Brush Studio Settings

Sets how many times your brush shape ‘stamps’ itself along the path. When you add a lot of space, you will begin to see the brush as a series of shapes along the path with gaps between them. If you reduce down to no space, the brush shapes along the path will merge into one single fluid stroke.

Takes each ‘stamp’ of your brush shape along the path and offsets it by a random amount. Turn it off to keep all stamps completely aligned for a smooth stroke. Turn it up a little to roughen the edge of your brush. Turn it up a lot to scatter your shapes around your central path.

Start your stroke at full opacity and then fade it away as it goes on. Turn it off for zero fade. Turn it right up to rapidly fade a stroke to invisibility.

Use the slider to turn Amount up for a smooth and even result. Turn it down or off for more natural linework that is less smooth.

Use the slider to turn Pressure up for a longer, smoother application of pressure to a brush's stroke. Turn it down or off to make pressure kick in on a stroke quicker as you press.

Motion Filtering is Procreate’s version of Stabilization and uses more advanced algorithms. Motion Filtering deletes the extremities of a stroke’s wobbles entirely without averaging and squashing as Stabilization does.

Use the slider to set the percentage of Motion Filtering you prefer.

This allows for smoother and straighter strokes no matter what speed they are drawn. This also means wobbles and shakes will be less represented when making a stroke on the canvas.

Motion Filtering Expression only works when Motion Filtering is on. While Motion Filtering helps take the wobbles out of strokes, it can also make them too straight and smooth.

Motion Filtering Expression puts some expressive feeling back into strokes.

Use the slider to set the percentage of Motion Filtering Expression you prefer.

This slider gives you a visual representation of how much artificial taper is at the beginning and end of your stroke. Move the sliders towards the middle of the stroke to adjust taper length. You can set taper at the beginning of the stroke, the end of the stroke, or both.

Switch this on to match the Pressure Taper adjustment when moving either of the sliders.

Sets how severe your taper will transition from thick to thin.

Sets the amount of transparency your taper fade to at its ends.

Use the pressure feedback from the Apple Pencil for a more responsive natural taper that thins out faster at the end of a stroke.

On low settings, this makes your stroke taper behave as though you are using a brush with a very fine tip. On high settings, your taper responds as though drawn with a brush that has a chunky, thick tip.

Toggle this switch on to see the effect Procreate applies to the taper of your stroke. Toggle it off to hide the animation depending on your preference.

A visual representation of how much artificial taper is at the beginning and end of your stroke. Pull the sliders towards the middle of the stroke to adjust taper length. You can set taper at the beginning of the stroke, the end of the stroke, or both.

Switch this on to match the Touch Taper adjustment when moving either of the sliders.

Sets how severe your taper will transition from thick to thin.

Sets the amount of transparency your taper fade to at its ends.

On low settings, this makes your stroke taper behave as though you are using a brush with a very fine tip. On high settings, your taped responds as though drawn with a brush that has a chunky, thick tip.

Set the Taper function back to the type used in older versions of Procreate.

Procreate has updated the way taper renders since older versions. This toggle returns the taper behavior and appearance to previous versions.

Tap Import to import a new shape from a photo or file. You may also paste in copied images, or access Procreate’s Source Library's default pre-made shapes.

The Source Library offers you over 150 unique shapes to use as the basis of your brushes. Access all these shapes from the Shape Editor. Scroll through the collection to browse a shape you want to use. Or use the Search box to search for a particular types of shape's name. For example, searching "gouache" will find all the shapes based on gouache paint marks.

Tap Done to close the Shape Editor and begin adjusting the behavior of your shape once you’ve imported or chosen your shape.

By default, your shape will ‘stamp’ in the same direction without rotating. Use Scatter to randomize its rotation each time it stamps. Scatter is not affected by stroke direction.

Adjust the rotation of your shape in relation to the direction of your stroke. When set in the middle to 0%, shape direction remains static no matter which way your stroke travels. Set to the far right of the slider at 100%, your shape will rotate to follow the rotation of your stroke. Set to the far left of the slider at -100%, your stroke will rotate in the inverse direction to your stroke.

Set the shape to stamp more than once at each point, creating up to 16 stamps each time. You can see the effect of this best when used in combination with Scatter. As each of the multiple stamps on a given point will rotate in a different direction at random.

Vary the number of times the stamp applies at a point. If you have your Count Jitter set to 5, you will get between 1 to 5 random instances of the stamp at each point.

Randomize the rotation of your shape when your stroke begins. This has the effect of making each stroke different from the one before it to creating a more organic feel.

Azimuth detects the radius of the Apple Pencil’s tilt as it travels through the stroke. It does this to determine which way the shape stamps should tilt. This creates an effect like a calligraphy pen. Azimuth overrides Rotation, but only for strokes drawn with the Apple Pencil.

