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Procreate gives professional and amateur artists the tools they need and the simplicity they want to create their own masterpieces in real time.

What's New

1.7.1: Data migration bugs fixed.

1.7:
โ€ข 4K Cinema canvas size
โ€ข Fullscreen interface
โ€ข Custom canvas size creation
โ€ข Brush sharing and importing
โ€ข Procreate file sharing and importing

โ€ข New blend modes:
- Color
- Saturation
- Hue
- Luminosity
- Overlay
- Hard Light
- Soft Light
- Linear Burn
- Color Dodge
- Color Burn
- Difference
- Subtract

โ€ข Redesigned layers interface
โ€ข New transform system
- Distort
- Shear
- Non-uniform

โ€ข Silica 2.0
โ€ข Maximum of at least 10.7MP canvas size for all current iPads
โ€ข Increased undo limit to 250 undos.
โ€ข Layer limit based on device resources:
- 2048x1536
- iPad 3/4: 28 layers
- iPad 2/m: 16 layers
- 4096x1714
- iPad 3/4: 10 layers
- iPad 2/m: 4 layers

โ€ข Multiple swatch panels
โ€ข New eyedropper tool
โ€ข Improved brush settings interface.
โ€ข Improved brush pressure settings
โ€ข Updated to latest Pogo Connect SDK (v1.2)
- Support for Pogo Connect palm rejection.
โ€ข Set artwork orientation gesture (turn in the Gallery)
โ€ข Added 3 new Procreate Artery sets.

App Description

Professional artists love Procreate. With its gorgeous interface and incredible Silica painting engine, itโ€™s easy to see why Procreate is one of the hottest iPad apps available today.

Packed with 48 beautiful brushes, from true-to-life sets of pencils, inks and paint brushes, to unique digital tools, Procreate is a full digital studio at your finger tips.

Procreate paints fast. Really fast. The secret sauce to Procreateโ€™s insane performance comes from the proprietary Silica engine. Silica renders strokes in 64 bit precision with a speed and accuracy that makes other software blush. You'll see your stroke blend, decay, and even smudge in realtime. After using Procreate for a short while, youโ€™ll see just how natural and fluid painting on iPad can be.

Procreate is the weapon of choice for creatives on the move. Whether storyboarding the next Hollywood blockbuster, illustrating a children's book, or just having fun, Procreate will put you into a league of your own.

โ˜… Beautiful interface:
โœ“ Charcoal, semitransparent interface keeps you focused on your artwork
โœ“ Multitouch functionally built exclusively for iPadยฎ
โœ“ Rapidly adjust the brush size & opacity on the fly

โ˜… Studio-grade features:
โœ“ Ultra-High Definition 4K Canvas size
- up to 4096 x 4096px (16.7 MP) for iPad 3/4.
- up to 4096 x 2616px (10.7 MP) for iPad 2/Mini
โœ“ Create custom canvas sizes
โœ“ Incredibly smooth and responsive 64-bit, OpenGL proprietary engine
โœ“ Deliciously responsive smudge tool
โœ“ Multi-threaded, utilises iPad's multiple cores.
โœ“ 250 levels of undo and redo
โœ“ Continuous auto-saveโ€”never lose work again
โœ“ Dropbox integration everywhere

โ˜… Next generation brushes:
โœ“ Packed with 48 beautifully made preset brushes
โœ“ 72 optional timesaving brush sets available for download
โœ“ Game changing dual texture system
โœ“ 30 customisable settings for every brush
โœ“ Create your own custom Procreate brushes
โœ“ Organise your brushes into your own custom sets
โœ“ Share your brushes

โ˜… Advanced layering system:
โœ“ Dynamic layersโ€“up to 128 layers, depending on size of canvas.
โœ“ Lock layer transparency (Alpha lock)
โœ“ Copy and paste layers from/to clipboard.
โœ“ Pinch layers together to merge
โœ“ Pinch layers apart to create a new layer
โœ“ Swipe a layer to the right to action
โœ“ Swipe a layer to the left to alpha lock
โœ“ Two finger tap to adjust layer opacity

โ˜… Blend modes
โœ“ Multiply
โœ“ Lighten
โœ“ Screen
โœ“ Add
โœ“ Exclusion
โœ“ Colour
โœ“ Saturation
โœ“ Hue
โœ“ Luminosity
โœ“ Soft Light
โœ“ Overlay
โœ“ Linear Burn
โœ“ Colour Dodge
โœ“ Colour Burn
โœ“ Hard Light
โœ“ Difference
โœ“ Subtract

โ˜… Transform
โœ“ Distort perspective & shear
โœ“ Non Uniform & Uniform transformation
โœ“ Magnetic smart guide system

โ˜… Multi-touch gestures:
โœ“ Two finger zoom & rotate canvas
โœ“ Three finger tap fullscreen
โœ“ 3 finger Z-motion โ€“ Instant clear layer
โœ“ Quick-pinch shortcut for fit-to-screen
โœ“ Three finger swipe (left/right) for undo/redo
โœ“ Tap and hold eyedropper shortcut
โœ“ Pinch layers together to merge
โœ“ Pinch layers apart to create a layer
โœ“ Fullscreen adjust layer opacity
โœ“ Change artwork orientation.

โ˜… Artwork Gallery:
โœ“ Drag & drop organising
โœ“ Create artwork stacks and name them
โœ“ Export to Photos, iTunes, Twitter, Dropbox, Facebook, Weibo and email
โœ“ Export as layered native Procreate file, PSD, transparent PNG or JPEG

App Screen Shots

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App Changes

March 18, 2013 Price Decrease: $4.99 -> $1.99
March 16, 2013 Price Decrease: $4.99 -> $1.99
December 18, 2012 New version 1.7.1
December 17, 2012 New version 1.7
March 16, 2011 Initial Release

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