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PROCREATE GUIDE
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO INSTALLING THE FILES

1. HOW TO INSTALL CANVASES 3. HOW TO INSTALL COLOR PALETTES 5. HOW TO SPLIT THE SCREEN
2. HOW TO INSTALL BRUSHES 4. HOW TO INSTALL SKETCHES

AFTER DOWNLOADING THE ZIP FILE AND SAVING IT TO THE FILES APP,
YOU’RE READY TO BEGIN THE INSTALLATION PROCESS FOR ALL THE INCLUDED FILES.

1. HOW TO INSTALL CANVASES

1.1 TO INSTALL A CANVAS, GO TO THE FILES APP, SELECT THE COLLECTION 1.2 THEN CHOOSE “LARGE CANVASES” OR “SMALL CANVASES”. IF YOU
YOU DOWNLOADED, AND THEN CLICK THE “CANVASES” FOLDER. HAVE AN IPAD 12.9”, YOU CAN INSTALL CANVASES FROM THE “LARGE”
FOLDER. FOR SMALLER AND OLDER IPADS, USE THE CANVASES FROM THE
“SMALL” FOLDER.
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1.3 CLICK ON THE FIRST CANVAS 1.4 AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE IMPORT WINDOW

1.6 CLICK ON THE LAYERS ICON IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER AND YOU WILL
1.5 AFTER A SUCCESSFUL IMPORT, PROCREATE WILL IMMEDIATELY OPEN SEE THE INSTALLED CANVAS. YOU NEED TO DRAW ON THE “DRAWING
THIS CANVAS AND YOU WILL SEE THE CANVAS WITH THE TEXTURE LAYER” UNDER THE TEXTURE LAYERS. IF NECESSARY, YOU CAN ADD NEW
LAYERS BY CLICKING ON THE PLUS ICON, BUT THESE LAYERS SHOULD ALSO
BE UNDER THE TEXTURES.
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1.7 THE UPLOADED CANVAS WILL ALWAYS APPEAR FIRST IN YOUR CANVAS LIBRARY. YOU
CAN LOAD IT EACH TIME USING THIS METHOD, OR LEAVE ONE CANVAS BLANK AND
DUPLICATE IT EACH TIME. TO DUPLICATE A CANVAS, SELECT “SELECT” IN THE UPPER RIGHT
CORNER AND THEN DUPLICATE.
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2.1 TO INSTALL BRUSHES, GO TO THE FILES APP, SELECT THE 2.2 CLICK ON THE BRUSH FILE
COLLECTION YOU DOWNLOADED, AND THEN CLICK THE
“BRUSHES” FOLDER.

2.4 ONCE UPLOADED, THE BRUSHES WILL APPEAR IN THE BRUSHES LIBRARY
2.3 AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE IMPORT WINDOW
SECTION
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3.1 TO INSTALL A COLOR PALETTE, GO TO THE FILES APP, SELECT THE 3.2 CLICK ON THE COLOR PALETTE
COLLECTION YOU DOWNLOADED, AND THEN CLICK THE
“COLOR PALETTES” FOLDER.

3.4 ONCE IMPORTED, THE NEW COLOUR PALETTES WILL BE AT THE

3.3 AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE IMPORT WINDOW BOTTOM OF YOUR COLOUR PALETTES LIBRARY. YOU WILL NEED TO SCROLL
DOWN TO FIND THE NEW PALETTE. THEN CLICK ON THE “THREE DOTS” AND
SELECT “SET AS DEFAULT”.
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THE COLOR PALETTE TO THE WORKSPACE.
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3.5 ONCE YOU HAVE SET THE COLOR PALETTE AS THE DEFAULT, YOU NEED TO TRANSFER IT
TO THE WORKSPACE. TO DO THIS AT THE TOP OF THE COLOR PALETTE PANEL SIMPLY PULL
THIS PANEL TO THE LEFT AND THEN IT WILL LOOK LIKE A COMPACT COLOR PALETTE.
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4.1 TO ADD A SKETCH TO THE CANVAS, OPEN THE CANVAS YOU WANT 4.2 THEN CLICK ON THE PLUS ICON TO ADD A NEW LAYER. IF YOU DON'T
TO USE AND OPEN THE LAYERS PANEL. DO THIS, THE SKETCH WILL REPLACE THE DRAWING LAYER, BECAUSE
WHEN YOU ADD AN IMAGE TO THE CANVAS, THE IMAGE REPLACES THE
EMPTY LAYER BELOW IT.

4.3 THEN CLICK ON THE ACTIONS ICON ON THE TOP BAR AND THEN ADD 4.4 PROCREATE WILL AUTOMATICALLY OPEN THE FILES APPLICATION AND
AND INSERT FILE. YOU WILL NEED TO CLICK ON THE SKETCHES FOLDER.
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4.6 THE SKETCH IS THEN LOADED ONTO YOUR CANVAS. YOU CAN ADJUST
4.5 CLICK ON THE SKETCH THE SIZE OF THE SKETCH AND THEN CLICK THE BLUE ARROW IN THE TOP
PANEL TO FINISH ADJUSTING THE SKETCH

4.8 THEN ADJUST THE OPACITY OF THE LAYER. TO DO THIS, CLICK THE “N”
4.7 MOVE THE SKETCH LAYER BELOW THE DRAWING LAYER ICON ON THE SKETCH LAYER, AND THEN DECREASE THE OPACITY OF THE
LAYER.
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THIS FEATURE IS USEFUL WHEN USING MY STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIALS. YOU CAN SPLIT THE SCREEN
TO ADD A PDF FILE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND DRAW FOLLOWING THE STEPS IN THE TUTORIAL.

5.1 TO DO THIS, YOU WILL NEED TO SWIPE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN TO THE TOP.
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5.2 TRY MOVING THE “FILES” APP TO THE LEFT AREA 5.3 AND WHEN YOU REACH THE LEFT EDGE OF THE SCREEN RELEASE THAT
FOLDER

5.4 THE SCREEN WILL BE SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS AND THE FILES WILL BE 5.5 YOU CAN ALSO CHANGE THE SCREEN DIVISION PROPORTIONS BY
ON THE LEFT SIDE. SHIFTING THE SCREEN DIVISION LINE TO THE LEFT
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THE SPLIT-SCREEN RATIO IS HIGHLY USER-FRIENDLY AND WORKS SEAMLESSLY WITH THE PDF
LESSONS, MAKING IT EASIER TO FOLLOW ALONG AND REFERENCE THE MATERIAL.