Hello, I'm an amateur vector / raster package user. I've been creating this type of graphics for around 20 years.
I started with Corel Draw (Canadian developer) in the 1990's, then Xara (British - pro aircraft design package converted for general use), Corel Xara (Corel bought Xara), Xara Photo and Graphic Designer (Don't know company history - broke from Corel I believe) and finally Affinity Designer.
I dumped my Windows systems and hence Xara (PC platform) and bought a Macbook Pro. I bought Affinity Designer because
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I used Serif PagePlus (Excellent alternative to expensive Pagemaker) in the 1990's
Affinity has all I expected from past experience plus more. Well done Serif. A beautiful package.
Chad