About Procreate
Loved by creative pros and aspiring artists alike, Procreate is the leading creative application made for iPad. Offering 100s of handmade brushes, a suite of innovative artistic tools, advanced layer system, and the...
Loved by creative pros and aspiring artists alike, Procreate is the leading creative application made for iPad.
Offering 100s of handmade brushes, a suite of innovative artistic tools, advanced layer system, and the lightning fast Valkyrie graphics engine — Procreate has everything you need to create expressive sketches, rich paintings, gorgeous illustrations and beautiful animations. Work on the couch, the train, the beach, or while waiting in line for coffee. It’s a complete art studio you can take anywhere; packed with these powerful features and more:
• Highlights:
- Ultra High Definition canvases - up to 16k by 8k on compatible iPad Pros
- Beautifully intuitive interface made for iPad and Apple Pencil
- Revolutionary QuickShape feature for perfect shapes
- Smooth and responsive smudge sampling
- 3D Painting with Lighting Studio and Animated Export
- Powered by Valkyrie: the fastest 64-bit painting engine for iPad
- Connect a keyboard to use shortcuts
- Create art in stunning 64-bit color
- Continuous auto-save — never lose work again
• Breakthrough brushes:
- Packed with hundreds of beautifully crafted brushes
- Brush sets to organize your painting, sketching and drawing brushes
- Over 100 customizable settings for every brush
- Add Metallic and Roughness for painting in 3D
- Brush Studio – design your own custom Procreate brushes
- Import and export custom Procreate brushes
- Import Adobe® Photoshop® brushes, and run them faster than Photoshop®
• Full-featured layering system:
- Layer your art for precise control over details and composition
- Create Layer Masks and Clipping Masks for non-destructive editing
- Stay organized by combining layers into Groups
- Select multiple layers to move or Transform objects simultaneously
- Access over 25 layer blend modes for industry grade compositing
• Color without compromise:
- Fill your line work with ColorDrop and SwatchDrop
- Disc, Classic, Harmony, Value and Palette color panels
- Import color profiles for color matching
- Assign Color Dynamics to any brush
• The design tools you need:
- Add vector Text to your illustrations
- Easily import all your favorite fonts
- Crop and Resize your canvas for perfect composition
- Perspective, Isometric, 2D, and Symmetry visual guides
- Drawing Assist perfects your strokes in real time
- Streamline and stabilization smooth out strokes for beautiful calligraphy and expert inking
- Use Scribble to name layers, change settings and create text
• Accessibility features:
- Advanced stroke stabilization
- Dynamic Type, VoiceOver and Feedback Sounds
- Assignable single finger gestures
- Color naming
• Animation and Page Assist
- Easy frame by frame animation with customizable onion skinning
- Create storyboards, GIFs, animatics and simple animations
- Sketch page-by-page concepts or begin a comic with Page Assist
- Import, edit and share PDFs
• Dramatic finishing effects:
- Brush in image adjustments and effects with Apple Pencil while keeping the ability to fine-tune its effects
- Glitch, Chromatic Aberration, Bloom, Noise and Halftone add new dimensions to your work
- Gaussian, Motion, and Perspective Blur filters create depth and movement
- Powerful image adjustments including Color Balance, Curves, HSB and Gradient Map
- Let the mind-bending powers of Warp, Symmetry, and Liquify Dynamics bring your art to life
• Time-lapse replay
- Relive your creative journey with Procreate’s celebrated Time-lapse Replay
- Export your Time-lapse recording in 4K for high-end video production
- Share a shorter 30-second Time-lapse on your social networks
Share your creations:
- Import or export your art as Adobe® Photoshop® PSD files
- Import Adobe® ASE and ACO Color Palettes
- Import images files such as JPG, PNG and TIFF
- Export your art as layered native .procreate file, PSD, TIFF, transparent PNG, multi-page PDF, web ready JPEG, OBJ, USDZ, and animated GIFs, PNGs, and MP4s
Dec 21, 2023
Version 5.3.7
This update includes a fix for dragging brushes from Procreate to our brand new 2D animation app Procreate Dreams! Available now on the App Store.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Procreate since it was posted on our website on 2020-04-03 08:15:35.
The latest version is 5.3.7 and it was updated on 2024-04-02 15:02:46. See below the changes in each version.
Procreate version 5.3.7
Updated At: 2023-12-21
Changes: Dec 21, 2023
Version 5.3.7
This update includes a fix for dragging brushes from Procreate to our brand new 2D animation app Procreate Dreams! Available now on the App Store.
Procreate version 5.3.6
Updated At: 2023-09-18
Changes: Sep 18, 2023
Version 5.3.6
This is a compatibility update to get you ready for everything new coming your way.
Procreate version 5.3.5
Updated At: 2023-05-24
Changes: May 24, 2023
Version 5.3.5
Selamat datang to Malay and Indonesian speakers!
Procreate also welcomes some bug fixes:
• Importing portrait images from iPhone into Reference Companion will no longer stretch
• Fix for flicking across your Gradient Maps or Animation Assist to rapidly scroll
• Support for .jpf and .m4v
• Your default color palette is always visible when switching between Compact and Cards
If you want to keep drawing on your layer without Drawing Assist, tap the assisted layer twice and tap Drawing Assist from the Layers Options menu to turn it off.
Procreate version 5.3.4
Updated At: 2023-03-27
Changes: Mar 27, 2023
Version 5.3.4
Apple Pencil hover has just gotten even better and this update now lets you preview Tilt and Azimuth. Procreate is giving you one more reason to smile. You can now add Text with the Smiley Sans font in both simplified Chinese and Roman characters.
