tim.snow

I'm not an expert with the SVG file format, however a quick inspection of the two files would indicate that the program used to create the original file (CorelDRAW X6) was horrendously inefficient. (Don't forget, SVG files are XML based so you can look through them meaningfully in your favourite text editor.) Take for example the creation of the 'Mikrobus-Proto-22' text object, in Corel: <g > <g transform="matrix(1 0 0 1 -16881.1 -50490)" > <g > <g > <g > <g > <g > <text font-weight="normal" gorn="0.1.1.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0" font-family="Droid Sans" id="label" font-size="3529.2" x="65802" y="104855" fill="black">Mikrobus-Proto-22</text> </g> </g> </g> </g> </g> </g> </g> Whereas from Affinity: <g id="label" transform="matrix(1,0,0,1,48920.9,54365)"> <text x="0px" y="0px" style="font-family:'LucidaGrande';font-size:3529.2px;fill:black;">Mikrobus-Proto-22</text> </g> Now (again no expert so I might be missing something, but) it would appear that there are many redundant <g > tags each adding to the overall file size. Without them the file becomes much smaller without realistically changing the final product. Well, aside from the change in font as I assume you don't have Droid Sans installed... Kind of an example of lossless compression (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossless_compression)

Dear Affinity, I've been trying out the new release candidate version of Designer and I've come across a bug regarding importing certain PDF files. I use pdflatex to format and generate PDFs of results generated then, on occasion, I then might convert some of these PDFs to PNG files for incorporating the results into presentations. Using the current MAS version of Designer I am able to import files generated directly from pdflatex however with this RC of Designer it crashes immediately, even before getting to the import dialog box. Adding to the mystery, if I take a file generated by pdflatex and re-export it as a PDF using Apple's Preview program I am able to import it using the current RC, as well as the current MAS version, of Designer. I have attached a file generated directly from pdflatex (Original.pdf) and a file after re-exporting using preview (Re-exported.pdf), if you would like the crash report I can send that to you as well. Aside from this, a great new release of Designer with many new features that I'm looking forward to using! Kind regards, Tim Original.pdf Re-exported.pdf