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How to Procreate

If you are here for the title alone, I must warn you, Im not giving you a tutorial on how to make a baby.
There are plenty of books on that subject. But I will share my love of the app for these 30 reasons

30 reasons why I love the App Procreate

  1. It is only $9.99 in the app store.
  2. All of my children’s books are illustrated entirely in the app.
  3. All the images will export to Jpeg, pdf, psd, png, tiff, mp4, HEVC
  4. There is a tutorial on youTube for any question you might have. (see my favorites on our youTube)
  5. It is perfect for all ages.
  6. The animation assistant is always on so you can do time-lapse replays of your work.
  7. I don’t have to rely on Adobe Photoshop for $29 a month
  8. The new reference tool allows.you to save on layers
  9. Scribble the words on the screen with the pencil and it will edit it to text
  10. SOOO many brushes to choose from.
  11. Take a picture of a real life scene in order to capture a realistic color palette.
  12. Liquify, Sharpen, Bloom, Glitch, and Halftone will affect your artwork EFFECTively
  13. Turn a black and white photo into a masterpiece with Halftone
  14. Color fill is so fulFILLing
  15. Import your own fonts.
  16. Create your OWN brushes
  17. Make money selling your own brushes, palettes, digital art.
  18. Share procreate through airdrop or google drive with other illustrators to collaborate.
  19. The two tap undo gesture is life changing.
  20. Learning new shortcuts is like finding hidden gems….allowing more time to create.
  21. Color Select and gesture between the two most recent colors is quick and easy
  22. The app works best with the Apple pencil.
  23. You can store the artwork in its own stack
  24. Custom size each art piece to millimeters, centimeters, inches, or pixels
  25. Choose between RGB or CMYK color profiles (cant switch back and forth though)
  26. Export the time- lapse setting between Low quality to Lossless quality
  27. The ability to use up to 250 layers
  28. Alpha Lock feature is something I’m addicted to but color select tool has taken some of that fun away.
  29. The duplicating, renaming and sorting of Layers, Canvases, and Artworks is an organizers dream.
  30. It is almost better than sex and I now open the app more than i open my bible.

Tell me what you love about the app. Use the hashtag #letscolorourcountry and share your creations.