Learn Procreate

Choose a guide for layers, selections, drawing tools and the controls that keep artwork editable.

Separate sky, mountain and foreground sheets form one drawing beside the words Layer Limit.

Procreate Layer Limit: Make Room Without Losing Your Source

Check this canvas's capacity, keep a native master, and consolidate only finished layers. Changing DPI alone does not create extra room.

Coral fish enclosed by a dotted selection boundary beside the words Select & Edit.

Selections: Choose, Copy, Recolor, and Move

Choose and refine a selection, then copy, recolor, or move the region. Work on a duplicate to retain the original, and save useful selection boundaries.

Leaf shape with confined coral paint and an offset black-and-white visibility sheet beside the words Masks Explained.

Clipping Mask vs Alpha Lock vs Layer Mask

Clipping Mask keeps new paint separate, Alpha Lock edits existing pixels, and Layer Mask hides or reveals artwork. Choose by the revision you need to preserve.

Stylus beside a cobalt stroke that changes from separated brush stamps into a continuous curve, with the title Brush Settings.

Procreate Brush Settings: Choose the Control That Changes the Mark

Start with the mark you want to change, then adjust its control on a duplicate. Learn what spacing, smoothing, pressure, grain, and wet mixing actually do.