Plumbago

Plumbago is a handwritten note application and also a drawing application using a stylus, mouse or hand sensor on the extremely interesting touch screen from Microsoft.

Plumbago handwritten note application interface for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10

Pumbago is an application for Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 from Microsoft, which is part of the Microsoft Garage project. Microsoft Garage is a Microsoft project that allows employees to create any product they want, regardless of the company's main function. The Microsoft Garage workplace is the former office of Bill Gate and all employees from all Microsoft departments have the right to participate in Microsoft Garage outside of the official working time.

The project was officially launched in late 2014, whether the products can be part of Microsoft product packages or not, this depends on their success in the testing process. The released Microsoft Garage applications can be Windows, Windows Phone, Android or iOS platforms.

Plumbago offers a wide selection of paper styles and intelligent note management capabilities

The Microsoft Suite already has the popular OneNote note-taking application, but the Microsoft Garagae project has turned its attention to note-taking apps that work on tablets that support touch operation. This Plumbago application allows users to allow users to add handwritten notes, highlight or draw with a pen on touch screen devices.

Video introduction application Plumbago handwritten notes

Plumbago - Lantin means graphics - does not merely record the pen strokes that you write. According to Microsoft, Plumbago uses "handwriting beautification" technology to identify and analyze your brush strokes and similar strokes (similar strokes) from other users to create smoother (written) strokes. .

The main screen is the place to manage notes, create, edit, delete, etc.

Add to that the "infinite paper" feature, which can visualize your notes as a scroll with unlimited opening by combining small notes into one large image. This feature is quite useful because it allows your notes to display continuously, uninterrupted and very suitable when drawing large or detailed diagrams or drawings.

The Infinite Paper feature allows you to stitch notes pages into one unlimited scroll

Plumbago users can add, bookmark, add notes to images, share their notes pages as images to other applications (in PNG and JPG formats ). The basic features can be mentioned as Pen (pen), Highlight (mark), Eraser (eraser), Pencil (pencil) or Lasso Selection (create a selection to copy, delete or move). To restrict and optimize the touch or search tools Plumbago uses a circular rotating menu (called Radial Menu) where all tools are arranged in a circle. You can drag and place this Menu anywhere on the interface.

Insert images and features add notes to photos or mark on photos

One minus point is that the app is not synchronized on the device. Unlike other applications in the Microsoft Garage project (launched quite quickly with little time and effort), Plumbago was developed in 2 years.

Users may wonder if Plumbago has surpassed OneNote in terms of features and convenience. But actually these two applications are aimed at two very different markets. While OneNote aims to optimize the use of device memory, Plumbago brings the feeling of using traditional paper very authentically. Until now, Windows users still have the advantage of being able to use Plumbago while the company has no notice on whether to release versions for iOS, Android or any other phone device.

Select the smoothness of the text in the Handwriting Smooth section

Main features of Plumbago hand-drawn application

• Smooth handwriting: adjust the smoothness of your handwriting.
• True ink and paper: Colored palettes, inks and papers feel like real.
• Insert image: add image to the note with the ability to mark, add a note to the image.
• Easy to navigate: See all pages and easily navigate, turning pages in notes.
• Share page and copy to clipboard: save page as image or copy a certain area to use in other applications like Microsoft Word or OneNote.
• 3 options for adding notes: using a mouse, touching your finger or a stylus.Easily switch between these 3 types.
• Each note has 25 pages.
• Create an unlimited number of notes with the ability to choose a variety of paper styles.

Although you can use many different ways to draw or add notes to Plumbago, but it would be more interesting to use Plumbago with touch screen devices. Feeling authentic like writing with traditional pen and paper, Plumbago is a great choice for those who love to draw without the ability to use traditional pen and paper.

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