Loved by creative professionals and aspiring artists alike, Procreate is the leading creative application designed specifically for iPad.
With its extensive collection of handmade brushes, innovative artistic tools, advanced layer system, and lightning-fast Valkyrie graphics engine, Procreate provides everything you need to create expressive sketches, stunning paintings, beautiful illustrations, and captivating animations. You can work on your art anywhere, whether it's on the couch, on the train, at the beach, or even while waiting in line for coffee. Procreate is a complete art studio that you can take with you wherever you go, packed with powerful features such as:
- Ultra High Definition canvases - up to 16k by 8k on compatible iPad Pros
- An intuitively designed interface specifically tailored for iPad and Apple Pencil
- The revolutionary QuickShape feature for creating perfect shapes
- Smooth and responsive smudge sampling
- 3D painting capabilities with Lighting Studio and Animated Export
- The Valkyrie engine - the fastest 64-bit painting engine for iPad.
- The ability to connect a keyboard for convenient shortcuts
- The option to create art in stunning 64-bit color
- Continuous auto-save to ensure you never lose your work again
In addition, Procreate offers breakthrough brushes that are packed with hundreds of beautifully crafted options. You can organize your brushes into sets for easy access and customization, with over 100 settings available for each brush. Procreate even allows you to add Metallic and Roughness effects for painting in 3D. The Brush Studio feature allows you to design your own custom Procreate brushes and import or export brushes from Adobe® Photoshop®.
Procreate also features a full-featured layering system that gives you precise control over details and composition. You can create Layer Masks and Clipping Masks for non-destructive editing, organize your layers into Groups, and easily select multiple layers to move or transform objects simultaneously. With over 25 layer blend modes available, you can achieve industry-grade compositing.
Color is another important aspect of Procreate, with features like ColorDrop and SwatchDrop to fill your line work. You can choose from various color panels like Disc, Classic, Harmony, Value, and Palette, and even import color profiles for accurate color matching. Procreate also allows you to assign Color Dynamics to any brush for added creativity.
Procreate includes all the necessary design tools you need, such as adding vector Text to your illustrations and easily importing your favorite fonts. You can crop and resize your canvas for perfect composition. Visual guides like Perspective, Isometric, 2D, and Symmetry assist you in creating accurately proportioned artwork. Drawing Assist helps perfect your strokes in real time, while Streamline and Stabilization smooth out strokes for beautiful calligraphy and expert inking. The Scribble feature makes it easy to name layers, change settings, and create text.
To ensure accessibility, Procreate offers advanced stroke stabilization, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, Feedback Sounds, assignable single finger gestures, and color naming features.
If animation is your thing, Procreate has got you covered. It allows easy frame-by-frame animation with customizable onion skinning. You can create storyboards, GIFs, animatics, and simple animations. Page Assist helps you sketch page-by-page concepts or start a comic. Procreate also supports the importation, editing, and sharing of PDFs.
To add those dramatic finishing touches to your artwork, Procreate provides a range of effects. You can brush in image adjustments and effects with Apple Pencil, allowing for fine-tuning. Effects like Glitch, Chromatic Aberration, Bloom, Noise, and Halftone give your work a new dimension. Filters such as Gaussian, Motion, and Perspective Blur create depth and movement. The powerful image adjustments include Color Balance, Curves, HSB, and Gradient Map. The Warp, Symmetry, and Liquify Dynamics features bring your art to life.
Procreate's Time-lapse Replay feature allows you to relive your creative journey. You can export your time-lapse recording in 4K for high-end video production or share a shorter 30-second time-lapse on your social networks.
When it comes to sharing your creations, Procreate offers flexible options. You can import or export your art as Adobe® Photoshop® PSD files or import Adobe® ASE and ACO Color Palettes. Procreate supports image files such as JPG, PNG, and TIFF. Moreover, you can export your art as layered native .procreate files, PSDs, TIFFs, transparent PNGs, multi-page PDFs, web-ready JPEGs, OBJs, USDZs, and animated GIFs, PNGs, and MP4s.
Overview
Procreate is a Commercial software in the category Graphics Applications developed by Savage Interactive Pty Ltd.
The latest version of Procreate is 5.3.10, released on 07/04/2024. It was initially added to our database on 09/12/2023.
Procreate runs on the following operating systems: iOS.
Users of Procreate gave it a rating of 4 out of 5 stars.
Pros
- Intuitive interface, making it easy to use for both beginners and advanced users.
- Powerful set of over 130 brushes offering versatile artistic options.
- Advanced layering system allows for easy organization and manipulation of artwork.
- Support for high-resolution canvases, making it suitable for professional-level projects.
- Regular updates and improvements keep the app up-to-date with the latest features and technologies.
Cons
- Not available on Windows or Android devices, limiting its accessibility to iOS users only.
- Priced at a one-time purchase rather than a subscription model, which may be a barrier for some users.
- Steep learning curve for users unfamiliar with digital art software.
- Lacks some advanced features found in other professional applications like Adobe Photoshop.
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