Procreate for iPad Updated With Layers of Improvements

A handful of the new features included in Procreate’s holiday update are focused on the app’s layering system.

Ever wish you could combine layers into groups so you can easily organize them? Well, now you can. That’s right: You can now group layers. Just drag layers to put them in and out of groups, and then hide or lock them together.

About that “lock” thing … Well, you can now lock layers or groups to prevent them from being accidentally altered or deleted.

You can now also select multiple layers at once by swiping layers to the right. Then, you can move, delete, group, or lock your selected layers all together.

Also, you can now transform multiple layers at once. This means that you now have the ability to move, scale, shear, or distort selected layers or groups.

When we talk about layers in image editing, one of the more frequent associations we can make is that with Adobe Photoshop or PSD files. And wouldn’t you know it? Procreate for iPad now allows direct importing of PSD files, complete with layers, groups, blend modes, and more.

The latest version of Procreate also introduces new ways to capture and share your creative process.

Record your screen in real-time as you go about making your next Procreate masterpiece, with optional integration with the iPad camera and microphone for facial capture and voice narration. You can export the recording for later or share it right away.

Prepare to go live with your work in progress. With the touch of a button, you can broadcast your creative process live through popular streaming services like Periscope and Mobcrush directly from Procreate.

Procreate’s holiday update is the gift that keeps on giving. As though layering system improvements and creative process sharing weren’t enough, it still has room for more features.

Access Procreate’s advanced features faster by connecting a hardware keyboard to your iPad and using industry-standard keyboards (refer to the list in the image below).

“We used to give you equal amounts of all colors,” Savage Interactive says, “but it turns out that’s bad for painting.” And so Procreate has been equipped with an expanded hue ring with more yellow and orange options.

Procreate has long been supporting a two-finger gesture for undo and redo actions. Its latest update takes that further by allowing you to hold your fingers on the canvas to continuously undo or redo until you lift them off.

Compatible with iPad running iOS 10.0 or later, the new version of Procreate for iPad is available now on the App Store as a free update or as a new $5.99 download.