Procreate 2 Digital Illustration App Released for iPad

Procreate 2, a major update to the popular digital illustration app, has been released for the iPad.

It’s packed with features artists love, from true-to-life sets of pencils, inks and brushes, through to advanced layer compositing, 64-bit performance and unique digital tools. And it isn’t just iPad friendly – it’s an iPad exclusive. Procreate now includes game-changing GPU accelerated filters and adjustments, offering a whole new dimension of expression. Artists can now apply colour adjustments, gaussian blur, sharpen – and more – all in real time.




FEATURES:
• Studio-grade features:
- 64-bit optimised for iPad Air & iPad Mini 2
- Ultra-High Definition 4K Canvas size
- up to 4096 x 4096px (16.7 MP) for iPad 3+
- up to 4096 x 2616px (10.7 MP) for iPad 2/Mini
- Create custom canvas sizes
- OpenGL painting engine – Silica
- 64-bit smudge sampling
- 64-bit color
- Deliciously responsive smudge tool
- Multi-threaded, utilises iPad’s multiple cores
- 250 levels of undo and redo
- Continuous auto-save—never lose work again
- Dropbox integration everywhere

• Beautiful interface designed for iOS 7:
- Charcoal, translucent and blurred interface keeps you focused on your artwork
- Advanced Multitouch functionally built exclusively for iPad
- Rapidly adjust the brush size & opacity on the fly

• Next generation drawing tools:
- Packed with 120 beautifully made brushes
- Game changing dual texture system
- 30 customisable settings for every brush
- Create your own custom Procreate brushes
- Organise your brushes into your own custom sets
- Share your brushes

• Advanced layering system:
- Dynamic layers–up to 128 layers, depending on size of canvas.
- Lock layer transparency (Alpha lock)
- Copy and paste layers from/to clipboard
- Pinch layers together to merge
- Pinch layers apart to create a new layer
- Swipe a layer to the right to action
- Swipe a layer to the left to alpha lock
- Two finger tap to adjust layer opacity
- 18 Layer Blend modes


• Transform:
- Distort perspective & shear
- Non Uniform & Uniform transformation
- Magnetic smart guide system

• Multi-touch gestures:
- Two finger zoom & rotate canvas
- Three finger tap fullscreen
- 3 finger Z-motion – Instant clear layer
- Quick-pinch shortcut for fit-to-screen
- Three finger swipe (left/right) for undo/redo
- Tap and hold eyedropper shortcut
- Pinch layers together to merge
- Pinch layers apart to create a layer
- Fullscreen adjust layer opacity
- Change artwork orientation

• Redesigned Gallery:
- Drag & drop organising
- Create artwork groups and name them
- Export to Photos, iTunes, Twitter, Dropbox, Facebook, Weibo and email
- Export as layered native Procreate file, PSD, transparent PNG or JPEG

• Multi-touch selection tool:
- Hybrid Freehand & Polygon selection tool
- Add or inverse selection

• GPU accelerated filters:
- Gaussian Blur
- Sharpen
- Noise
- Hue, Saturation, brightness
- Color Balance
- Curves

• 1080p video capture:
- Record every stroke in realtime, without delay
- Export HD video files to anyone
- Video management options



What's New In This Version:
Completely redesigned for iOS 7 and 64-bit optimised for the new iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina Display.

Along with the beautiful new iOS 7 redesign Procreate 2 now includes powerful new GPU accelerated filters and adjustments:
- Gaussian Blur
- Sharpen
- Noise
- Hue, saturation & brightness
- Color Balance (Highlights, Midtones, Shadows)
- Curves (Gamma, Red, Green, Blue)

• New streamlined gallery
- Rapid document load
- New group design
- Share a group
- Quickly action any thumbnail

• Redesigned icon
• Orientation memory
• Includes latest SDKs for all styluses
• Bug fixes and many stability improvements
• Improved performance

You can purchase Procreate from the App Store for $5.99.

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