Lag with map image

[FluorescentTurban]

I'm using a highly detailed map vector in Affinity Designer and it causes a ton of lag and makes the document really slow. Running on a 2017 MacBook Pro. Is there a way to lessen the lag? Once I put the map in the document, I don't need to move it around or edit it after a certain point, so perhaps there's a way to lock it in a way so Affinity can stop putting so many resources towards it? Excuse my lack of knowledge.

 

Thanks so much!

[Callum]

Hi FluorescentTurban,

 

Welcome to the forums

 

Please could you try going to Preferences and try changing the options under performance particularly the View Quality setting.

 

Thanks

Callum

[FluorescentTurban]

I have the performance setting set to use Metal, is that the best option?

[firstdefence]

Generally Metal is the better option but you could try OpenGL to see if that makes a difference. Here is a topic with regard to metal in Affinity Designer (ADe)

 

• What format is the map in? EPS, SVG, AI?
• Are you bringing the map into the document by using Place...?
• or just copying and pasting?
• What else is in the document you have created?

 

 

[FluorescentTurban]

10 hours ago, firstdefence said:

Generally Metal is the better option but you could try OpenGL to see if that makes a difference. Here is a topic with regard to metal in Affinity Designer (ADe)

 

• What format is the map in? EPS, SVG, AI?
• Are you bringing the map into the document by using Place...?
• or just copying and pasting?
• What else is in the document you have created?

 

 

 

Map was a 13MB AI file that I opened in Affinity and copied layers into a new document. It takes about 15 seconds to load the document and everything slows down while editing it dramatically. What is Place and would it solve this?

[firstdefence]

I thought you might have "Placed" the map instead of opening, this embeds the AI file and in the layers panel you should see a layer created and under that another layer named as the file is named and in brackets (Embedded Document), if you double click on the image in the workspace it removes the embed tag and creates a layer with all of the editable parts listed.

 

I don't know if placing would make much difference but it's another option to import the ai map file in. 

 

Make a copy of the map file and use that to test this option with.