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Get Set Procreate 5

You're reading from   Get Set Procreate 5 A practical guide to illustrating on an iPad filled with tips, tricks, and best practices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800563001
Length 592 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Samadrita Ghosh Samadrita Ghosh
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: UI Overview
2. Chapter 1: The Gallery – Organizing Your Files FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Getting Started – Setting Up a Canvas 4. Chapter 3: Understanding Your Workspace 5. Chapter 4: Using the Actions Menu 6. Chapter 5: Selecting and Transforming 7. Part 2: Utility and an In-Depth Discussion of Utility and Features
8. Chapter 6: Using Gestures and Shortcuts 9. Chapter 7: Organizing Your Layers 10. Chapter 8: Painting Tools and the Brush Library – Using and Organizing Brushes 11. Chapter 9: Brush Studio Settings – Editing and Combining Brushes 12. Chapter 10: Using Colour Tools 13. Chapter 11: Adjustments – Applying Image Effects 14. Chapter 12: Using Assisted Drawing Tools 15. Chapter 13: Using Animation Assist for 2D Animation 16. Chapter 14: Sketchbooking with Page Assist 17. Chapter 15: Painting on 3D Models 18. Part 3: Illustration Tips
19. Chapter 16: Rendering Objects Using Blend Modes 20. Index 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

The Paint, Smudge, and Erase tools

There are broadly three types of brushes that you can use on Procreate—Paint, Smudge, and Erase. As their names suggest, they vary in their usage. All three of these tools are available in the Painting Tools section in the top right-hand corner of the interface, as shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 8.1: Painting Tools

In the following sub-sections, we will learn about the Paint, Smudge, and Erase tools in more detail. We will also look at a new feature called Brush Size Memory, which has been recently added to Procreate.

Paint

The brush-shaped icon in the Painting Tools section invokes the Paint tool. This is the tool you will use to draw on the canvas. Tap on the brush icon again to bring up the Brush Library and select any brush to start drawing. The Brush Library for Paint is shown in the following screenshot:

Figure. 8.2: The Brush Library

Smudge

The finger-shaped tool right...

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