I’ve tried to use Canvas as a storyboard. Panning is okay; however, I’d like to have fixed-sized notes (like index cards) that move around the page as wide or as large as they get.
An index card corkboard rather than a variable-sized one. I could make it as tall or as wide. Cards would stay on a grid. Scrivener has something like this. It helps with organizing notes.
Hmm, storyboards are yet another topic: if you’re interested in a better experience on canvas, try to check out the community plugin Advanced canvas . In addition, if you’re a creative, you could try out my community theme Dune, this one add some more features.
One more idea: try to use Bases card view to build your storyboards
On Linux, you could use Story architect, but these are just a few quick tips I can give, as I don’t know your work style.
When I first started using Canvas I thought of it like a blank wall. I could paste up notes, connect ideas, and frame out ideas. But it gets hard to manage – that’s why your pan feature request caught my attention.
I have a Bases that shows thumbnails of all my images. I can easily see if I have duplicates. I can browse inventory like Lightroom. Bases to do a card view doesn’t support drag and drop reordering.
I looked up Story Architect, it has a storyboard similar to Scrivener. Interesting enough it lets you layout cards on a timeline. I currently write books in Scrivener, but Story Architect would let me do that on Linux.
I’ll look at Advanced Canvas next. A storyboard in Canvas would be ideal.