Microsoft's ink-friendly Journal app now supports pen pressure and custom colors

Microsoft Garage released a new chosen Periodical last month. It's an ink-first app for jotting downwardly notes and other content with a stylus. It supports ink gestures, touch scrolling, and making a selection with a pen, which all allow you lot to quickly navigate the app with your stylus. Journal now has new features following an update, including custom ink support, pen pressure level support, and the ability to easily insert images.

Microsoft breaks downwards what's new in a recent mail service. Here's what'southward new for the Journal app:

Impress and Export Y'all can now print and export your journal pages to a printer, a PDF, or to OneNote. From the page menu or the navigation panel you can select what to include

Custom ink colors Tap the pen or pencil to reveal the new custom color picker you can choose

Back up for pen force per unit area  From the Settings > Pen Settings menu you can now turn on pressure sensitivity for a more real-life pen and pencil feel. Requires a supported pen

Insert Images Yous'll be able to easily insert images from the toolbar under the + icon. Yous can notwithstanding copy and paste or drag and drop images manually as well

Problems fixes and functioning It wouldn't be a release without some behind the scenes user experience work. Journals should open up more reliably, and general operation should feel amend, as well

You lot tin catch the update at present through the Microsoft Shop.

Journal, a Microsoft Garage project

Periodical is an ink-kickoff app built for taking notes. It uses AI to improve input through Ink Gestures.

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