Feature requests/ How do I... a few suggestions for improvement that might just be glitches?

Hi,

I am trying Planbead, and I have a few questions. I am using an iPad, if that makes a difference.

1. Is there a way to assign my own letters to each color? If I am tracing over an existing pattern so I can track my progress, and the person creating the pattern has not assigned the lowest number bead as "A", I then have to translate in my head that I should put "F" where I see an "A" on the pattern, if that makes sense. I would also find it really helpful to be able to toggle the palette to see the symbol/ letter assigned to each bead, so I don't have to keep checking that "F" means "DB143", for example.

2. Is there a way to save custom palettes so I don't have to go and add each bead I want to use individually to each project? And is there a way to remove a bead from the palette at the bottom of the screen?

I might be tempted to purchase the program if I could custom assign bead symbols and save custom palettes, but otherwise it is a bit too expensive for my budget right now.

3. Another really helpful feature would be to be able to scale the image added to trace over in width only or in height only, not proportionally.

I added a screenshot to try to illustrate what I mean. I have a pattern I made that I am tracing to transfer it to this program, but if it is lined up horizontally, it doesn't line up vertically. I can fix this by changing the pattern proportions in Photoshop, but it is a pain to do.

https://preview.redd.it/dwz0jtrcxjcg1.jpg?width=2732&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fbd82c3d63fc58adb56e1458b4288f639da43fe9

4. A suggestion (or glitch?) When I go to the designers page ("back to designers") and then click on "My Designs", it takes me to my most recent design, where I would expect it to take me to a folder of all of my designs.

5. Once I have added an image to trace from, I have to toggle the "tracing image" button and then draw before I can start tracing. Is this on purpose so I don't move the image, even if I have it locked?

6. When the image is "locked", it would be cool if it would zoom in and out WITH the loom pattern, so they could be moved together.

7. I would love, with the row counter, if you could change the opacity of the beads not selected, so I could see the beads in the previous row better to make sure I am in the right place.

8. Row numbers on the triangle pattern when you are designing it would be cool.

Thing I love:

1)When tracking rows, you can track one or two rows at a time, in case you want to do quick peyote beading.

2. When tracking rows, the written instruction for each row is also shown.

3. The 3d visualization feature

4. The smoothness of zooming in and out with an image- with some programs, the image I import to trace seems to jump from, say, 25-30% zoom, and I can't get the image to line up the way I want, even if I have scaled it is Photoshop.

5. That I can save my progress in the "tutorial" part, or not.

6. That you can change the number of beads highlighted for each row (the step size) and that the number of the step you are on is listed, so you can note that you made a mistake in, say, row 7 and go back and fix it, and then keep on beading. Although when I tried it, I saved my tutorial progress, went back and changed a bead, and then it reset my progress.

I know some of these are a bit nit-picky, but I figure it seems like a fairly new program, and pretty cool so far!