PDF with markings - low resolution

[Kongsjorden]

So I finally got the drummer in my band to agree to that Bandhelper is a really good tool. He has only one thing he don't like with it and that is when he do markings in pdf it gets really bad quality. The picture show the top markings done in bandhelper, and the lower "A" done outside bandhelper.

Is there something he´s doing wrong? (drummers aren't the smartest people on earth, keyboardist is).

[arlo]

Is he using a phone or a tablet (screen shot looks like a phone)? iOS or Android? Is he drawing with a stylus or his finger?

[Kongsjorden]

He is using a ipad pro with (apple pencil). Screenshot under is from the iPad pro (the marking on the top is done in bandhelper the others in pages). He is also using pages and forscore and the pencil marks in those programs are much cleaner.

[arlo]

He's not doing anything wrong, I just haven't put as much effort into optimizing the drawing as Apple and Forscore have. I can put that on my wish list.

[Kongsjorden]

Thanks. It's not a big deal,...  he ended up bying his own account on bandhelper because he saw all the benefits to bandhelper compared to forscore that he used before :-)

[arlo]

Okay, that's good to hear!

[Darug]

I wish I could do this on Bandhelper. This isone feature I miss from ######

[arlo]

You can annotate (draw on) documents in BandHelper, with your finger, a passive stylus or an electronic stylus like an Apple Pencil. The results just aren't as smooth or high resolution as in apps that are more focused on document display. BandHelper's focus is split between PDF or JPG document display and text-based lyrics and chords.

[Darug]

Thanks Arlo.

I have tried doing this, and just purchased a new Apple Pencil. I lloked at a few tutrials, but no luck. There was mention of using the Triange, and selecting Annotate, but that doesn't show.

[arlo]

Please submit a help ticket.

[davelson]

I only use Shared or Personal lyrics for all my songs in BH rather than PDF's as I like the ease that I can edit the songs on the fly from within BH... Is there any thought or possibility of being able to freehand annotate the songs with an Apple Pencil in a similar fashion..?

Seems as though I will need to convert my songs to pdf and reload if I want this feature..

[arlo]

You cannot annotate on the built-in Lyrics field because you can easily edit, resize, hide/show chords or change the font of those, and any of those actions would throw off the annotation positions.