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I would like to have the ability to drag multiple images onto the Focus Merge window, rather than use the Add button to select the images from a folder.
Background:  I use an Olympus OM-D camera with built-in focus bracketing to focus stack my jewelry photos.  This works very well with the Affinity Photo Focus Merge feature.  However, you have to "Add" the bracketed images to the Focus Merge window, which means browsing to the sub-folder that contains the images and selecting the one's you want to add for merging.
When I import my camera images to the PC, the Olympus "Viewer" automatically opens and displays my focus bracketed images.  It would be much faster to simply select the images in the viewer and drag them onto the AP Focus Merge window rather than browse through sub-folders.  I'm able to select multiple Olympus Viewer images and drag them to AP Photo Persona, but this creates multiple individual image tabs.  Would it be possible in the future to drag multiple images into the Focus Merge window?

The Live Lighting Filter allows you to import an image to use as a bump map. 
I would also like the option to use an existing layer within the open document as the bump map (Much like the way the Displacement Map filter allows you to use another layer as the source. However I think entering or selecting the layer name in the Lighting filter panel would be preferred over the "Use layers below" approach in the DM filter)
With an imported bump map, you can't make any edits to the bump map without opening it as a separate document.  That makes it very difficult to edit the bump map in context of the image you are applying it to.
By allowing an existing layer within the open document to be used as the bump map, you could easily modify it and quickly see the results.  Examples: erase a portion of the bump map where you want no texture, alter the contrast of the bump map, rotate, re-size the bump map, etc. all without the trial & error of editing a separate image.
Thank you for your consideration.  Love Affinity!

The Live Lighting Filter allows you to import an image to use as a bump map. 
I would also like the option to use an existing layer within the open document as the bump map (Much like the way the Displacement Map filter allows you to use another layer as the source. However I think entering or selecting the layer name in the Lighting filter panel would be preferred over the "Use layers below" approach in the DM filter)
With an imported bump map, you can't make any edits to the bump map without opening it as a separate document.  That makes it very difficult to edit the bump map in context of the image you are applying it to.
By allowing an existing layer within the open document to be used as the bump map, you could easily modify it and quickly see the results.  Examples: erase a portion of the bump map where you want no texture, alter the contrast of the bump map, rotate, re-size the bump map, etc. all without the trial & error of editing a separate image.
Thank you for your consideration.  Love Affinity!

I would like to have the ability to drag multiple images onto the Focus Merge window, rather than use the Add button to select the images from a folder.
Background:  I use an Olympus OM-D camera with built-in focus bracketing to focus stack my jewelry photos.  This works very well with the Affinity Photo Focus Merge feature.  However, you have to "Add" the bracketed images to the Focus Merge window, which means browsing to the sub-folder that contains the images and selecting the one's you want to add for merging.
When I import my camera images to the PC, the Olympus "Viewer" automatically opens and displays my focus bracketed images.  It would be much faster to simply select the images in the viewer and drag them onto the AP Focus Merge window rather than browse through sub-folders.  I'm able to select multiple Olympus Viewer images and drag them to AP Photo Persona, but this creates multiple individual image tabs.  Would it be possible in the future to drag multiple images into the Focus Merge window?

Please add eyedroppers (inside of the curves panel) to define custom values for black, gray and white, as in Photoshop.

I agree with the Drag & Drop to Focus Merge.  I use this feature a lot and have to go through sub-folders to "Add" the images I'm already looking at.  What is especially frustrating is that AP doesn't remember the last folder I pulled from, so the folder hunt starts all over again when I Focus Merge the next collection from the camera.
I really love Affinity Photo and hope to see Drag & Drop to the Focus Merge window.  I can Drag & Drop photos to the main window, but that creates new tabs for each image.
 

I would like to have the ability to drag multiple images onto the Focus Merge window, rather than use the Add button to select the images from a folder.
Background:  I use an Olympus OM-D camera with built-in focus bracketing to focus stack my jewelry photos.  This works very well with the Affinity Photo Focus Merge feature.  However, you have to "Add" the bracketed images to the Focus Merge window, which means browsing to the sub-folder that contains the images and selecting the one's you want to add for merging.
When I import my camera images to the PC, the Olympus "Viewer" automatically opens and displays my focus bracketed images.  It would be much faster to simply select the images in the viewer and drag them onto the AP Focus Merge window rather than browse through sub-folders.  I'm able to select multiple Olympus Viewer images and drag them to AP Photo Persona, but this creates multiple individual image tabs.  Would it be possible in the future to drag multiple images into the Focus Merge window?

I'd like the ability to set the Resample method default in Preferences for both Resize Document, and for PNG Export.  I'm using Affinity Photo on a PC.
The Lanczos Non-Separable method works best by far for my photo retouching needs and I often forget to select it when resizing the document or when exporting as PNG.
Having a default in Preferences for Resample method would be one less step to remember in my workflow.
Thank you for your consideration - Love Affinity Photo!
 

I would like to see the ability to set the Rotation Resolution in Preferences.
My work in Affinity Photo on a PC requires matching elements from different image sources.
I can select the Move Tool and rotate a layer with the mouse, but to get a precise alignment, I've tried the Rotation numeric entry in the Transform window.
It's great to be able to click on the number and use the mouse wheel to change the value, but the 1 degree increments are not precise enough.
I think the ability to select the decimal place resolution in Preferences of 1, 1.0 or 1.00 would be a great enhancement.
Or, another possible enhancement would be to hold down a key while changing the Rotation value to temporarily increase the resolution. Example: Hold left arrow to decrease resolution, hold right arrow to increase.
Thanks for your consideration!

I'd like to see an additional Gradient Type added to the option list: Square
I find it very useful.  Easier than using two linear gradients to get a simple star effect.
Here is a screen shot from Corel Draw
Thanks for your consideration.  Love Affinity Photo on my PC!

I'd like to see an additional Gradient Type added to the option list: Square
I find it very useful.  Easier than using two linear gradients to get a simple star effect.
Here is a screen shot from Corel Draw
Thanks for your consideration.  Love Affinity Photo on my PC!

I agree - I miss having "crop to selection" after switching to Affinity Photo.

The Live Lighting Filter allows you to import an image to use as a bump map. 
I would also like the option to use an existing layer within the open document as the bump map (Much like the way the Displacement Map filter allows you to use another layer as the source. However I think entering or selecting the layer name in the Lighting filter panel would be preferred over the "Use layers below" approach in the DM filter)
With an imported bump map, you can't make any edits to the bump map without opening it as a separate document.  That makes it very difficult to edit the bump map in context of the image you are applying it to.
By allowing an existing layer within the open document to be used as the bump map, you could easily modify it and quickly see the results.  Examples: erase a portion of the bump map where you want no texture, alter the contrast of the bump map, rotate, re-size the bump map, etc. all without the trial & error of editing a separate image.
Thank you for your consideration.  Love Affinity!