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  1. Theres should be an Option to provide basic image-filter, transparency and clipping options for images. Perhapst an option to scan a paper directly from camera and transform perspective distortion.

    13 votes

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  2. The cutout tool should work over pages. If I'm cutting out a text or object on page one, then vertically scroll a bit down to page 2 I should be able to move the marked object over the pages to place it on the new one without copying it every time just for rearrange purposes.

    7 votes

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  3. One the zoom window there should be the ability to select the pen colour, eraser and undo without having to select these from the top of the screen

    24 votes

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  4. Lag when using eraser tool and dragging the text-box after long period of using goodnotes5.
    I have to fix it by restarting the app.

    3 votes

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  5. The Battery Drain problem is enhanced sooo much on GoodNotes5. Draining with twice the speed of version 4. Even connecting ipad Pro to my macbook will still result in battery percentage going downhill. With less than 4 hours it consumed 15% power of last 10 days. While GoodNotes4 with 22 hours only consumed 50%.

    24 votes

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  6. A streamline feature would produce cleaner writing and a smoother experience.

    46 votes

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  7. Would be great to have the option to open PDF files directly, e.g. from iCloud Drive. After some edits were applied, save the changes in the file directly.

    I‘ve organized all my files in iCloud. Using Good Notes I always have duplicates and there’s a noticeable amount of work to keep them synced, besides that the export flattens the PDF so no further edits are possible.

    7 votes

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  8. In GoodNotes 5, the ink in the fountain pen is too sensitive. More pressure makes the line much thicker than in version 4. And less pressure makes the line much thinner than in version 4. In version 4, the range of the ink thickness was much narrower. I would use ballpoint pen mode but that has no pressure sensitivity at all. Essentially I would love some option for a little pressure sensitivity but not too much. Can you please make that happen? In the meantime I will keep using version 4. Thank you!

    10 votes

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  9. Please add a function to see text without watermarks on it. (All my study material is watermarked like this added foto)

    2 votes

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  10. In GoodNotes 4, there is an option to “Remove Background Color” when printing. This option is not present in GoodNotes 5. This feature is not the same as the “Black & White” option, which prints the page background color as gray—instead of removing it—which wastes ink.

    GoodNotes 5, as it stands, only has the option to remove the page background, but (as the name suggests) the background is removed entirely; the lines on graph paper, for example, are removed, which cripple printing functionality.

    18 votes

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  11. Adjust transparency and allow moving images forward or backward

    14 votes

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  12. 14 votes

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  13. There are times where I’ve lasso’d a diagram that I’ve drawn or handwriting and I’d like to drag it to the next page but it won’t let you. You have to copy, paste and delete to get the same result

    13 votes

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  14. You draw lines / insert pictures / etc. and then block further editing of those, so you can write and edit the text / notes within the blocked lines e.g.
    - writing within a grid without having to pay attention to changing the grid
    - writing headlines when brainstorming, and only changing the content of the set areas

    5 votes

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  15. As a user, I’d like to be able to delete a page I’m on without having to back out to the thumbnails view.

    While “clear page” is useful, “delete page” would remove the annoyance of having to back out as I’m deciding page by page which to keep.

    An alternative would be allowing zoom in the thumbnails view so I can better see what’s on the page.

    3 votes

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  16. Implementation of an ToDo or task list with push notes will be good

    46 votes

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  17. Please add a Feature (and make it default) that objects like text boxes and images snap and align to each other (like in iWork) when moving and resizing. Thanks!

    35 votes

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  18. It is important to record hand written notes and the order the where taken in. For example when writing math notes, you can be working on a problem and write all around it with note or cross something due to elimination process of the problem. When reviewing the notes later on it can easily be confusing when the original problem has been marked up. That’s where stroke recording can come in handy. You can watch your process replay in front of you and see your own problem solving process. This is very important especially for students and STEM field workers

    22 votes

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  19. As a student I like to use different colours for different subjects - I think pastel coloured A4 templates with both narrow and wide rulings plus a margin would be very useful.

    9 votes

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  20. I have a brain injury that makes reading extremely laborious and stops me cold after a minute or so. I have a need to “read” and annotate PDF docs, but don’t want to use a different app to speak the text and GoodNotes to annotate. It’s too unwieldy even with multitasking windows because the text does not sync.

    6 votes

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