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I'm not sure I know about "Assets" yet? But yes I do use symbols for all the icons and such! Thanks How would assets help me out?

I'm curious if anyone else out there is using Affinity products for making maps? These days , probably >95% of cartographers make their maps almost entirely within GIS software, but I was always frustrated by the limited options and lack of precision for controlling stylistic elements on maps in those software suites (both QGIS and ArcGIS), so I figured why not outsource the styling to Affinity products For those unfamiliar, mapmaking is not unlike standard graphic design. You have a document comprised of a bunch of different layers, some of which can be vector (like road lines, point data, etc.) and some of which can be raster (like elevation maps, aerial imagery, etc.). The only real difference is they are all encoded with spatial information. So what I started doing is using the GIS software just to compile and size (spatially aware trim/crop) all my different layers of geographic data, and then exporting a bunch of identically-sized layers that I then reassemble in AD / AP (i.e export a PDF of *just* the road lines, export another PDF of *just* the water body polygons, export a PNG of *just* the aerial imagery, etc.). As long as I maintain identical pixel dimensions for the exported raster layers, and identical aspect ratios for the vector layers, maintaining the appropriate map scale / size and reassembling the layers in AD/AP is trivial. Once I have all the data in AD/AP, I can take advantage of those graphic design features that GIS software could never hope to do, like advanced masking and layer blending modes, brush-based editing, pixel-perfect label placement (HUGE), etc. Another great thing is this method gives you ultimate control over design of the map frame and you're not stuck using the preset layouts and scalebars that are baked into GIS software suites. The included example is a map I made for my mother last Christmas of the area where her ancestors settled 150ish years ago. Its sort of like a modern take on the classic USGS topo map styles from the 50's-80's. (there are two typos I'm aware of, 'prairie' is misspelled in both instances, and 'convenience' is written as 'convenient' in the legend... if you see anymore, let me know!) cheers

Made with Affinity on Windows :)

Thankee. This is the first time i've ever attempted doing any sort of highlights or shadows on a digital piece. I've got a long way to go... probably gonna keep working on this one until I figure out how to get more depth and contour on the shapes rather than having them all look fairly flat but bezeled.

These are great, man! I've recently begun trying to make the same transition (doodling on paper w/ ink -> digital illustration). I've been wanting to do it for years but always found Illustrator way too tedious to spend much time on. Thank god i found Affinity :P

Finished this last night. This is the first project I've ever done entirely in Affinity. I always found digital illustration either super tedious or super intimidating before discovering Affinity. Affinity is the first program I've found that streamlined the illustration/design workflow enough that it seemed like I was finally doing more actual creating than tedious searching for a button/option/key. Interesting to note that Ableton Live was the exact same way for me with music. Great job Affinity Team. Thanks for bringing this to Windows :)

Unfortunately no. I've never actually seen a crash reporting prompt... (maybe I accidentally disabled reporting?). It just gives the generic "Affinity Designer has crashed and must close" dialog and the app becomes unresponsive. Then when I re-open it usually asks if I want to try to recover my unsaved work. Nothing about reporting. Wish I could be of more help... I will update with more info if I get any.

Hi. I've been experimenting with the latest (.26) Affinity Designer RC the past few days and have a recurring issue where AD crashes while I am drawing complex curves with the pen. It seems to usually happen after I've drawn and copied a curve several times, and then try to draw another one connected to those. Situations like in the image below. I didn't notice this happening on the previous RC but I also didn't use it nearly as much as this one. I'm using: Win 10 64 bit core i5-4690S with integrated intel GPU 16 gb ram ssd Love the program, can't wait for the final release!

OH MAH GAWD. I was so excited to learn this morning that this program had a Windows beta (RC, even!) available. I'm a designer that refuses to buy a Mac and have been looking for a good, windows native alternative to Sketch. So far, this beta works fantastically. I will make sure to report any issues as I find them, but for now, I just wanted to express that I am *thrilled* this is getting developed for windows. You guys are filling a serious need with this! Question: Once the windows version becomes release-worthy, is the plan to have complete feature parity between the Mac and Windows editions? i.e, are they essentially going to be the same program as far as functionality is concerned?