PROCREATE Tips & Tricks 2 Brush Memory, 5. 2 Updates, Find Layersand my transform tool RANT
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In the past it would just get blurry which whilst it could be a bit annoying, its FAR better than it being disgustingly bitcrushed like is done here. I honestly hate this update for this sole reason, its completely f4cked with part of what I use and I hate it. I cant believe that the people at procreate thought this was better than slight blurring. I want this fixed NOW.
Date: 2022-06-09
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Jim
Setting the layer to alpha lock creates a temporary selection of the non-transparent pixels on a layer. So a quick trick I use is to set it to alpha lock, select my color, then use fill layer, turn off alpha lock. It will only affect the color of the opaque pixels of the layer! Whether it is a full shape, line work, or semi transparent gradient.
You need an iPad with an A12 chip or True Depth camera to use the face reference option. Simply put if you want face options you have to upgrade your iPad.
Bicubic, Bilinear, and Nearest Neighbor all have their uses. Part of the problem you are having is that the only examples you show, are one color surrounded by transparent pixels. Bilinear is much more common with jpg compression so if you were to import an image of text and resize and rotate it, Bilinear could work better. If you manipulate something with a color gradient, or detailed shading, bicubic could work better because it samples from a wider area. If you had an illustration with a minimal color palette and needed to grab more than one area with better defined borders between the colors, then Nearest Neighbor might work best.
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Setting the layer to alpha lock creates a temporary selection of the non-transparent pixels on a layer. So a quick trick I use is to set it to alpha lock, select my color, then use fill layer, turn off alpha lock. It will only affect the color of the opaque pixels of the layer! Whether it is a full shape, line work, or semi transparent gradient.
You need an iPad with an A12 chip or True Depth camera to use the face reference option. Simply put if you want face options you have to upgrade your iPad.
Bicubic, Bilinear, and Nearest Neighbor all have their uses. Part of the problem you are having is that the only examples you show, are one color surrounded by transparent pixels. Bilinear is much more common with jpg compression so if you were to import an image of text and resize and rotate it, Bilinear could work better. If you manipulate something with a color gradient, or detailed shading, bicubic could work better because it samples from a wider area. If you had an illustration with a minimal color palette and needed to grab more than one area with better defined borders between the colors, then Nearest Neighbor might work best.
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DianasaurStudio
Blurry scaling tips: Procreate is a RASTER program, not VECTOR so no matter what the scaling will pixelate/blur. (I hope one day Procreate offers vector brushes which would be a game changer) I typically try to make my canvas DPI/size a lot bigger so any scaling that happens later on has at least more data to work with. Otherwise, my other workaround is to try and trace the scaled up version on another layer to make it match again.
When duplicating layers, it works the same way. I did an animation and made many copies of the first drawing and saw the quality of the linework drop around 10 or so. Never copy from a copy if you can help it-- rename the first main layer and make all your duplications from there!
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Blurry scaling tips: Procreate is a RASTER program, not VECTOR so no matter what the scaling will pixelate/blur. (I hope one day Procreate offers vector brushes which would be a game changer) I typically try to make my canvas DPI/size a lot bigger so any scaling that happens later on has at least more data to work with. Otherwise, my other workaround is to try and trace the scaled up version on another layer to make it match again.
When duplicating layers, it works the same way. I did an animation and made many copies of the first drawing and saw the quality of the linework drop around 10 or so. Never copy from a copy if you can help it-- rename the first main layer and make all your duplications from there!
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RangerGirl14
For line art, my favourite way to do it is to set the line art layer to Overlay and make sure its above all the colour layers! It changes a normal black line art layer into a darker version of whatever colour is underneath and saves SO much time! The only thing you have to remember when using this method is to make sure your colours fill the space under the lines, which you can do while colouring by lowering the line art opacity and making sure the colours reach the very edges!
