Keep screenshots in context.
Pin UI captures, product examples, or snippets of inspiration right next to the notes and actions they inform.
Image Notes
Image notes keep the board visual, not just verbal.
Use image notes for screenshots, photos, moodboard fragments, UI references, and anything that makes more sense as a picture than a paragraph. They stay resizable on the canvas, so visual material can live beside the text, checklist, bookmark, or drawing that explains why it matters.
Image notes let the board hold raw visual context directly. That is useful when the picture is not just decoration, but part of the thing you are thinking about.
Best for
Visual references
Screenshots, photos, scanned scraps, inspiration images, and captured examples.
Canvas behavior
Resizable with aspect ratio
Make images larger for focus or smaller for context while keeping them readable on the board.
Pairs well with
Bookmarks and drawings
Keep source links nearby or sketch over related ideas in a drawing note when the image needs interpretation.
Why use this type
Reference images belong near the notes they influence.
Keeping images inside the workspace removes a common split: text in one place, visual reference in another. Image notes close that gap.
Resize without distorting the image.
The board stays flexible because image notes scale visually while preserving the material you actually need to see.
Mix media without leaving the workspace.
Use image notes as the visual layer beside writing, saved links, checklists, and sketches instead of bouncing between tools.
Best use cases
Use image notes when seeing the thing matters.
They work especially well in boards where you are collecting evidence, inspiration, or visual patterns.
Design references
Gather screenshots, examples, and fragments of visual direction in the same place as your written decisions.
Research boards
Keep photos or captured examples beside summaries and bookmark notes so the reference material stays legible.
Personal collections
Use image notes for anything from travel ideas to pet photos if the workspace is serving as a visual scrapbook.
On the canvas
Images make clusters easier to understand at a glance.
A board becomes more useful when a quick look can rehydrate your memory. Image notes help with that because visual cues are often faster to recognize than text labels.
- Place one large image as the visual anchor for a topic area.
- Use smaller images as supporting evidence or examples.
- Keep related writing and checklists around the image instead of in separate tools.
Why not just files
Because a folder is not a thinking surface.
Files are good for storage. Image notes are good for active work, where placement, scale, and proximity to other notes are part of how you understand the material.
- You can compare multiple images without opening multiple windows.
- The board keeps visual and written context together.
- References stay where you need them while you write or sketch around them.
Related note types
Compare image notes with other context-heavy formats.
These note types help when an image needs a source, explanation, or sketch layer.
Explain what the image means.
Use regular notes to capture interpretation, decisions, or commentary that belongs next to the image.
Compare with regular notes
Keep the original source one click away.
Bookmark notes are useful when the image came from a page you may want to reopen later.
Compare with bookmark notes
Sketch the idea the image suggests.
Drawing notes help when the reference material is only the start and you need to diagram a response to it.
Compare with drawing notesImage notes on macOS
Keep the visual material inside the thinking surface.
Image notes make the board feel like a real workspace instead of a text-only holding area.