Flip your shape horizontally or vertically to create different and more organic effects.

Drag the green node around the edge of the circle to change the base rotation of your shape. Drag the blue nodes to squash your shape.

Squash your shape based on how much Apple Pencil pressure you apply.

Squash your shape based on how much Apple Pencil tilt you apply.

Doesn't soften the edges at all. This may result in a jagged look, but preserves every detail of the core brush shape.

Softens the edges of your shape using the settings from earlier versions of Procreate.

Provides improved and updated antialiasing used in more recent versions of Procreate.

Set your grain to move with the stroke for a more streaky and blurred effect. Using the metaphor of grain being a paint roller, when set to Moving the roller is locked in place. This means the grain drags the texture around, rather than rolling it onto the canvas.

Moving and its various adjustment options create brush-like applications with grain. These behave more like traditional paint on canvas.

Set your grain to stay as a static texture ‘behind’ your brush stroke for a crisp and clear effect. Using the metaphor of grain being a paint roller, when set to Texturized the roller is unlocked. This creates a continuous ‘stamp’ of the texture with no dragging or smearing.

Texturized and its various adjustment options create consistent textures with grain. These paint the grain's texture onto the canvas like a stencil more than a traditional brush.

Set the slider low for a more drag. This gives a smeared effect, and high for a roller effect much like the Texturized setting.

Adjust the size of the grain texture inside the shape.

Setting the slider all way to the right, to Cropped keeps the texture size fixed, no matter how large or small you make your brush while painting. Setting the slider all way to the left, to Follow Size means the grain will scale along with your brush size. This setting is only available when grain is set to Moving.

This will smear the grain image based on directional stroke changes. This creates a similar effect to Moving. 100% inverse makes the grain rotate the opposite way to the stroke direction. At 0% it locks the grain rotation in place. And Follow Stroke makes the grain rotate to follow your stroke direction. This setting is only available when grain is set to Moving.

Adjust the strength of the texture established over the base color of the brush. Set at minimum, the texture won’t show at all. Set at maximum, the texture will be dark and vivid. When the grain is set to Moving, the pressure of a stroke affects how strong the contrast shows.

Sets the minimum level of contrast in a texture, beyond which the brush can no longer go. This is regardless of how much or little pressure is applied to an Apple Pencil. This setting is only available when grain is set to Moving.

Depth Minimum will only have effect when Depth Jitter or the advanced brush settings for Depth are turned on.

Swing between the texture and the underlying color of your stroke at random. This setting is only available when grain is set to Moving.

Offset where your texture places down each time you make a new brushstroke to create a more organic effect. With brushes designed to lay down a pattern, like the Grid brush, turn off Offset Jitter to keep the pattern consistent. This setting is only available when grain is set to Moving.

Control how the grain texture blends with the underlying color of the brush using Blend Mode. This works both on Moving and Texturized brushes.

This makes the grain lighter or darker. It also increases or decreases the difference between the light and dark areas.

Does not soften the edges at all. This may result in a jagged look, but preserves every detail of the grain.

Softens the edges of your grain using the settings from earlier versions of Procreate.

Provides improved and updated antialiasing used in more recent versions of Procreate.

With the toggle off the pattern of your grain will repeat no matter which way your camera is angled.

This is ideal for replicating large areas of perfect repeating patterns such as bricks in a wall.

With the toggle on the pattern of your grain will shift to reflect which way your camera is angled. This means your pattern won’t repeat, and will paint over other area of existing pattern if you move your 3D object.

This is ideal for replicating how patterns move and shift around folds and contours on materials such as cloth or fabric.

Select a photo from the iOS Photos app, including photos you've taken yourself.

Select a photo from the iOS Files app.

Select from Procreate's inbuilt range of pre-made textures. See below for more detail on the Source Library.

Paste a copied image from your clipboard.

Adjust the size of the texture within each tile.

Adjust the angle of the texture within each tile.

Change how much the borders between tiles overlap.

Adjust the amount of blurring used to blend the tiles together.

Flip the pattern at the edge of each tile so it lines up with the surrounding tiles to help conceal tile edges.

This new form of blending stitches together complex patterns with differing levels of detail to help create a seamless grain.

Auto Repeat previews all changes live.

To exit without applying any changes, tap Cancel.

Tap Done to close the Grain Editor and begin adjusting the behavior of the grain you created.

Use the Shape Source library to select a shape as a base for your brush.

Procreate's library of pre-made textures opens by default when you enter the Source Library. You can access this from the Grain Source interface. The Source Library offers over 100 searchable textures ideal for brush creation.

Search the grain names for particular types of texture. For example, searching "Paper" will find all the textures based on paper.

To exit without selecting a texture, tap Cancel.

