Using Gestures and Shortcuts

Looking at the interface of Procreate, you’ll realize that it is compact and lightweight, designed to put maximum focus on the work area. Most of the tools are packaged away into menus and sub-menus, most of which we learned about in the preceding chapters. While this design is greatly effective, it might get in the way of speed.

This is where gestures come in. Gestures are simple, easy-to-perform actions that act as shortcuts to perform specific functions. They save you the time and effort of having to go through multiple steps every time you want to do a task. Gestures also play a huge role in making the software intuitive and more natural to use. Having a grasp of Procreate’s various gestures and their functions can greatly speed up your workflow.

We will start this chapter by learning what gestures are, and which ones are the most commonly used. Then we’ll discuss a special set of gestures that makes Procreate accessible for...