Hi, this is Michelle.
Today I'm gonna teach you my top 10 Procreate tips for beginners
and those are the tips that I use basically
every time when I am drawing in procreate.
So this is a video that you definitely don’t want to miss
and absolutely want to watch until the end.
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Now let's get to it.
First things first,
To undo your last move, you can do that very easily.
Just tap on your screen with two fingers.
Tap multiple times if you want to do more undos.
Tap three fingers to redo your last move, which is similar to the undo.
Number 2.
If you want to pick a color from your canvas,
you can just hold your finger on your screen,
then the eyedropper tool will be active.
Number 3.
To switch between your current color and the previous one,
just press and hold on the color button.
This is great for saving time when you're constantly swapping between two colors.
Number 4.
To draw a smooth line, tap on the brush,
and then tap on the Stabilisation,
and then you can see an option called streamline.
The higher the percentage of the amount is, the smoother the lines are.
As you can see when set the amount to 0, the line is not smooth at all
And when we set the amount to Max, the line is very smooth.
Number 5.
To draw a geometric shape, just hold down the pencil after drawing,
the quick shape will be activated,
and then you can resize or rotate it as long as you hold your Pencil.
At the same time, if you tap another finger on the screen,
the shape will become a perfect shape.
Let’s see another example, after drawing an oval,
hold your pencil, and then tap another finger on the screen.
The shape will become a perfect circle.
After releasing the pencil, you can also tap the button on top to re-edit the shape.
Same with drawing a straight or curve line.
Number 6.
If you draw something with a certain brush
and you want to use the same brush as an eraser as well.
All you need to do is go to the eraser and hold your pencil
and then your eraser will become the same brush that you just used.
Number 7.
To change the opacity of a layer,
directly tap two fingers on that layer,
and slide with your apple Pencil left and right to adjust the opacity.
Another way to do that, you can tap on the capital letter N
right next to the check box and then you can find the opacity option.
Besides that, you can also change the layer blend mode here.
Number 8.
If you want to draw some light or shadows for some area,
or you want to add some texture on your current layer.
One way to achieve this is to use the clipping mask.
Create a new layer on top and tap this layer and select the clipping mask.
You will see there is a little arrow pointing down to our base layer.
It means a mask is applied.
So the base layer defines the visible boundaries of the entire group,
which means the drawing on the upper layer
appears only through the shape outline in the base layer.
You can create as many clipping masks on top as you want.
Number 9.
To merge all the layers,
just need to pinch all the layers together like this,
and then you will get a merged layer.
Number 10.
If you want to select multiple layers to transform or group them together,
what you need to do is swiping to the right of each layer one by one.
And then you can find the group button on the upper right corner
or you can directly tap the move tool to transform them together.
Okay that’s my top 10 Procreate tips for beginners,
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See you next time.