This is Procreate’s standard and lightest rendering mode.

This rendering mode is similar to the rendering used in Adobe® Photoshop®.

This mode renders colors onto the screen with a slightly heavier touch than Light and Uniformed Glaze.

This a strong rendering mode that still maintains the paint’s opacity when mixing.

Combines the Adobe® Photoshop® rendering style with a caustic approach to rendering color. This gives a very pronounced Wet Mix effect.

Intense Blending is great for wet brushes that squash and mix colors together. The heaviest rendering mode offered and gives a full flow effect to the paint’s Wet Mix.

Adjust how much color and texture flows from your brush onto the canvas.

Soften and blur the edges of your brushstrokes to mimic pigment bleeding into paper.

This creates a ‘color burn’ effect around the edges of the stroke when you layer brushstrokes. Burnt Edges also darkens the edges where colors overlap.

Set the Blend Mode for the above effect. This enables you to create a variety of interesting layering effects that apply only to the edges of your brush.

Set the Blend Mode for the entire brushstroke, not only the brushstroke edges.

Blend modes usually affect the color values of a brushstroke. Flip this toggle to blend the lightness values instead.

Set how much water mixes in with the paint on your brush. Increase Dilution to give your paint a transparent effect.

Set how much paint is applied onto your brush when you begin to make a stroke.

Like a real paintbrush, the longer you drag your stroke out, the more paint it will leave behind on the canvas. As the brush runs out of paint, the trail of color it leaves will become less intense.

Recharge the brush by ending a stroke and lifting it from the canvas. When you put it down again, it will be as though you dipped it back into the color on your paint palette. This effect is most obvious in combination with high Dilution.

Adjust the amount of paint that sticks to the canvas. Set it high for the appearance of thick, bold paint applied evenly along your whole stroke.

Set the strength of how your brush pulls paint around the canvas. This includes paint that is already laid down. This is a great way to mix and drag colors around for a more organic effect.

Set the chunkiness and contrast of your brush texture.

Adjust the amount of blur your brush applies to the paint on your canvas. Also control how much the blur spreads when you apply a brush stroke.

Adjusts the randomization of how much blur on each stamp laid down by the brush when you apply a brush stroke

Randomize how much water mixes in with the paint at any point during the brushstroke. This helps give your stroke a more realistic effect.

Each stamp will deviate from your chosen brush color at random. Set the slider low to make these deviations minor. Set the slider high to allow the brush to jitter through a larger spectrum of color. The best way to preview what this setting does is to set the Stroke Path > Spacing slider so you can see individual stamps in your stroke. Also ensure that the Saturation slider below Hue is also set high.

Each stamp will deviate from your chosen brush saturation at random. Set the slider low to make these deviations minor. Set the slider high to allow the brush to jitter between zero and full saturation.

Each stamp will deviate from your chosen brush lightness by jumping to lighter shades at random.

As above, but the opposite: each stamp will deviate from your chosen brush lightness by jumping to darker shades at random.

Each stamp in your stroke will jitter at random between your currently chosen (Primary) color, and a Secondary color you can set in the Color Panel.

Each individual brushstroke will deviate at random from your chosen color. Set the slider low for minor deviations. Set it all the way up to jitter through the entire color spectrum.

Each individual brushstroke will deviate from your chosen color’s saturation at random. Set the slider low for minor deviations. Set it all the way up to jitter from completely desaturated (white, black, or grey) to complete saturation (very bright colors).

Each individual brushstroke will deviate at random from your chosen color’s lightness by getting lighter to some degree. Set it low to allow only minor jumps in lightness. Set high to allow it to go to pure white.

Each individual brushstroke will deviate at random from your chosen color’s darkness by getting darker to some degree. Set it low to allow only minor jumps in darkness. Set high to allow it to go to pure black.

Each individual brushstroke will be a random shade of color that falls between your chosen Primary and Secondary colors.

Pressure changes the color within a stroke. If set at 100% your stroke transitions through the entire color spectrum. This occurs when you transition from light to heavy pressure.

Pressure changes the saturation within a stroke. If set at 100% your stroke transitions from white to a completely saturated color. This occurs when you transition from light to heavy pressure.

Pressure changes the brightness within a stroke. If set to 100% your stroke transitions from white to black. This occurs when you transition from light to heavy pressure.

Pressure transitions from the Primary to the Secondary color within a stroke.

The tilt of your Apple Pencil changes the color within a stroke.

The tilt of your Apple Pencil changes how vivid your chosen color appears within a stroke.

The tilt of your Apple Pencil changes how light or dark your chosen color appears within a stroke.

Tilt transitions from the Primary to the Secondary color within a stroke.

