| Procreate | |
| Developer: | Savage Interactive |
| Ver Layout: | stacked |
| Language: | English (United States), English (United Kingdom), English (Australia), Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish. |
| Language Count: | 13 |
| Language Footnote: | [1] |
| Genre: | Raster graphics editor |
| License: | Proprietary |
Procreate is a raster graphics editor app for digital painting developed and published by the Australian company Savage Interactive for iOS and iPadOS.[2] It was launched on the App Store in 2011.[3] [4]
Procreate for iPad was first released in 2011 by the Tasmanian software company Savage Interactive. After winning an Apple Design Award in June 2013, Savage launched Procreate 2 in conjunction with iOS 7, adding new features such as higher resolution capabilities and more brush options.[5]
In 2016, Procreate became one of the top ten best-selling iPad apps on the App Store.[6] It rose into the top two in 2017.[7] In 2018, Procreate became the overall best selling iPad app.[8]
As of April 2023, the most recent version of Procreate for the iPad is 5.3.4.
Procreate Pocket was released to the App Store in December 2014.[9] Pocket originally included most tools found in Procreate; however, it did not include any features that released on the original Procreate app since its release.
In 2018, Savage launched Procreate Pocket 2.0 to the App Store.[10]
In December 2018, Procreate Pocket received Apple's "App of the Year" award.[11] [12]
As of April 2023, the most recent version of Procreate Pocket (for the iPhone) is 4.0.8.
In 2019, Savage switched Procreate to a proprietary graphics engine, Valkyrie,[13] following a period of beta testing on TestFlight. The engine is said to provide “customizable brush options and let [artists] import Adobe Photoshop brushes for the first time.” Alongside the new engine, Procreate 5 featured Brush Studio, a tool for creating new and modifying existing brushes with support for fine-tuning Apple Pencil settings.
Within the Procreate application, animation capabilities are present. The process involves sketching individual frames or layers, selectively concealing all but the desired initial frame. To control the duration of each displayed frame, establish distinct layers. For instance, to achieve a 0.5-second duration, incorporate approximately 10 marks on the animation layer. Subsequently, hide the frame intended for playback. Position a marker to indicate the endpoint of the subsequent frame. Upon completion of the time-lapse playback, the frames seamlessly animate. For additional editing options, such as removing the sketch recording or incorporating music, export the animation to iMovie.[14]
Animation Assist provides animators with a straightforward yet powerful interface. The tool includes fundamental features such as onion-skinning, immediate playback, and a visual Timeline. This software enables users to efficiently edit and oversee both individual frames and the entire animation process. Share your dynamic artwork with the world in diverse formats through Animation Assist.[15]
Savage would expand upon Procreate's Animation features with the companion app dedicated to 2D animation called Procreate Dreams, released in November 2023.[16] [17]
On Aug 18, 2024, Procreate announced that it would not be incorporating generative artificial intelligence into its software.[18]
A groundbreaking approach to digital painting, Procreate offers an innovative canvas where the robust brush engine empowers users to craft stunning textures. The ability to handcraft personalized texture maps enhances creative possibilities, allowing for lighting adjustments, seamless exportation, and even immersive experiences in Augmented Reality (AR).[19]
Supercharged M2: Elevated by the cutting-edge M2 chip, optimized for the latest iPad Pro generation, Procreate delivers an impressive 30% performance boost across various aspects. The responsiveness of filters and adjustments has reached unprecedented levels, ensuring a remarkably smooth and efficient creative process, particularly in 3D painting.
Building upon its reputation, Procreate introduces further enhancements to Freehand Selection, establishing it as an exceptionally user-friendly and flexible selection method. The incorporation of Hover with Apple Pencil introduces a preview feature, providing users with a glimpse of their next move before finalizing their selection.
Precision is paramount in Procreate's latest iteration, where an improved brush cursor seamlessly integrates with artistic creations. Users now benefit from a full-color preview preceding each stroke, offering insight into the impending erasure even before it touches the canvas. Intuitive gestures facilitate on-the-fly brush control, allowing users to hover over their artwork for dynamic adjustments in size and opacity.
Users get more control and range over their stabilization in a brush’s setting or though preference settings under pressure and smoothing for global affects.
Works can be exported to the following format: Procreate, PSD, PDF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, (following for exporting layers) PDF, PNG, GIF(animation), PNG(animation), MP4(animation), and HEVC(animation). Procreate provides ingrained screen recording for a time-lapse feature, and the recorded video can also be exported.
Kyle Lambert made the Stranger Things poster[20] and a viral photo realistic "finger-painting" of Morgan Freeman in Procreate.[21]
Concept artist Doug Chiang creates robot, vehicle, and creature designs for Star Wars in Procreate.[22]
John Dyer, the English landscape painter, was sponsored by Savage Interactive and used Procreate as part of the "Last Chance to Paint" project, a partnership with the Eden Project that sent Dyer to stay with the Yaminawá in the Amazon rainforest, where he painted the experience.[23]
Professional artists have also used Procreate to create the posters for Stranger Things,[24] Logan,[25] and Blade Runner 2049,[26] as well as several covers for The New Yorker.[27] [28] It has also been professionally adopted at Marvel Comics, DC Comics,[29] Disney Animation, and Pixar.[30] For the 2018 detective game Return of the Obra Dinn developer Lucas Pope used Procreate to draw a series of in-game portraits, mimicking the look of 19th-Century pen and ink sketches.[31]