Master Procreate Gestures: Essential Shortcuts | Part 2
Unlock the full power of Procreate with these essential gesture shortcuts that will transform your digital art workflow! In this beginner-friendly tutorial, I'll show you how to navigate Procreate like a pro using simple finger movements.
Discover time-saving techniques including copy/paste, quick select, undo/redo, layer clearing, and color picking. You'll learn how to create perfect straight lines, manipulate your canvas with ease, and access hidden menus that will dramatically speed up your creative process. Whether you're just starting out or looking to refine your skills, these gesture controls are fundamental to mastering Procreate.
Thanks to Dax Thor for creating these time codes!
0:00 Gestures in Procreate
0.33 Ch 1 Quick line, Undo & Redo.
0:42 Quick line
0:53 Hide or reveal interface, 4 Fingers
1:02 Undo, 2 fingers
1:03 Redo, 3 fingers
1.12 Ch 2 Moving around on the canvas.
1:19 Pinch out to zoom & rotate canvas
1:44 Pinch in expands the image to the screen boundaries.
2:16 Draw with the finger.
2:45 Ch 3 Quick Menu
2:56 Use Selection tool to create a selection.
3:03 Click arrow
3:05 Drag down with 3 fingers and…
3:09 Quick menu
3:15 Clicking Copy & Paste copies selection that appears an a separate layer.
3:34 Ch 4 Color picker and Opacity
3:39 Color picker tool
3:41 Tap finger down on the color wanted and then start drawing with that color
4:05 Controlling opacity of a layer.
4:11 Open layers menu and tap with 2 fingers on the layer that needs opacity change
4:14 drag anywhere on the canvas left to right or right to left to control opacity.
4:21 ALTERNATIVE METHOD
4:24 Open layers menu and tapping on the "N" and then
4:27 Adjust the Opacity slider
4:34 Ch 5 Swapping between colors
4:59 With your finger tap and and hold the color dot so you flip between the previously chosen color and the current color.
5:21 Ch 6 Quick select, if you want to select what has been painted on a specific layer,
5:33 Open layers menu
5:36 Tap and hold with 2 fingers the chosen layer. This selects the contents of that layer
5:57 Now can draw inside the selection.
6:24 Ch 7 Color picker disc gesture
6:34 Pinch out inner disc for more precise color selection
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