Procreate version 5.2.6
Updated At: 2022-04-04
Changes: Apr 4, 2022 Version 5.2.6
This update provides some much anticipated quality of life bug fixes for Large Canvas lagging and the corruption of Canvases in Stacks after attempted deletion. It also includes some other fixes included below:
* iPad Air 5 compatibility.
* Now when holding the Transform icon you'll be able to pinch outside of your selection to resize it, and pinch inside the selection to resize the Canvas.
* Keyboard Shortcuts are now able to be used when in Edit Text mode.
* Increased maximum dimensions of imported HEVC and MP4s.
* Large Canvases will no longer experience lagging after performing undos.
* Hexadecimal input will display correctly when using iOS's Larger Text accessibility setting.
* Canvases will not longer corrupt within Stacks when attempting to Delete following Duplication or adding a new Canvas to the Stack.
* Layer Select will now select the Layer correctly if you hover, rather than tap.
* Importing an image via the Photo button in the Gallery will no longer reduce the image dimensions upon import.
* Corrected notifications for SwatchDrop and Copy Layer.
* Procreate will not crash after moving or rearranging a Group of Layers within itself in the Layer Menu.
* Larger text will no longer cause the Paint and Transform icons to overlap on 12.9" devices.
* Exporting as a PNG with Page Assist on will now retain the background color.
Procreate version 5.2.5
Updated At: 2022-02-01
Changes: Feb 1, 2022 Version 5.2.5
We're stopping by to give you an update to stop corrupted thumbnails from appearing, improve 3D and drop some other little bug fixes outlined below:
• Your brush won't be replaced by a different default Brush after long holding the Paint/Smudge/Erase buttons.
• Brush Strokes won't be wobbly when painting slowly using a finger.
• Allow Material Maps to be imported in an existing document via Drag and Drop in the Layers panel.
• You can now use an Apple Pencil to scrub through your Time-lapse replay.
• Improved seams in 3D painting.
• Eyedropper now works in 3D Reference.
• Fix for freezing when toggling Page Assist off and then immediately entering another artwork
• Your Layer won't be empty when you Copy and Paste Text using Selection.
• Fixes for mesh thumbnails not updating when layer contents change or when changes are made in Lighting Studio.
• Opacity filter improvements for 3D.
Procreate version 5.2.4
Updated At: 2022-01-11
Changes: Jan 11, 2022 Version 5.2.4
This update fixes a freeze when opening the Layers panel when generating a tiny Layer thumbnail.
It also includes some important fixes for 3D, including consistent stroke resolution when painting, Paint through mesh, and support for Layer Select.
• Paint Through Mesh in 3D Actions will allow painting through any obstructing inactive meshes.
• Reduced delay in loading the Palettes interface, Brush Library, and when opening a Canvas, especially on 2GB devices.
• Increased maximum Layer count in 3D (mostly affects 4K models).
• In Animation and Page Assist, when you create a Group it will no longer automatically behave as a "Blend Primary Frame".
• Added support for ABR import from Photoshop v.23.
• Fixed visual errors in uniform blending and intense blending brushes in 3D.
• Improvements to Multi-stroke undo.
• Eyedropper now selects the correct color for Material Maps.
• Layer Select won't incorrectly display hidden layers from within Groups.
• There is no longer an invisible drawing barrier underneath the multitasking UI.
• Thumbnails will no longer turn gray when added into to Stacks.
• Selecting a Brush Set now automatically focuses Brushes in VoiceOver.
• No more crashing when you tap Edit Shape after Flip Canvas and Undo.
Procreate version 5.2.3
Updated At: 2022-01-10
Changes: Jan 10, 2022 Version 5.2.3
This update includes some important fixes for 3D, including consistent stroke resolution when painting, Paint through mesh, and support for Layer Select.
• Paint Through Mesh in 3D Actions will allow painting through any obstructing inactive meshes.
• Reduced delay in loading the Palettes interface, Brush Library, and when opening a Canvas, especially on 2GB devices.
• Increased maximum Layer count in 3D (mostly affects 4K models).
• In Animation and Page Assist, when you create a Group it will no longer automatically behave as a "Blend Primary Frame”.
• Added support for ABR import from Photoshop v.23.
• Fixed visual errors in uniform blending and intense blending brushes in 3D.
• Improvements to Multi-stroke undo.
• Eyedropper now selects the correct color for Material Maps.
• Layer Select won't incorrectly display hidden layers from within Groups.
• There is no longer an invisible drawing barrier underneath the multitasking UI.
• Thumbnails will no longer turn gray when added into to Stacks.
• Selecting a Brush Set now automatically focuses Brushes in VoiceOver.
• No more crashing when you tap Edit Shape after Flip Canvas and Undo.
Procreate version 5.2.2
Updated At: 2021-11-18
Changes: Nov 18, 2021 Version 5.2.2
In this update you can now add a background to Page Assist, which is great for lined or textured paper sketchbooks. You can also tap 3D materials for helpful actions like Fill and Clear. There's also some fixes for you.
- Thumbnails should no longer show corrupted when you fast scroll in a full Gallery.
- Your favorite Brushes won't override when using QuickMenu.
- Hidden layers won't show in Layer Select.
- You can now easily Apply your change in Gradient Maps.
- Drawing with your finger with Dynamic Brush Scaling off won't cause strange shapes at the beginning of your stroke.
- Undo/Redo is a little more discreet with the removal of the progress bar.
- No more crashes when merging Text layers.
Procreate version 5.1.8
Updated At: 2021-05-28
Changes: May 28, 2021 Version 5.1.8
This update has performance improvements and even more layers for the new M1 iPad Pros.
