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Illustrator has a lot of really neat features that Affinity just doesn't support, but Illustrator just cannot handle the size of my map. It becomes absolutely crippled whenever panning/zooming around, even on my desktop computer, which is no slouch. Affinity, however, handles it like a champ. Really sad that I'm missing out on Illustrator's features, but after banging my head against it for 3 days, I couldn't take it anymore. I'll be doing 5 more maps on this continent, but I probably won't be posting about them until they are all done. Instead, I'll be updating this post following my process while I work on the continent of Valmere.
Originally Posted by Victor
