724.procreate User Guide
724.procreate User Guide
Contents
Welcome to Procreate_______________________ 3
Overview of Procreate_______________________ 4
Getting familiar with Procreate_______________ 5
Quick Gesture List_ __________________________ 7
Using the brush tool_________________________ 9
Complete control of your brush______________ 10
Custom brushes_____________________________ 11
Choosing colours____________________________ 12
Size and pressure____________________________ 13
Blending Colours ____________________________ 14
Fixing mistakes_______________________________ 15
Building up artwork__________________________ 16
Extra layer options___________________________ 17
Transforming layers__________________________ 18
Canvas actions_______________________________ 19
Resources___________________________________ 20
Feedback & Support_________________________ 20
About Si_____________________________________ 20
To infinity and beyond!_______________________ 21
Title
New Document
Document finder
From here you will be able to view and manage your artwork. Swipe left or right to scroll
through your canvases or to edit the title of your canvas simply tap it.
You can also email or duplicate a canvas by hitting the Actions icon.
Precision
Sliders:
Size
Pressure
Undo
Redo
Canvas view
This is the heart of Procreate. You will find your toolset in the top right, which contains everything
you will need to illustrate. Along the left, you will find your Precision Sliders for size and pressure and
below those, undo and redo.
In the top left you can return to the finder view or apply actions such as canvas flip or import/export.
In paint mode
In transform mode
(see page 18 for more info)
Other options
There are several other options available on the finder screen.
• You can duplicate a canvas to work on it without affecting another version.
• Email a canvas – will flatten the canvas to send to a friend.
• Delete a canvas – this cannot be undone, so be careful.
Pro tip
To return a brush to its original
settings, hit the reset button.
Pro tip
Keep trying different images
to learn how you can create
many different types of
individual brushes. Share the
combination with a friend if
it looks great!
Choosing colours
To keep things familiar to
desktop users and give
absolute control over colour
selection, Procreate comes
with hue, saturation &
brightness (HSB) colour sliders.
Colour picker
Tap on the colour box icon to open
the colour pane. Choose your colour
using the HSB sliders.
Once you’re happy with the colour,
tap off the pane to close it.
Hue
Saturation
Brightness
Pro tip
To quickly use the eyedropper, hold
your finger still on the canvas. A
magnify glass will pop up and on
lifting your finger will select the
colour last displayed.
Precision sliders
When you hold down a precision slider,
a realtime preview will appear. Letting go
will select the value and hide the preview.
Unlike normal sliders, these have been
engineered to give you more control
towards low values when extreme
precision is required.
New layer
Show/hide layer
Move layer
Building up artwork
Procreate allows you to
use up to 16 layers at any
one time which eliminates
merging before you’re ready.
Using Layers
Layers are very handy to isolate
elements of your artwork or try
something new without destroying
what’s underneath.
Create new layers with the + icon.
A new layer will automatically be
inserted above the current layer.
If a layer is hidden, it will not be able
to be drawn on.
Pro tip:
Try sketching a rough concept
and turn the opacity of that layer
down. Then, refine it on a new
layer above.
Layer transparency
Layer modifiers
When you tap on a selected layer’s
thumbnail, you will be presented
with several options for that
particular layer.
You’ll be able to:
• Transform – scale, rotate & move layer.
• Duplicate – duplicate current layer.
• Clear – erase all art on current
layer leaving an empty layer.
• Fill – Cover current layer with your
currently selected colour. Fill will
cover all art on the current layer.
Layer modifiers
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Transforming layers
By tapping a selected layer’s thumbnail you will be greated with 4 options. Choose transform to close
the layers popover and go back to a modified canvas view. While in transform mode, you can not paint.
To get back to paint mode, accept or cancel the transform.
The following gestures work while in transform mode:
• One finger drag to move layer around.
• Two finger pinch to increase or decrease layer.
• Two finger turn to rotate layer.
Flip canvas
Flip the view of your canvas horizontally or vertically. Many artists flip their artwork to check proportions.
Export to Photos
When you’re ready to show off your masterpiece, export the canvas to Photos.
About Si
Savage Interactive (aka Si) is 2 artists, a developer and a project manager – based
in Hobart, Australia. When we’re not creating pixel-perfect designs, we like to
frag pixels and watch Troll 2 clips on Youtube.
© 2011 Savage Interactive Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. Procreate artwork by Will Robinson.
This manual may not be copied, in whole or in part, without the written permission of Savage
Interactive. If you do, we will find you.