About Procreate
Procreate is a digital painting software from Savage Interactive designed for artists and illustrators. It provides capable tools, advanced brush customization, and a user-friendly interface so creators can produce high-quality artwork on the go. Procreate supports high-resolution canvases, unlimited layers, and various export formats for flexibility and professional results. It is compatible with the Apple Pencil, enabling precise control and responsiveness during the drawing process. Additionally, the software includes features such as animation assist, time-lapse recording, and a vast library of brushes. Key capabilities: advanced brush settings animation assist time-lapse recording high-resolution canvases extensive export options Best for: digital artists and illustrators that need a versatile tool for creating artwork on iPad.
Procreate is the gold standard for Digital Painting and Illustration on the iPad, offering a near-perfect blend of professional-grade power and exceptional portability. Its core value is delivered through a low, one-time purchase that grants access to a vast, continually improving suite of tools, powered by the lightning-fast Valkyrie engine. Features like the unrivaled Apple Pencil integration, massive custom brush library, and automatic Time-Lapse recording make it an indispensable tool for illustrators, concept artists, and graphic designers worldwide. While its exclusive availability on Apple devices is its major constraint, and it lacks the deep vector features of pure graphic design software, Procreate stands as the most intuitive, powerful, and cost-effective mobile art studio available today.
Pros & Cons
- Users can easily create graphic designs and sketches and present them using the AirPlay mode
- The UI is clean and most tools and subtools are kept out of the way unless in use
- Delivers industry-leading speed, smoothness, and responsiveness
- Brush textures tend to look very pixelated and washed out after compressing the image into a JPEG.
- Users have to adjust colours and levels directly on the painted layers
Features
Key features
A proprietary, highly-optimized engine that provides unmatched speed and responsiveness on the iPad, handling high-resolution canvases (up to 16k x 8k) and extensive layers smoothly.
Designed specifically for the iPad, it offers perfect pressure sensitivity, tilt support, and palm rejection with the Apple Pencil, creating a natural drawing and painting experience.
Comes pre-loaded with over 200 handcrafted brushes (pencils, inks, charcoals, artistic textures) and a powerful Brush Studio that allows users to create and import thousands of custom brushes.
Automatically records the entire creative process from start to finish and outputs it as a high-resolution, shareable video, popular for social media content.
Includes the QuickShape feature, which snaps imperfect freehand shapes into perfect geometric forms, alongside a suite of simple, powerful touch gestures for undo, redo, and tool activation.
Additional features
Supports a high number of layers (dependent on canvas size) with full control over opacity, clipping masks, and over 25 industry-standard blend modes.
Built-in, simple tools for frame-by-frame animation and creating animated GIFs or short videos directly within the drawing app.
Allows users to paint directly onto imported 3D models (.USDZ and .OBJ formats), apply textures, adjust lighting, and export the finished models for AR or game development.
Includes a Color Harmony panel for precise color selection and the ColorDrop tool, which quickly fills large areas with color.
Features like Drawing Assist (symmetry) and customizable Perspective, Isometric, and 2D Grids help artists maintain precision and structure.
A full suite of non-destructive adjustment tools including Curves, Hues/Saturation/Brightness, Blur (Gaussian/Motion), and Liquify for post-processing.
Supports the creation of canvases with resolutions up to 16,000 x 8,000 pixels, suitable for professional printing and large-scale digital work.
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About Procreate
Procreate is a digital painting software from Savage Interactive designed for artists and illustrators. It provides capable tools, advanced brush customization, and a user-friendly interface so creators can produce high-quality artwork on the go. Procreate supports high-resolution canvases, unlimited layers, and various export formats for flexibility and professional results. It is compatible with the Apple Pencil, enabling precise control and responsiveness during the drawing process. Additionally, the software includes features such as animation assist, time-lapse recording, and a vast library of brushes. Key capabilities: advanced brush settings animation assist time-lapse recording high-resolution canvases extensive export options Best for: digital artists and illustrators that need a versatile tool for creating artwork on iPad.
Procreate Details
Procreate's In-App Market Place
Does Procreate have an in-app market place?
Yes
How many Mini-Apps in the marketplace?
3
Mini Apps
Procreate for ipad
Procreate Pocket
Procreare Dreams
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USD ($), EUR (), GBP ()
Pros & Cons
- Users can easily create graphic designs and sketches and present them using the AirPlay mode
- The UI is clean and most tools and subtools are kept out of the way unless in use
- Delivers industry-leading speed, smoothness, and responsiveness
- Brush textures tend to look very pixelated and washed out after compressing the image into a JPEG.
- Users have to adjust colours and levels directly on the painted layers
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