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Separate layers of a paper-crane drawing pass through a PSD file beside the words Procreate to Photoshop.

Procreate to Photoshop: Export and Open a Layered PSD

Move your drawing with Actions → Share → PSD, then File → Open in Photoshop. Keep the native source and check layers, appearance and color before editing.

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Back Up Procreate Artwork and Verify the Copy

Export native Procreate copies to secure locations, keep dated checkpoints, and check that a restored copy opens before deleting or migrating artwork.

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RGB or CMYK in Procreate? Choose for the Destination

Choose RGB or CMYK from the destination's actual specification. Procreate cannot switch an existing canvas between them, so keep the native master for each handoff.

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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.

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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.

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Procreate Export Looks Blurry: Locate the Quality Loss

Record source and file pixel dimensions, inspect actual copies in a viewer with a documented native-pixel mode, and find where sharpness first changes.

Texture held within a filled pear-shaped base, with a separate paint sheet above and the words Fix Clipping Masks.

Clipping Mask Not Working: Check the Base Layer

Check the clipping base and layer order first. In a duplicate, disable Alpha Lock before a temporary full-layer fill, then undo that diagnostic change.

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Canvas Size for Print: Pixels, Inches and PPI

Calculate canvas pixels from the printer's trim size, bleed and requested PPI, then check the aspect ratio, layer capacity and delivery profile.

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Export a Transparent PNG and Verify It

Hide Background color and any painted backdrop, export PNG, then inspect the actual saved file over light and dark backgrounds before delivery.

Stylus tip beside a brush mark tapering from broad to fine, with the words Fix Pencil Pressure.

Apple Pencil Pressure Not Working in Procreate

Identify the Pencil model first: USB-C has no pressure sensitivity. For pressure-capable models, check pairing and the Classic Library diagnostic brushes.

Color drop escaping through a visible break in an ink boundary beside the words Fix ColorDrop.

ColorDrop Not Working? Find the Cause

Locate a ColorDrop leak, pale rim or wrong fill boundary. Check the contour, threshold and Reference layer without treating one symptom as proof of one cause.

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.

Green leaf with a curved right-side shadow, pale veins and a short stem beside the words Draw a Leaf.

Your first Procreate illustration: draw a leaf with built-in brushes

Make one leaf with 6B Pencil and Monoline. Follow a concrete layer sequence from rough sketch to filled shape, clipped shadow, editable backup and PNG.