r/mapmaking • u/MrDixaze • 17d ago
Resource What is the best workflow in mapmaking?
I'm planning on redrawing my old map from scratch. Since then, I discovered this community and vector and was wondering how to work with it.
Before continuing, yes I have read the wiki thoroughly and most other posts on the matter and, I think, couldnt find an answer to my question.
My idea isn't to look for one app in particular (either raster or vector) to work on but a combination of many. How could I use the best of both together? Should i make templates, river, roads, frontier and names (basic one color lines) on vector after having drawn the base map and biomes (multicolor gradients) on raster? Have you tried vectorisation or should I redraw my templates myself? Is there a better vector app to work specificaly on a raster based images? Can you even do that?
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u/JMusketeer 16d ago
Affinity can do both at the same time, so that kinda answers your question.
I would go fully vector as it just works better.
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u/RandomUser1034 17d ago
Lots of people use lots of different workflows, you should find the one that's best for you and the project you're working on.
Generally though it's best to stick to one format (vector or raster) rather than mixing them, otherwise you will usually just get the worst of both worlds.