The bottom one changes the opacity, increasing it as you slide up. The top one changes the size, increasing it as you slide up. It uses the same brushes as the Brush icon and can vary size and opacity using the sliders on the side of the canvas.Īfter you select a brush, you can vary its size and opacity using the two sliders on the right of the canvas. The icon to its right is the Eraser icon. Clicking on Smudge, then rubbing on a painted part of the screen will smudge the colors. Next to the Brushes icon is the Smudge icon. This gives you a lot of variety for each brush. Clicking on one selects it and a double click on a brush turns the menu over to an options menu for that specific brush.

Clicking on it brings up a drop-down menu from which you can select the brush you wish to use. Moving along the top of the canvas to the right, the next icon is Brushes. The next two icons, Select (lightning icon)and Transform (up angled arrow) are not needed for basic work, but are covered in the handbook if you want to explore using them. You can also save directly to the photos app, upload to Facebook or Twitter, or even email a painting.

Here you can import photos, export the painting, flip or copy the canvas, and get help with the app. The second icon from the left, the little wrench is the Actions menu. Paintings are saved there with their layers intact. Clicking on Gallery takes you and your current painting to the gallery. Pick the size canvas you want and the canvas view will open.īelow is the Procreate canvas with icons around the top and right sides. Click on the plus on the top right corner. When you open the Procreate app it brings you to the Gallery. A 189 page handbook comes with the app and goes step by step through Procreate's various tools and techniques, including brushes, layers, iPad gestures for Procreate, transform (enlarge, reduce, or distort a layer), and selections (select area, then copy and paste). The basic tools are easy to use, but if you want to delve into sophisticated, complex digital work, you can with Procreate. Procreate is my favorite digital painting app.

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