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Unfortunately, I am at a loss on this as a procedural texture function.  As @v_kyr said, there are many things lurking behind the face of the app that we are just scratching the surface of.  Macros most likely would have to be incorporated.   

You can get the individual components of a vector by using its x, y, z properties.
For example, we can get `0.5` from a `vec3(0.5, 0, 0)` by accessing its `x` property:
var color = vec3(0.5, 0, 0); color.x This code will output 50% gray color
 
Yup. I couldn't find anything related to color sampling too. That's why I decided to ask here. Documentation has some missing bits, and I thought maybe color sampling is one of them.

I'm using AD for a while now and one of the major things I still struggle with is a Colour Chooser (both in a popup and Studio panel). It only supports HSL Color Box model (it is called “Hue” in AD).
Most major apps right are using HSB Color box. It is more familiar and easier to use: if I need a pure bright color, I'd just move the dot to the top right corner and that's it. In HSL Box though, I'd have to try to aim the center of color box. It is frustrating. 
 
Please, add HSB Color Box to Affinity Designer.
 
I understand, that this might be not the most important feature in your road map, but it will definitely make life easier for those who come to AD from Photoshop, Illustrator or Sketch
(and especially for those who are constantly switching between these apps in the process)
 
Thanks.
 

 

 
 
 

When I write the new version of expand stroke it should essentially provide a very nice contour function at the same time

I'm using AD for a while now and one of the major things I still struggle with is a Colour Chooser (both in a popup and Studio panel). It only supports HSL Color Box model (it is called “Hue” in AD).
Most major apps right are using HSB Color box. It is more familiar and easier to use: if I need a pure bright color, I'd just move the dot to the top right corner and that's it. In HSL Box though, I'd have to try to aim the center of color box. It is frustrating. 
 
Please, add HSB Color Box to Affinity Designer.
 
I understand, that this might be not the most important feature in your road map, but it will definitely make life easier for those who come to AD from Photoshop, Illustrator or Sketch
(and especially for those who are constantly switching between these apps in the process)
 
Thanks.
 

 

 
 
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Hey, would be awesome if aligning buttons would work on vector nodes:
 

Expand stroke and some of boolean functions (divide) is still generating unwanted complexity and in some cases extra "pieces" see attached images.  For the type of complicated slice and dice workflow I have, this is very problematic and a show stopper for all but the simplest forms. LOVING the effects and shading workflow, path editing is still not where it should be and my hope is that some of these vector basics will be dealt with and rise to the same level soon. :-)

Here's an example:

Here's an example:

Sadly, we can't transform vector points using this technique (e.g. select few points of the rectangle and stretch them out). It is possible to do using Transform Panel by changing W/H properties, but it is kind of complicated.

Here's an example: