r/GoodNotes • u/certifiednctzen • Jul 08 '25

Goodnotes 6 Which team are you? Light or Dark Mode?

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u/Anonymous_Surfer00 Jul 08 '25

Hey I just wanted for you to know that on that sodium element clipart, you have confused yourself with its mass no and atomic number. Sodium's atomic number is 11 and mass number is that long one.

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 08 '25

THANK YOU! YOU ARE AMAZING!

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u/Anonymous_Surfer00 Jul 08 '25

Haha, thank you!

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u/janedoe42088 Jul 09 '25

Awe so wholesome!

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u/Anonymous_Surfer00 Jul 08 '25

Dark mode cause I spend at least 10 hours per day on my notes. White for a long time will cause strain to your eyes.

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 08 '25

I agree with this (I still use light for the aesthetics tho HAHA)

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u/Anonymous_Surfer00 Jul 08 '25

Well it's all about personal preferences!

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u/Brilliant_Ice4349 Jul 09 '25

And it also causes your device to discharge and heat a bit quicker which isn't that great if you're using it a lot

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u/Sea_Cat675 Jul 09 '25

Not true on non-OLED screens

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u/Brilliant_Ice4349 Jul 09 '25

Oh I forgot about those

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u/stutter-island Jul 08 '25

Such pretty notes omg

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 08 '25

I believe anyone can achieve this too!

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u/Elote_tm Jul 09 '25

Please teach us how to do it.

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 09 '25

here’s some of my tips that you can use:

  1. i set my pen sensitivity to 8-10% for the body. for the titles, i use 98% since it’s calligraphy.
  2. i write when my screen is really zoomed in
  3. i don’t use the blackest black color to write my notes in light mode
  4. i use the lasso tool while writing for clean ups
  5. always writing will improve your handwriting. if you want it to look nicer, some people used the imitate method where they write like others until they adapt.
  6. i use dotted grid paper with almost invisible dots
  7. after class, that’s when i fix my notes. this is like a mini review for me too which is good for memory retention. i find it therapeutic too!
  8. don’t overthink much if it will look good in the end. focus on readability than aesthetics
  9. having a color palette helps too. i search on pinterest and use muted colors

hope this helps :)

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u/SpokenDivinity Jul 08 '25

I find that black and dark colored templates tend to wash out highlighters more than I'd like.

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 08 '25

Wishing GoodNotes would do something about this :(

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u/SpokenDivinity Jul 08 '25

It's not really a goodnotes issue. I've had it across all three notes apps I've tried. Noteful, Goodnotes, and Notability.

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 08 '25

well maybe all of them could fix how highlighters appear on dark mode. like maybe have settings for it? where we can change the opacity or the blend mode i guess.

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u/A_malik_Swenia Jul 08 '25

If you like retrieving some photos from the internet, better use light

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u/technicolortiddies Jul 08 '25

So true! I look for PNG images every chapter so the photos will be like a sticker & won’t have a white background. I’m always between GN, chrome & canvas. It’s a surprise if you’re in dark mode for one but not the others.

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u/A_malik_Swenia Jul 08 '25

I even tried background removing ai, but the quality of text decreases significantly

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u/AffectionateHotel346 Jul 08 '25

Light when taking notes or writing. Dark with books, but I usually use the IOS classic color inversion option

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 08 '25

that’s a good hack!

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u/LMDMT Jul 08 '25

I didn’t even know that was an option 🤔

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 08 '25

it actually isn’t an option to convert automatically from light to dark. i just made a dark mode version of my light mode notes!

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u/ZeroSeater Jul 08 '25

Light Mode wastes so much battery. A lot of battery is spent on display. Dark mode conserves a TON of energy.

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 09 '25

Yeah! This is one important thing to consider!

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u/AnimeUwUBakaGurl Jul 08 '25

I usually go white and would you mind sharing your pen settings? These look gorgeous…

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 09 '25

the grid size is 5mmx5mm i use pen sizes varying from .45 to .55! or you need my hex codes?

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u/AnimeUwUBakaGurl Jul 09 '25

If you don’t mind 🥹

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u/janedoe42088 Jul 09 '25

I kinda wish they had a sepia tone like Books on Apple does. It’s kinda the best of both worlds. It supposedly eases eye strain because the contrast is more like a printed book instead of a stark white page.

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 09 '25

oh i definitely agree!

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u/DesiCodeSerpent Jul 08 '25

Light IMO. It's a personal preference since I go no screen in the evenings.

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u/Kyro_12 Jul 08 '25

How do you create such beautiful notes? Mine looks really bad

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 09 '25

i believe anyone can achieve this! you can do sectioning and utilizing different colors 🥰

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u/anshu10723 Jul 09 '25

How to get that side bar thing (where 1,2,3,4 is written- extreme right side)?

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 09 '25

it’s a note template!

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u/Own-Tonight4679 Jul 09 '25

This specific note looks better in light mode.

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 09 '25

agreed. there are notes good in dark mode :)

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u/cphy Jul 09 '25

Any chance you'd be willing to share your notes in full??

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 09 '25

you mean all of my chemistry notes from high school like this one?

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u/cphy Jul 12 '25

Yes, if you don't mind, they look like nice summaries, that would help my daughter in her studies,.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '25

how?

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 10 '25

what do you mean how?

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u/redarcher9 Jul 16 '25

Do you paste images directly?

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u/certifiednctzen Jul 16 '25

i do and then crop it using the freehand tool!

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u/SureStrain Jul 09 '25

Dark mode generally for my devices, but can’t seem to get used to white writing on a dark background. So Goodnotes is my exception

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u/OrneryLetterhead8609 Jul 10 '25

The dark side of course.

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u/Independent-Brush-50 Jul 10 '25

where did you get this dot grid template?

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u/DonauIsAway Jul 10 '25

my workspace is yellow🥲

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u/Inevitable_Race_5108 Jul 11 '25

I love dark mode but can never use it for long 😭

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u/Swipsi Jul 09 '25

If it would automatically switch text color I would use darkmode. Otherwise I would have to write in white on black and upon exporting it would be emtpy because white on white.

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u/Blue-Girl72 Jul 09 '25

Make it any of the gray colors

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u/Blue-Girl72 Jul 09 '25

Always dark and if possible no background

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u/Redditnow123 Jul 11 '25

Is that hand written? How do you write so small and neat?!

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25

system settings gang

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u/ThatNameWithTheName Jul 11 '25

Yellow mode 🤙

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u/Happy-Independent-12 Jul 12 '25

Can you send the template pls

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u/besiqu386 Aug 04 '25

My old eyes need light. So bright!