MacFormat UK – September 2019

There’s a

clever layering

system, which

is beautifully

implemented

Procreate’s titling tools bring an added

dimension to creating original artwork.

96 | MACFORMAT | SEPTEMBER 2019

P

rocreate for iPad has won an

Apple Design Award, and it’s

very easy to see why. Slick and

powerful, the art that users can create with

it is absolutely stunning.

You are presented with a clear, simple and

well-designed interface, with a range of pro

tools. The Gallery section is where you manage

your library of images and projects, the rest of

the uppermost toolbar concerns itself with

the tools you need to access to create and edit

your art. You get 136 brushes, with over 50

customisable settings per brush, as well as

the ability not only to create your own brushes

and sets, but also import and export custom

brushes. Colours, brush behaviour and

parameters are all easy to set.

There’s also a clever layering system which is

beautifully implemented, with masks available

for non-destructive editing. The app constantly

auto saves your work, and provides 250 levels

of undo and redo. Layers can be grouped,

multiple selected, and there’s 17 layer-blend

modes for greater creativity. The most recent

update introduced advanced text features,

which add a whole new dimension to what

you can do with the app.

Greater creattivity

In addition to drawing guides and ‘drawing

assist’, which can help to smooth out less-than-

perfect strokes, the app gives you a bunch of

great effects including Perspective and other

blur tools, sharpening, a range of colour

tools, and Liquify. These are all quick and

responsive, and required no rendering time

on our iPad Pro 11-inch.

Procreate is designed to harness the power

of the latest iPad models, with graphics

processing acceleration, support for up to

16K canvases, and multithreading to take

advantage of their many processing cores.

An interesting feature is video recording,

so you can record time-lapse video and

broadcast online to show how your artwork

has been created. Finally, professional export

formats are supported, including PSD, PDF,

layers, and Procreate format files.

HOLLIN JONES

Image credit: Savage Interactive

£9.99 FROM Savage Interactive, procreate.art NEEDS iOS 12 or later

Procreate 4.3.3

Unleash your inner artist

Export in many formats, including layered and PSD files.

A slick, powerful

tool for creating

high-quality original

artwork on your iPad.

++++++

Extremely powerful

New text tools are great

Seriously pro feature set

Yo u’ll wa nt th e b i g g es t

iPad to make the most of it

VERDICT