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00:00:00 – 00:13:34
The video, presented by Chris, delves into the advanced functionalities of Apple's new Freeform app on the iPad, showcasing its versatility beyond basic note-taking. Chris demonstrates Freeform's applications in creating social media posts, mind maps, bullet journals, and project management boards like the Eisenhower Matrix and Kanban boards. He emphasizes the app's flexibility through features such as sticky notes for customized Kanban boards, the "connected lines" feature for mind maps and flow charts, and alignment tools for photo organization.
Additionally, Chris discusses the Paperlike product, which enhances the Apple Pencil experience by mimicking the feel of writing on paper. He also compares Freeform with Apple Notes, highlighting that Freeform excels in creative and collaborative tasks, while Apple Notes is better for structured content creation and knowledge management. The video concludes with Chris promoting his upcoming productivity course and inviting viewers to join his newsletter for further resources.
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In this part of the video, Chris explores advanced usages of Apple’s new Freeform app on the iPad. Beyond basic note-taking, he highlights creative applications such as creating social media posts, mind maps, and bullet journals. For social posts, Freeform allows users to design collages, take screenshots, and share them directly on platforms like Twitter. He also demonstrates how Freeform can be used for mind mapping with sticky notes and keeping ideas organized, mentioning plans to delve deeper into this in an upcoming productivity course. Additionally, Chris suggests using Freeform as a mood board for annotating photos and assets, brainstorming with sticky notes, and organizing tasks using the Eisenhower Matrix or a Kanban board.
00:03:00
In this segment, the speaker demonstrates how they use sticky notes to create a customizable kanban board, allowing them to drag items between different columns for tracking project phases like pre-production, production, and post-production. They highlight the benefits of being able to color code and annotate these notes, which adds flexibility beyond what typical digital kanban tools like Trello offer.
The speaker then introduces Paperlike, a product enhancing the Apple Pencil experience on an iPad by mimicking the feel of writing on paper. Despite concerns that a screen protector might interfere with HDR content, the new Nano Dots technology in the latest Paperlike minimizes this issue.
The segment moves on to provide tips for using shapes within a project management context. The speaker shows how to break apart a shape into individual pieces, adjust outlines, and remove fills to personalize the shapes. They also demonstrate how to use the shapes for masking photos, enhancing the visual organization of the board.
Finally, the speaker discusses voice dictation for sticky notes. They explain how to quickly fill multiple sticky notes by dictating text, highlighting the efficiency of this process for managing tasks and ideas.
00:06:00
In this part of the video, the presenter discusses using the “connected lines” feature in Freeform, specifically the curved line with a green arrow and two blue dots, which can be magnetically connected to different objects. The presenter demonstrates how to use this line to connect various nodes in a mind map and adjust its positioning by manipulating the green middle dot. They emphasize the versatility of Freeform for creating flow charts and not just mind maps.
Additionally, they illustrate how to align and stack photos using alignment tools similar to those in Adobe’s design tools, allowing for easy left or right alignment and layering. The segment also covers changing text color efficiently with the selection tool, enabling users to recolor text without rewriting it. Lastly, the presenter touches on embedding videos, explaining that videos shot on devices can be played directly on the canvas and further configured through additional options.
00:09:00
In this part of the video, the presenter explains how to use specific features in Freeform, such as adjusting playback speed and creating a playlist with YouTube URLs for annotation. Additionally, they show how to incorporate various types of media, like screenshots and photos from books, to create a comprehensive research board. The presenter provides an example of a detailed Freeform board they created on abiogenesis, demonstrating the utility of combining different types of resources.
They also discuss when to use Apple Notes versus Freeform. Apple Notes is preferred for straightforward content creation that requires structure, whereas Freeform is better suited for creating connections and organizing diverse information on an interactive whiteboard. The presenter highlights the complementary nature of both tools, noting that content created in Freeform can be exported or screenshotted and then added to Apple Notes for an organized reference.
00:12:00
In this segment of the video, the speaker explains the benefits of using Apple Notes for organizing knowledge assets with its extensive folder and tagging system, making it a powerful knowledge management tool. They contrast this with Freeform, which is more suited for creative and less structured tasks. The video also briefly mentions that Freeform excels in collaboration features enhanced by the latest iPadOS update. The speaker expresses their preference for a specific handwriting tool in Apple Notes, praising its fluidity. The video concludes with a promotion for their upcoming productivity course and a newsletter, inviting viewers to sign up for updates and additional resources.