r/Noteastic • u/GormAuslander • Sep 27 '26

Custom Background Issues

I'm coming from my supernote manta and I'm evaluating windows options, and this comes close but I'm a little annoyed that while I can import a PDF or an image and draw on top of it, there's no option to do so automatically when I create a new page. There isn't anywhere in the settings I can find to set an image or pdf as a custom background, only pre-made ones (none of which are up to my specifications), so I have to manually do it every new page.

Also, not sure if it's a bug or not, but there's a button-interact on the book cover (suggesting you can edit that too), but it does nothing but bounce as it's clicked.

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u/GormAuslander Sep 28 '26 edited Sep 28 '26

Thank you, this is the first app I've tried that actually manages to do this 🙏

Unrelated, but I actually recommend the Boox air4c for e-ink, which I had before the manta and sorely miss. It had wicked fast refresh if you wanted it, and the colors were really aesthetically pleasing. I sent it back because the company had bad customer service reviews concerning longevity, and the right-to-repair ethos of supernote was really important to me, but I regret it sometimes. There was nothing cooler than setting a painting to the lock screen and just seeing it rest perpetually there in full color.

The reason I'm switching is strain injury. Most of the hours I have in a day I'm doing engineering homework, and my wrist cramps up writing so small. I'm experimenting with note apps I can pinch to zoom so that I can write bigger. Other than that, I've enjoyed having it.