And often, Procreate’s three-finger tap command won’t bring my brush strokes back. If I’m not wearing a drawing glove, often I’ll accidentally undo my brush strokes when my palm touches my iPad screen. Now everything I draw will be symmetrically mirrored onto the other side of my screen for faster drawing! I use Drawing Assist to create perfectly symmetrical brush strokes Change your mind with ‘Redo’ Now that we have our Drawing Guides set up, return to your canvas and access your Quick Menu once again. To change the type of Drawing Guide, tap Edit Drawing Guide. To do this, navigate to Settings (the wrench icon), then check Drawing Guide. To start, make sure the Drawing Guide is on. I like to program my Drawing Guide and Drawing Assist to help me draw perfectly mirrored lines so my image is symmetrical. It’s like an invisible ruler that aligns your brush strokes to whatever Drawing Guide you choose to work with. Create efficient brush strokes with ‘Drawing Assist’ĭrawing Assist is a great tool to make your strokes more efficient and accurate. When I’m drawing a series of the same item (such as flowers or leaves), I use the Copy shortcut to recreate multiples of that item quickly.Ĭopy is especially helpful if you have a lot of elements in your artwork that you need to copy and paste to a new layer and then rearrange. It helps me to keep my proportions consistent from multiple viewpoints! Use the Flip Horizontally shortcut to make sure your image looks consistent ‘Copy’ elements for repeating shapes I like to keep the Flip Horizontally shortcut in my Quick Menu so that I can easily flip my image back and forth during my workflow. We’ve all been there - you finish up a drawing, only to realize that when the image is flipped, it doesn’t look quite right. Have a look through all of them, and see which ones may be of use to you! Hold down on a Quick Menu shortcut to choose another preset Use ‘Flip Horizontally’ to check your proportions If you hold down on any of the available options, a window will pop up with different actions for you to choose from. These are my Quick Menu shortcuts in Procreate I will show you how to change them, and then walk you through my process of why I chose each individual setting. Now that you have the Quick Menu activated, let’s customize it! Use whatever gesture you selected to open up the Quick Menu.īelow are my current Quick Menu settings. How to customize your Quick Menu shortcuts in Procreate Once you decide on a gesture to activate the Quick Menu, you can make your selections and press Done at the top right of your screen. Fortunately, if you activate the same gesture twice on accident, Procreate will alert you with a blinking yellow warning sign, so no need to fret! Keep in mind that you may already have another setting set up for that specific gesture. You’ll see a bunch of different options for how to activate the Quick Menu. Choose a gesture to activate the Quick Menu in Procreate You can take inspiration from my setup to build a workspace that feels right to you! Choose a gesture to access the Quick Menu in Procreateįirst, head on over to your Settings (the wrench icon), then Prefs > Gesture Controls. While every artist will have their own unique Quick Menu setup, today I’m going to show you what works for me. The Quick Menu is fully customizable so you can easily access your most-used tools. If you’re a slower, more methodical artist like me, Procreate’s Quick Menu can be a lifesaver for your workflow.
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