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Draft Paper

BakaBaka508 downloads

Fullscreen scratchpad that allows for freehand annotations directly over Markdown files.

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An open-source Obsidian plugin for full-screen hand-drawn sketches, annotations, and drawings directly over your Markdown documents.

Features

  • Smooth hand-writing with perfect-freehand.
  • Color picker, stroke width, and opacity controls.
  • Real stroke eraser that removes parts of paths.
  • Elements movement, deletion, and scaling.
  • Text annotation support on canvas.

Installation

  1. Create a folder named draft-paper inside your vault's .obsidian/plugins/ directory.
  2. Place main.js, manifest.json, and styles.css into the folder.
  3. Enable Draft Paper in Obsidian settings.
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About
Draw and annotate directly on any Markdown file using a full‑screen transparent canvas in reading mode, with smooth freehand strokes, arrows, rectangles, text, and a local partial eraser. Save all marks as per‑file JSON bound to document coordinates so annotations persist and ignore layout changes.
DrawingAnnotation
Details
Current version
2.9.0
Last updated
2 months ago
Created
2 months ago
Updates
7 releases
Downloads
508
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.15.0+
Platforms
Desktop, Mobile
License
MIT
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Author
BakaBakamikuloverfan
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