Hexagon Graph Paper using Affinity Photo's Procedural Texture Filter

In this video, I show how to make hexagon graph paper using Affinity Photo's procedural texture filter. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/graph-p... Functions used: var sqrt vec2 fraction step length smoothstepn max abs dot swapxy Inch Filter Horizontal Flats var sr3=sqrt(3); var sv=vec2(1,sr3); var v0=vec2(x,y)*a*d/h/sr3+vec2(x1,y1/sr3); var v1=(fraction(v0*sv)-.5)/sv; var v2=(fraction(v0*sv+.5)-.5)/sv; var v3=v1*step(length(v1),length(v2))+v2*step(length(v2),length(v1)); smoothstepn(e,e+s/10,max(2*abs(v3.y),dot(abs(v3),swapxy(sv)))) Inch Filter Vertical Flats var sr3=sqrt(3); var sv=vec2(sr3,1); var v0=vec2(x,y)*a*d/h/sr3+vec2(x1,y1/sr3); var v1=(fraction(v0*sv)-.5)/sv; var v2=(fraction(v0*sv+.5)-.5)/sv; var v3=v1*step(length(v1),length(v2))+v2*step(length(v2),length(v1)); smoothstepn(e,e+s/10,max(2*abs(v3.x),dot(abs(v3),swapxy(sv)))) Metric Graph Paper Horizontal Flats var sr3=sqrt(3); var sv=vec2(1,sr3); var v0=vec2(x,y)*a/d/h/sr3+vec2(x1,y1/sr3); var v1=(fraction(v0*sv)-.5)/sv; var v2=(fraction(v0*sv+.5)-.5)/sv; var v3=v1*step(length(v1),length(v2))+v2*step(length(v2),length(v1)); smoothstepn(e,e+s/10,max(2*abs(v3.y),dot(abs(v3),swapxy(sv)))) Metric Graph Paper Vertical Flats var sr3=sqrt(3); var sv=vec2(sr3,1); var v0=vec2(x,y)*a/d/h/sr3+vec2(x1,y1/sr3); var v1=(fraction(v0*sv)-.5)/sv; var v2=(fraction(v0*sv+.5)-.5)/sv; var v3=v1*step(length(v1),length(v2))+v2*step(length(v2),length(v1)); smoothstepn(e,e+s/10,max(2*abs(v3.x),dot(abs(v3),swapxy(sv)))) Procedural Textures Playlist    • Procedural Textures with Affinity Photo   Procedural Texture Function Index https://codeonpp.blogspot.com/2025/06... Procedural Texture System Variables https://codeonpp.blogspot.com/2025/08... The Procedural Texture filter and related information can be found on Affinity Photo's website: https://affinity.help/photo2/en-US.lp... 0:00 Introduction 1:35 Initial document and procedural texture setup 3:09 Setting up the coordinate systems 6:29 Creating the hexagon masks and hexagon coordinate system 8:27 Making the hexagon shape 11:23 Complete hexagon inch grid 12:08 Converting to vertical flats 13:22 Adding colors with a gradient map and stacking hexagon grids 14:38 Metric hexagon graph paper 16:17 Adding the hexagon grid to an Affinity Designer shape 19:41 Conclusion