Procreate (software)

Procreate is a raster graphics editor app for digital painting developed and published by Savage Interactive for iOS and iPadOS. [4] It was launched on the App Store (iOS) in 2011.[5][6]

Procreate
Developer(s)Savage Interactive
Initial releaseMarch 16, 2011 (2011-03-16)
Stable release(s) [±]
iPadOS5.2.9[1]  / 26 October 2022 (26 October 2022)
iOS4.0.7[2]  / 24 October 2022 (24 October 2022)
Operating systemiOS,[3] iPadOS
PlatformiPad Pro (all versions), iPad Air (all versions), iPad Mini (2-5), iPad (2017), iPad (2018), iPhone
Available in13 languages[3]
List of languages
English (United States), English (United Kingdom), Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish.
TypeRaster graphics editor
LicenseProprietary
Websiteprocreate.art

Versions

Procreate
The Procreate interface displays a commissioned artwork by Ayan Nag

Currently, Procreate is in version 5.3. Procreate for iPad was first released in 2011 by the Tasmanian software company Savage Interactive. After winning an Apple Design Award in June of 2013, Savage launched Procreate 2 in conjunction with iOS 7, adding new features such as higher resolution capabilities and more brush options.[7]

In 2016, Procreate became one of the top ten best-selling iPad apps on the App Store.[8] It rose into the top two in 2017.[9] In 2018, Procreate became the overall best selling iPad app.[10]

Procreate Pocket

Procreate Pocket was released to the App Store in December of 2014.[11] 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.[12]

In December of 2018, Procreate Pocket received Apple's "App of the Year" award.[13][14]

Procreate Software Functions

Painting brush

Users can choose among various kinds of painting brushes to paint, use as merger or erasers. Categorizing painting brushes, adjusting features of certain brush, as well as inputting new brushes are allowed.

Color

Users are allowed to choose colors in 4 ways. Users can additionally create or insert color set for convenient use.

Layers

Users can add multiple layers. The maximum number of layers is decided by the resolution ratio. Effects can be added on layers. Merging layers is also permitted.

Transformation

Different transformations including rescaling, rotation, and distortion are included.

Lasso Tools

Including Rectangular Marquee Tool, Elliptical Marquee Tool, Lasso Tool and Magnetic Lasso Tool. User can select certain areas to do adjustments on it.

Adjustment

Users can adjust brightness, hue, contract, etc. Certain effects including Gaussian Blur, Motion Blur are provided.

Canvas

Users can crop canvas, add guidelines to the current view, flip the canvas, and check canvas information. It is also possible to allow animation.

Export

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 and the recorded video can also be exported.

Notable users

Kyle Lambert made the Stranger Things poster[15] and a viral photo realistic "finger-painting" of Morgan Freeman in Procreate.[16]

Concept artist Doug Chiang creates robot, vehicle, and creature designs for Star Wars in Procreate.[17]

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.[18]

Professional artists have also used Procreate to create the posters for Stranger Things,[19] Logan,[20] and Blade Runner 2049,[21] as well as several covers for The New Yorker.[22][23] It has also been professionally adopted at Marvel Comics, DC Comics,[24] Disney Animation, and Pixar.[25]

See also

References
  1. "Procreate® FAQ". Retrieved November 4, 2022.
  2. "Procreate Pocket on the App Store"; publisher: Savage Interactive; published in: App Store; publication date: 24 October 2022; retrieved: 4 November 2022.
  3. "Procreate FAQ". Savage Interactive. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  4. "James Cuda: Savage Interactive". Make It Tasmania. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  5. "A look at Procreate, a new painting app for the iPad". FingerPainted.it. March 24, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
  6. "Procreate Review". 148apps.com. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
  7. "Procreate 2 brings GPU accelerated filters, 4K canvases & 64-bit to iPad app". Digital Arts Online. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
  8. "App Store shatters records on New Years Day". Apple.com. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  9. "Rewind 2017: Apple reveals most popular apps, music, movies & more". iDownloadBlog.com. December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  10. "Apple presents the best of 2018". Apple.com. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
  11. "Procreate Pocket is an iPhone version of the popular iPad art app". 9to5Mac.com. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  12. "Procreate Pocket receives major 2.0 update that's built from the ground up". 9to5Mac.com. May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  13. "Best of 2018: Apps of the Year". Apple. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  14. "Best of 2018: Apps of the Year". Apple. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  15. "'Stranger Things' iconic poster created on Apple's iPad Pro". Mashable. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  16. "This Hyperrealistic iPad Painting Of Morgan Freeman Boggles The Mind". Huffington Post. December 3, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  17. "Doug Chiang: The Evolution of Star Wars Design - Designing Episode I Live Panel at SWCC 2019". Star Wars - YouTube. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  18. "Spirit of the Rainforest 2". LastChanceToPaint.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  19. "'Stranger Things' iconic poster created on Apple's iPad Pro". Mashable. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  20. "Incredible Logan poster painted on iPad Pro towers over Times Square". CultofMac.com. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  21. "An Interview with James Jean — Creating Posters for Blade Runner 2049 and the Year's Most Anticipated Films". Booooooom.com. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  22. "Latest New Yorker Cover Was Drawn With an Apple Pencil". Adweek. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  23. "iPad art graces cover of latest New Yorker". CultofMac.com. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  24. "Watch a Marvel and DC Comics illustrator do what he does best with an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil". PhoneArena.com. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  25. "Disney animators use iPad Pro to sketch characters such as Mickey and Olaf". 9to5mac.com. October 6, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
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