Chapter 10: Workflow: Symbols, Assets, and History

Welcome to the tenth chapter of Up and Running with Affinity Designer.

In this chapter, we are going to take a look at Affinity Designer's powerful symbols workflow, as well as the incredibly handy Assets panel and History panel, three workflow features that enable you to work more efficiently and more effectively.

Symbols

Put simply, symbols are objects that affect other objects. Symbols are especially useful when you have a lot of repeating objects or elements in your project, and you want to have the flexibility to be able to make edits or updates to those objects all at once. The Symbols panel allows you to change one symbol, such as scaling or changing its color, and all of its symbol ...

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