To crop an image on Procreate, open your artwork and tap Actions (wrench icon), then Canvas, then Crop & Resize. Drag the boundary handles or corner points to adjust the crop area, then tap Done to apply the crop.
How to crop an image on Procreate: Immediate answer with the documented menu path for iPad and iPhone, and the core drag-to-crop action
The documented menu path for iPad is Actions → Canvas → Crop & Resize. For iPhone with Procreate Pocket, the path is Modify → Actions → Canvas → Crop and Resize. In both versions, a grid overlay appears with corner and side handles. Drag any handle to crop or enlarge the canvas, or drag the center of the highlighted window on iPad to reposition the cropped area. Tap Done to apply, Cancel to discard, or Reset to revert changes while staying in Crop & Resize.
Cropping on iPad: step-by-step
- Open Actions (wrench icon in the top toolbar).
- Tap Canvas.
- Tap Crop & Resize. The Crop tool is located in the Transform Studio, represented by an icon that looks like a square overlapping a diagonal line.
- Drag the crop boundary using the corner handles to change both width and height together, or drag a side handle to adjust one dimension. Drag the center of the highlighted window to reposition the crop area. You can rotate the bounding box by using two fingers and twisting on the screen.
- Tap Done in the top right to finish. To save the cropped image as a separate file, tap the wrench icon to access the Actions menu and select 'Crop & Share'. To overwrite the original image, select 'Crop & Edit' instead.
You can customize the QuickMenu to include the Crop tool.
Cropping on iPhone with Procreate Pocket
- Tap Modify (the arrow icon in the top toolbar).
- Tap Actions.
- Tap Canvas.
- Tap Crop and Resize.
- Drag the grid overlay handles to adjust the crop area.
- Tap the width or height value to open the iOS keypad and type a number for precise dimensions.
Adjusting dimensions and aspect ratio
For precise cropping, tap Settings inside Crop & Resize to enter numerical dimensions. Tap the chainlink icon between the pixel readouts to lock or unlock the aspect ratio; when locked, cropping or enlarging stays uniform. Procreate offers various options to adjust the crop boundaries, such as flipping the image horizontally or vertically, scaling the crop area. Use the Perspective Distort tool to adjust the perspective of your crop. Toggle Resample in Settings when you want to change image dimensions by resampling. On iPad, use the Rotation slider in Settings to rotate the canvas while cropping.
What cropping in Procreate actually affects
Crop & Resize changes the entire canvas, not a single layer. Non-destructive cropping creates a separate layer for the cropped area, allowing you to make adjustments or revert to the original image at any time. If you need to crop only one layer, you must duplicate the artwork, crop the canvas, or use a selection and inverse delete, but no dedicated layer-crop tool exists in the documented workflow. Procreate tools, layers and file management all treat the canvas as the unit of cropping.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you crop an image in Procreate?
Yes. Use Actions → Canvas → Crop & Resize on iPad or Modify → Actions → Canvas → Crop and Resize in Procreate Pocket on iPhone.
Does Procreate have an Android version?
Can you crop just one layer?
The official help pages describe cropping the canvas/artwork, not a separate layer-only crop tool. No documented per-layer crop tool exists in Procreate or Procreate Pocket.