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For line art, my favourite way to do it is to set the line art layer to Overlay and make sure its above all the colour layers! It changes a normal black line art layer into a darker version of whatever colour is underneath and saves SO much time! The only thing you have to remember when using this method is to make sure your colours fill the space under the lines, which you can do while colouring by lowering the line art opacity and making sure the colours reach the very edges!
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Garnet
Man this person is annoying. Nothing worst than people wo/mansplaining basic common sense stuff like dark and light mode and true tone. Then crying about not having a face feature when your old outdated iPad DOESNT have a lidar cam or can use face id as if its their fault. And the arrogant new year
Old update like genius have u figured out that it WAS JUST RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC? Cant stand arrogant ignorance. Its just as repulsive as racism and bigotry.
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Man this person is annoying. Nothing worst than people wo/mansplaining basic common sense stuff like dark and light mode and true tone. Then crying about not having a face feature when your old outdated iPad DOESNT have a lidar cam or can use face id as if its their fault. And the arrogant new year
Old update like genius have u figured out that it WAS JUST RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC? Cant stand arrogant ignorance. Its just as repulsive as racism and bigotry.
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ElectricWalkman
Ive never had any major issues with the transform tool until AFTER this update. Ive always had the Interpolation settings on Bilinear, but now with any of the settings if I wanna resize something or move something, the quality just gets so much worse. This is horrible bc the transform tool is one of the most helpful things for my work. I really hope this issue gets fixed soon.
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Ive never had any major issues with the transform tool until AFTER this update. Ive always had the Interpolation settings on Bilinear, but now with any of the settings if I wanna resize something or move something, the quality just gets so much worse. This is horrible bc the transform tool is one of the most helpful things for my work. I really hope this issue gets fixed soon.
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MAN
17: 10 losing quality is just what happens. And the more you transform the more blurry it will be nearest neighbor is sharp but will look really bad many times specially when upscaling. In photoshop and some apps they avoid it by having smart layers/objects that even if you rotate or change size it is calculated from the original resolution. Smart objects is called in Photoshop.
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17: 10 losing quality is just what happens. And the more you transform the more blurry it will be nearest neighbor is sharp but will look really bad many times specially when upscaling. In photoshop and some apps they avoid it by having smart layers/objects that even if you rotate or change size it is calculated from the original resolution. Smart objects is called in Photoshop.
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I'm
You know when you fill in with colours and you drag to the right so you don't get those weird white lines? Well, I got that issue when I use Alpha lock to fill in the contour lines. They always have that white line around them and it's quite distracting. Do you have a solution to that problem? Also, do you use the 6B pencil for your contour lines?
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You know when you fill in with colours and you drag to the right so you don't get those weird white lines? Well, I got that issue when I use Alpha lock to fill in the contour lines. They always have that white line around them and it's quite distracting. Do you have a solution to that problem? Also, do you use the 6B pencil for your contour lines?
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Janani
Hi Bobbo! I just wanted to tell you that you are awesome. I don't draw much, I don't even have procreate or an ipad. But I still watch your videos because the way you do them is really great to watch, in every way. Your taste in humor, your explanations, your editing. everything is great! Keep up the good work Bobbo!
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Hi Bobbo! I just wanted to tell you that you are awesome. I don't draw much, I don't even have procreate or an ipad. But I still watch your videos because the way you do them is really great to watch, in every way. Your taste in humor, your explanations, your editing. everything is great! Keep up the good work Bobbo!
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handmade
I suggest using the liquify tool when you just need to nudge an object or slightly transform it. I changed my workflow into this since it using liquify tool doesn't lose the quality. If it affects other parts of the illustration, I suggest selecting the area you want to adjust first, then use liquify.
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I suggest using the liquify tool when you just need to nudge an object or slightly transform it. I changed my workflow into this since it using liquify tool doesn't lose the quality. If it affects other parts of the illustration, I suggest selecting the area you want to adjust first, then use liquify.
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