Pictures and PDFs on a board
Drag a picture or a PDF onto a board, paste it, or pick it from your files. It lands as a card that you can move, caption and open in the side panel to see it large.
Add a picture or a PDF
Section titled “Add a picture or a PDF”There are three ways to bring one in:
- Drag it in. Drag files from Finder, or File Explorer on Windows, onto the board. They land where you let go.
- Paste it. Copy a picture or a PDF in another app, click the board, and press ⌘VCtrl+V. It lands in the middle of the view.
- Pick it. Choose Add more in the toolbox, then Image or PDF under Arrange. Choose one or more files in the window that opens. They land in the middle of the view. Add an image or PDF in the command menu does the same.
Several files land side by side, selected, so you can move them together. One undo takes them all back.
Bloomingo keeps its own copy of each file in your library. Moving or deleting the original on your computer changes nothing on the board.
Which files work
Section titled “Which files work”Pictures in PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, BMP and SVG work, and so do PDFs. A Mac also takes HEIC photos. Any other file is left out, and a message names it, for example “Only images and PDFs can go on a board: notes.txt.” A file that can’t be read says “Could not keep Old Mill.png.”, and the others still land.
How big it lands
Section titled “How big it lands”A picture lands at about its own size on your screen, made smaller when it is large. A PDF lands as wide as a note’s card. To change the size, drag a corner. A picture or a PDF keeps its proportions as you resize it; hold ⇧Shift to change them. Selecting and moving has more on resizing.
Add a caption
Section titled “Add a caption”A caption is a line of words under the picture. A picture starts with none. A PDF starts with its file name.
- Right-click the picture and choose Add a caption.
- Type the caption.
- Press ↵Enter, or click anywhere else, to finish.
To change it, choose Edit caption in the same menu, or click the caption of a selected picture. Take out all its words and the line goes. Undo takes back a caption in one step.
Look through a PDF on its card
Section titled “Look through a PDF on its card”A PDF’s card shows its first page, and its footer says how many pages it has: “PDF · 12 pages”. A PDF of several pages shows them in a row, with the edge of the next page at the right. To see the next page, scroll the row sideways:
- hold ⇧Shift and turn the mouse wheel,
- swipe sideways with two fingers on a trackpad,
- or drag the thin scroll bar under the pages.
The wheel on its own still moves the board. Past the first page, the footer follows you: “PDF · Page 3 of 12”.
A new PDF shows the PDF icon for a moment while its first page is drawn.
Open it in the side panel
Section titled “Open it in the side panel”Double-click a picture or a PDF to open it in the side panel, beside the board. You can also select it and press ↵Enter, or choose Open in the actions bar above it or in its node menu.
- A picture shows whole, as large as the panel allows.
- A PDF shows its pages one under another. Scroll down to read it. The header names the page in view, “Page 2 of 5”. Press ←← and →→ to go back and forward a page.
The panel’s header holds the file’s name and these buttons:
- Download saves a copy of the file (see below).
- Full screen gives the panel the whole work area. Back to the side returns it.
- Open in new window shows the picture or PDF in a window of its own.
- Close closes the panel. EscEsc does too.
Notes explains how to make the side panel wider or narrower.
Save a copy of the file
Section titled “Save a copy of the file”In the side panel, choose Download. Choose where to save it, and Bloomingo saves a copy there under the file’s name. The picture on your board stays as it is.
The Files page lists every picture and PDF in your library, and its Save a copy does the same. See the Files page.
When a file can’t be shown
Section titled “When a file can’t be shown”If a picture’s file is missing or can’t be read, its card shows the picture icon in its place. A PDF that can’t be drawn shows the PDF icon. In the side panel, they say “This picture couldn’t be opened.” or “This PDF couldn’t be opened.” Bloomingo tries a PDF twice more before it says so.
Remove or delete it
Section titled “Remove or delete it”A picture or a PDF leaves a board as anything else does: with Remove from this board or Delete everywhere. Deleted, it waits in the Trash for 30 days, and its file still counts towards your storage until then. One thing, many places explains the difference.