Have an idea on how to improve PureRef? Tell us about it! https://www.pureref.com/forum/list.php?3 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:28:15 +0200 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5849,5975#msg-5975 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5849,5975#msg-5975 boikyeet Suggestions Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:23:33 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5973,5973#msg-5973 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5973,5973#msg-5973
There is this MIT-license Python package that is open-source in GitHub
https://github.com/FyorDev/PureRef-format

I have used the above package to built an external tool (.exe) and am hoping to share with the community for free.
Some simple functions like import PDF pages into PureRef directly.

I am an Archviz Artist with zero coding background, so this have been done with the help of AI.
As I have read in the FAQ that PureRef is not an Open Source, is it legal to upload and share the tool with the public?

Can you please kindly review and get back to me?

Thanks and hope to hear from you soon!]]> wyeejun Suggestions Mon, 07 Sep 2026 02:32:20 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5790,5972#msg-5972 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5790,5972#msg-5972 AmericanKirby Suggestions Mon, 07 Sep 2026 02:09:38 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5917,5968#msg-5968 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5917,5968#msg-5968

Workflow right now looks like:

Type a note, set its colour.
Add a drawing, usually a simple sketch or arrow pointing to the exact area the note is referring to (It's helpful to colour code the note and sketch).
These two steps can be done in either order; sketch first or note first.
In between each step I have to set the note to the sketches colour, then change colour to start the next sketch, change the text colour to match that sketch, and so on.

With a global/shared colour option that saves changing the colour half the time.

Thanks!

Also unrelated to original topic but Desyching pen size from canvas zoom would be a nice option too.]]> Glep Suggestions Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:41:55 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5939,5967#msg-5967 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5939,5967#msg-5967
I made the mockup and posted it on imgur in stages here: https://imgur.com/a/lg3d1WW

1st image is a censored trimmed down version of the file I was working on, but the direct example of what my collections usually look like (Though with usually 70-100+ images in a single file per project)

2nd is selecting the images I would like to cobble together while working on the arm/shoulder armor pieces with some beetle inspirations.

3rd is pressing a keybind to make my selected collage of images scale roughly to the same size in a nested window above my image canvas.

I think on top of that, it would be neat to have an option to harmlessly close the nested window, or to convert it to an image so I can put it somewhere else on my image canvas like any other reference image (I think it'd be really cool to see all the area's of a character I designed with all my collage's lined up haha)]]> Eldrin Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:35:18 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5862,5966#msg-5966 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5862,5966#msg-5966
But yes, the workaround is what I do now but forces me to export the file, copy the name and then put it as a note so it is very cumbersome workflow.

This could be an amazing timesaver, just press a hotkey and have all the names overlaid on each and every image.

thanks for considreing it]]> jordi Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:53:29 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5939,5965#msg-5965 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5939,5965#msg-5965
If you are able to make some kind of mockup or take screenshots of how you work around this now, it would be very helpful!

Thank you for taking the time to explain.]]> PureRef Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:27:10 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5917,5963#msg-5963 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5917,5963#msg-5963 PureRef Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:25:32 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5916,5962#msg-5962 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5916,5962#msg-5962 here! Currently, child items move with their parent items but aren't scaled automatically. However, if you select both the parent and the child, you can scale them together.]]> PureRef Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:25:01 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5892,5961#msg-5961 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5892,5961#msg-5961 PureRef Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:24:23 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5891,5960#msg-5960 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5891,5960#msg-5960 PureRef Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:23:52 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5887,5959#msg-5959 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5887,5959#msg-5959 PureRef Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:23:05 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5885,5958#msg-5958 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5885,5958#msg-5958 It's not by design, but we'll consider tweaking it :)]]> PureRef Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:22:37 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,2232,5957#msg-5957 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,2232,5957#msg-5957
If the shortcuts don't work you can also try set them to something else in the shortcut settings.]]> PureRef Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:22:14 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5862,5956#msg-5956 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5862,5956#msg-5956
Just to clarify, do you mean showing the filename as a label in the board? Otherwise, you are able to see the file name by holding "D", where you can also copy it. A workaround for now could be to copy and paste it in a parented note under the image.
We have added your suggestion to our ideas board!]]> PureRef Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:19:24 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5827,5955#msg-5955 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5827,5955#msg-5955 PureRef Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:18:32 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5826,5954#msg-5954 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5826,5954#msg-5954 Hierarchy and hovering over the image in there. The tooltip shows how much disk space each image uses.]]> PureRef Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:16:19 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5818,5953#msg-5953 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5818,5953#msg-5953 PureRef Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:15:48 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5817,5952#msg-5952 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5817,5952#msg-5952
If you wish to never change images depth when selecting them you can also edit the setting called Bring selected images to front.]]> PureRef Suggestions Tue, 25 Aug 2026 17:15:23 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5947,5947#msg-5947 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5947,5947#msg-5947 klownie Suggestions Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:18:16 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5939,5939#msg-5939 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5939,5939#msg-5939
I've been thinking of something that I feel like could be a helpful feature for those of us with massive PureRef files/boards

When I have a large board of images when I'm designing the concept art for something, I often find myself having to scroll and move to the specific image_1 I have in one area and then to image_2 in another.

I wish there was a button combo I could hit when I select both images from a full zoom out and then they get focused into their own microverse type of canvas that I can close without having to completely make a new file for those 2/multiple images.

For those of us that make piles of image refs and like sorting/mixing multiple images when focusing on specific design elements, this would help us greatly. Like recently I was making beetle & fur armor for someone's DnD OC and I was working on gauntlets and I took a good amount of time selecting all of the horn beetle refs I have and then multiple gauntlet designs and just pasted them into a new PureRef file. (Took me about 4-5 minutes to do).

I wish in that scenario I could just hit a key combo that would focus those images and then sorted them by the order they were selected, and then I auto align them with ctrl + arrow keys.]]> Eldrin Suggestions Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:57:30 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,3325,5938#msg-5938 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,3325,5938#msg-5938 aree_sagar Suggestions Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:31:04 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5647,5937#msg-5937 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5647,5937#msg-5937 aree_sagar Suggestions Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:27:21 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5936,5936#msg-5936 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5936,5936#msg-5936 andde11 Suggestions Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:52:28 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5929,5935#msg-5935 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5929,5935#msg-5935 schwarzgrau Suggestions Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:14:15 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5934,5934#msg-5934 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5934,5934#msg-5934 Sometimes when I'm using them as a reference I make a note which frame I used for what part of my own animation. For this cases it would be really useful, if I could display the current frame number under the image (or as an overlay), especially if the movements are tiny.
I could imagine you don't want to dive deeper into this whole "animated reference" hole, since it seems quite deep and your main focus is still images (still still images?)

However thank you a ton for making such an amazing app, which somehow get's better with every update (I use it for absolutely everything)]]> schwarzgrau Suggestions Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:11:14 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5929,5929#msg-5929 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5929,5929#msg-5929 basplay Suggestions Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:04:08 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5463,5925#msg-5925 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5463,5925#msg-5925 tpmer Suggestions Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:27:08 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5489,5923#msg-5923 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5489,5923#msg-5923 https://i.postimg.cc/3JWgkWFt/image.png]]> pixely pixels Suggestions Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:58:53 +0200 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5862,5922#msg-5922 https://www.pureref.com/forum/read.php?3,5862,5922#msg-5922 jordi Suggestions Sun, 26 Jul 2026 20:21:00 +0200