This tag collects guides for using the Procreate app on an iPad, aimed at anyone from beginners learning the basics to more experienced digital artists looking for specific fixes. The articles here focus on practical, step-by-step solutions for common drawing, design, and editing tasks within the app.

The tutorials break down into a few clear themes. One major group covers core drawing and editing techniques, you’ll find help with smoothing lines, making a perfect circle, mirroring your drawing, and using symmetry. Another set of articles deals with color and layers, including how to pick or change color, use the eyedropper, invert colors, merge layers, and make a layer transparent. A third theme is working with text and images: you can learn to curve text, edit text, cut out or crop an image, and trace an image directly in Procreate.

Specific topics include saving your work, making a sticker, adding a grid, and even renaming a stack. For those wondering about cost, there is also an article on how much Procreate costs on the iPad. Whether you need to resize an image, turn on grayscale, or get new brushes, these articles help you perform each action without extra fuss.

How To Change DPI On Procreate

To change DPI on Procreate for iPad, open the Actions menu, tap Canvas, select Crop and Resize, and enter the new DPI value. For Procreate Pocket on iPhone, the path...

How To Make An Outline Brush In Procreate

To create an outline brush in Procreate, you must combine two core brush-editing techniques: using a ring-shaped brush tip and adjusting the pressure curve. Procreate does not have a single...

What Is DPI In Procreate

DPI stands for Dots Per Inch, and in Procreate it measures how many pixels are packed into each inch of your canvas for print output. The core distinction to remember...

How To Make A GIF On Procreate

To make a GIF on Procreate, you build your animation from layers, with each layer becoming a single frame and the bottom layer playing first. This method works on both...

How To Sample Color In Procreate

To sample color in Procreate, tap and hold anywhere on your canvas to invoke the Eyedropper, drag to the exact hue you want, and release your finger to select it....

How To Lasso In Procreate

What the lasso tool is in Procreate The lasso tool in Procreate is the Freehand selection mode, which lives inside the Selection tool, the ribbon icon in the top menu...

How To Ungroup In Procreate

To ungroup in Procreate, open the Layers Panel, tap the group name, then tap Ungroup in the pop-up menu. This is the only documented method for separating grouped layers so...

How To Mix Color In Procreate

To mix color in Procreate, you blend pixels on the canvas using the Smudge tool rather than simulating wet paint. This is the primary method for how to mix color...

How To Back Up Procreate Files

To back up Procreate files, you must manually export them as .procreate files because the app does not provide automatic iCloud syncing. This manual process preserves your layer information, settings,...

How To Move A Layer In Procreate

To move a layer in Procreate, you can reposition the artwork on the canvas using the Transform tool or change the layer’s position in the stacking order by dragging it...

Why Does Procreate Keep Crashing

If Procreate keeps crashing, the issue is almost always caused by one of a few verified problems: an outdated app version, an iPadOS version below 16.3, or specific bugs with...

How To Color Drop On Procreate

Color drop on Procreate is the drag-and-drop gesture that flood-fills an area with your active color, not a separate tool. The Color Drop tool icon resembles a droplet and is...