A note pinned to one .psd shows up only on that document. Open another file and it's gone — come back and it's there again, right where you left it.
A desktop sticky note bleeds across every file you touch. The retouch reminder for this comp sits next to the color note for a totally different one, and the crop you meant to fix on yesterday's banner is still cluttering today's hero. The note and the document it's about are never lined up — so you end up reading every note to find the one that matters.
A note binds to the document that's active in Photoshop. Switch to a different document and the note hides; switch back and it returns. TackNote reads the active document live, so the right note shows up for the file you're actually working in.
At tack time, you choose: is this note for this one document, or for all of Photoshop? Scope it to the file and it stays with that .psd. Scope it to the app and it rides along no matter which document is open.
Open TackBoard, see a note, click Reveal — TackNote opens the actual .psd in Photoshop. The note becomes the shortcut straight back to the document it's about.
Adobe Photoshop is a Deep-tier integration — TackNote scopes notes by document, reading the active document live via AppleScript, and reveals straight back to the file.
Bind a note to "this document" or "the whole app." Document-scoped notes hide on every other file; app-scoped notes ride along no matter which document is open.
Switch documents and notes appear and disappear on their own — no clicking, no managing. They follow the document that's active in Photoshop.
Notes, voice memos, and transcripts live encrypted on your Mac. No cloud, no account. The only network call is license validation.
Record a retouch note hands-free while editing, keep an export checklist with a live "N of M" tracker, or sketch a quick mark to fix on the comp.
"The retouch note shows up on the right comp the moment I open it. Right where the work is — never lost on the desktop."
Yes. TackNote works with Photoshop CC and scopes notes to the active document, reading it live via AppleScript.
Yes. Choose "this file" when you tack the note and it binds to that document — Reveal opens or reopens that exact .psd in Photoshop.
An unsaved document has no stable identity yet, so TackNote scopes the note to the whole app until you save it. Once you save, TackNote offers to bind the note to the file.
Yes. Notes follow the Photoshop window wherever it is, including across multiple displays.
Yes — a 14-day free trial, no credit card required. After that, a one-time $24.99 license unlocks TackNote on up to 2 Macs.
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Every note is sealed with AES-256 encryption the moment you write it — the key lives in your Mac’s Keychain, never on a server. Switch on iCloud sync and your notes stay end-to-end encrypted across your devices through Apple’s CloudKit: encrypted on your Mac before they leave it, and readable only by you. No accounts, no trackers, no servers we control. Not even we can read your notes.