Inkporter 📝➡️📓

Seamlessly digitize handwritten notes into Obsidian with smart ink isolation and adaptive theming

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Why Inkporter?

Tired of manually processing notebook scans? This plugin automates the workflow from this while adding powerful Obsidian integration: Please Watch this video to understand the motivation behind the plugin. Go Sub this Guy his works really somethink to see

Manual Process	Inkporter Automation
20min/page in Photoshop	Instant clipboard processing
Manual CSS theming	Auto-adaptive ink colors
Static file naming	Smart filename templates
No OCR integration	Optional text extraction

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🚀 Installation

Via Obsidian

1. Settings → Community plugins → Browse
2. Search "Inkporter" → Install

Manual

1. Download the latest release.
2. Copy to vault/.obsidian/plugins.

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🔧 Key Features

✂️ Intelligent Ink Isolation

• Real-time preview of processed images
• Dual threshold modes:
  • Luminosity mode (perceptual brightness)
  • Simple RGB average
• Grayscale conversion option

🌈 Dynamic Theming

/* Apply to note CSS classes */
.inkporter-scan {
  --ink-color: var(--text-normal);
  --paper-color: var(--background-primary);
  filter: contrast(120%);
}

📂 Smart Asset Management

# File naming templates
filename_template: "note-{date}-{shortId}"
# Supported variables:
# - {date}: YYYYMMDD
# - {timestamp}: epoch ms
# - {shortId}: 8char hash
# - {uuid}: v4 UUID

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📎 Usage Workflow

1. Scan → Import via clipboard (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+V)
2. Preview → Adjust settings in real-time
3. Insert → Automatically saved to vault
4. Style → Apply CSS classes for theming

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⚙️ Configuration

// Settings structure
{
  outputDirectory: "InkporterScans", // Save location
  alphaThreshold: 200,              // 0-255 darkness cutoff
  fileNameTemplate: "note-{date}-{shortId}",
  convertToGrayscale: false,        // B/W conversion
  useLuminosityForAlpha: true       // Perceptual vs simple
}

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🌐 Compatibility

Environment	Support
Obsidian	v1.4+
OS	Win/Mac/Linux
Mobile	iOS/Android*
Scanners	Any clipboard

*Mobile requires clipboard permission.

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🚧 Work-in-Progress Notice 📝

⚠️ Heads Up! This plugin is currently in beta development.
While fully functional, you might encounter:

• Occasional edge cases with low-contrast scans
• Limited support for colored inks (best with black/dark pens)
• Slight variations in ink detection accuracy

Optimal Results When:

• 📜 Using light-colored paper (white/cream)
• ✍️ Writing with high-contrast ink (black/dark blue)
• 💡 Scanning in bright, even lighting

Why? The alpha threshold detection works best with clear light/dark separation. We're working on:

• Dark background support 🎨
• Multi-ink color detection 🔍
• Adaptive lighting compensation 💡

Follow development progress →

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🤝 Contributing

Help improve:

• Mobile scanning UX
• Multi-ink detection
• Batch processing

See our contribution guidelines.

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📜 License

MIT License - See LICENSE.

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💡 Why This Name?

Inkporter combines:

• Ink (handwritten notes)
• Port (transfer/carry)
• -er (active tool suffix)

Represents "carrying ink into digital" while sounding like a professional tool.

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🛣️ Support

Found a bug? Have feature ideas?
📧 your@email.com
🔍 GitHub Issues
💬 Discord ID

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From the Developer
"This plugin was born from 47 hours spent cleaning up scans of my Moleskine notebooks. What started as a simple threshold script became an obsession with perfectly bridging analog and digital note-taking. May your handwritten wisdom live forever in both paper and pixels!" - Ayush