of drag/drop operation to me, just as if you had copied/pasted some text onto your image, or dragged some text out of a text editor and dropped it onto your image. I would say that creating a text layer is a perfectly good result when you drop text onto the image, no matter where the text came from.
I would not think it's a bug.

Yes. 
On both Windows and Mac you configure Photo to know where Templates are stored, by using the "add folder" icon at the bottom of the Templates dialog in File > New.
On iPad, you simply navigate to wherever the Template happens to be stored; there's no configuration involved like there is on Windows and Mac.

I don't have iPad and I don't need it.
I am a Windows user. I have been using it since 1995...
I guess Affinity made its app in such a way that a template done in Windows to be usable in any other OS.

I do not have an Ipad, but, I am assuming that .aftemplates have an easier time being used over macros for options like proceedural textures that can take alot of processing power.  Templates, however, seem to be more difficult for me to keep organized and remember how I used them.  Perhaps, I just need to get an Ipad to push myself a little harder into a more organized space... 😂 

Thx. I tried almost all adjustments. Some of them are good for some pictures, others aren't so good. It depends by the picture, what that picture shows, what you want to get from that picture.
 

Hi,
 
Starting from the below video done by GraphicalFinity I made two dithering templates, vertical and horizontal.
Each template has the same structure:
 1. background image, named Replace me!. Put your image above this layer,  then delete it.
2.Channel Mixer Adjustment, make any tweaks needed for your image.
3. Dithering layer, hidden by default. If you want to apply any effect to it, make it visible. Apply any effect (see video), then make the Pattern dithering layer (see video). Before that, delete the initial Pattern dithering layer (4).
4.Pattern dithering layer, see video how to create it.
5. Treshold Adjustment, no tweaks needed.
 

dithering-H.aftemplate dithering-V.aftemplate

was thinking analogous...tis ok because you can have as many Hue masks as you want and can be used together in a mask stack...Same with combining the different Live Masks!

It is ok to have 30'. It covers the wheel colors entirely.

Glad to hear its working out well.  I can see a bit better after playing with it that there is something there!
Blend Options could use some presets 😉 

I played with Band Pass. It worked nicely. With some tweaks, starting from presets, you can get exactly what you want. It depends on the adjustment you choose. I used fir testing Brightness and Contrast adjustment, and High Pass live filter.
Thx again for your effort in doing all these presets!

Full preset config...
Live Luminosity Range Mask ( L1-6, D1-6, M1-6 )
Live Hue Range Mask 30' Color Wheel ( 12 )
Live Band-pass Mask ( L1-6, D1-6, M1-6 ) 
livemask_presets.propcol
Let me know what you think.  - T V

Full preset config...
Live Luminosity Range Mask ( L1-6, D1-6, M1-6 )
Live Hue Range Mask 30' Color Wheel ( 12 )
Live Band-pass Mask ( L1-6, D1-6, M1-6 ) 
livemask_presets.propcol
Let me know what you think.  - T V

I can see a need for separate .propcol files for these live masks.  Right now the 3 live masks presets are stored together.  Hue Live Mask deserves more preset categories...IMO...it could get alot better!  Alot of work in this... has been very mind expanding considering the focus puzzle factor. 
Tune in, turn on, drop out, do Affinity - T V  

@mrs68tm,
Will be another run thru the entire process to redraw the curves again since I updated them a little.   Not entirely sure about the Luminosity curves on the Band Pass results.  Playing with it for what I could understand may need some other setup, but, I may be wrong.  Need more info.  It is an interesting new feature for sure.  Thanks for the feedback!  - T V