Use the speed of your stroke to vary its size. When the Size slider is set to -100%, drawing slowly will produce a thinner stroke. Shifting the slider to +100% will reverse this, making thinner strokes the faster you draw. With the slider set to 0%, the stroke will remain a uniform thickness.

Use the speed of your stroke to vary its opacity. When the Opacity slider is set to -100%, drawing slowly will reduce the Opacity of the stroke. Shifting the slider to +100% will reverse this, reducing the Opacity of a stroke the faster you draw. With the slider set to 0%, the stroke will remain a uniform 100% opacity.

Alter the size of the shape stamp at random throughout your stroke.

Alter the opacity of the shape stamp at random throughout your stroke.

Adjust how large or small the tip of your brush becomes under varying pressure.

Adjust the transparent-to-opaque range of your brush under varying pressure.

Adjust how much paint your brush lays down under varying pressure.

Adjust how much your brush bleeds around the edges into the canvas under varying pressure.

The Tilt Graph is a visual representation of how tilted your Pencil needs to be before other Tilt settings take effect. Pull the blue node to adjust the degree of tilt.

Adjust the way the tilt of your Apple Pencil affects the opacity of your stroke.

Turn this slider up to create a softening effect when shading with a brush on an angle. This mimics the behavior of physical pencils.

Adjust how much the brush bleeds around the edges when tilted. This creates a reduction in fine detail.

Adjust the effect of tilt on brushstroke thickness.

Toggle on to prevent the texture within the brush growing along with the brush size.

The preview of each brush in the Brush Library is usually expressed as a stroke. Toggle this switch to express the preview as a shape stamp instead.

This setting only applies when a brush has a distinct ‘up’ and ‘down’ to its stroke. Toggle off to make the shape orientation consistent for the document. This applies no matter how the device rotates. Toggle on to make the shape orientation consistent for the current device orientation.

Set the size of the stroke or shape stamp in the preview of this brush appears in the Brush Library.

Adjust how much a brush smudges when set as the Smudge tool.

Set an upper and/or lower size limit on the sidebar size slider.

Set an upper and/or lower opacity limit on the sidebar opacity slider.

Amount sets the level of metallic appearance from 0% being Non-metallic through to 100% being Metallic.

While you can set this amount anywhere between 0-100%, it's worth noting that in most real-world cases something is either metallic or not, with very few naturally occurring materials being in-between.

The Metallic Sources acts in a similar way to brush grain, adding textural qualities to the way a brush lays down its metallic strokes.

All Metallic Sources import as grey-scale images. As the brush lays down a stroke, white areas of the Metallic Source will allow the metallic to show through, where dark or black areas will block the metallic effect of the brush stroke.

To add a Metallic Source, tap the Edit button if in landscape, or the white square if in portrait. This will open the Metallic Editor with options to import and edit images to turn them into tiling textures for your brushes. See below for more information.

Select a photo from the iOS Photos app, including photos you've taken yourself.

Select a photo from the iOS Files app.

Select from Procreate's inbuilt range of pre-made textures. See below for more detail on the Source Library.

Paste a copied image from your clipboard.

Adjust the size of the texture within each tile.

Adjust the angle of the texture within each tile.

Change how much the borders between tiles overlap.

Adjust the amount of blurring used to blend the tiles together.

Flip the pattern at the edge of each tile so it lines up with the surrounding tiles to help conceal tile edges.

This new form of blending stitches together complex patterns with differing levels of detail to help create a seamless texture tile.

Auto Repeat previews all changes live.

To exit without applying any changes, tap Cancel.

Tap Done to close the Metallic Source and begin adjusting the behavior of the texture you created.

Use the Shape Source library to select a shape as a base for your brush.

Procreate's library of pre-made textures opens by default when you enter the Source Library. You can access this from the Grain Source interface. The Source Library offers over 100 searchable textures ideal for brush creation.

Search the grain names for particular types of texture. For example, searching "Paper" will find all the textures based on paper.

To exit without selecting a texture, tap Cancel.

Once a Metallic Source has been selected adjust the size it appears in your stroke by adjusting the Scale slider.

Amount sets the level of roughness appearance from 0% being Glossy through to 100% being Matte.

The Roughness Sources acts in a similar way to brush grain, adding textural qualities to the way a brush lays down its roughness strokes.

All Roughness Sources import as grey-scale images. As the brush lays down a stroke, white areas of the Roughness Source will allow the roughness to show through, where dark or black areas will block the roughness effect of the brush stroke.

To add a Roughness Source, tap the Edit button if in landscape, or the white square if in portrait. This will open the Roughness Editor with options to import and edit images to turn them into tiling textures for your brushes.

The Roughness Editor works in the same way as the Metallics Editor. See above in Metallic Source for more information on how to Import, Auto Repeat and Cancel out of the Roughness Editor.

Once a Metallic Source has been selected adjust the size it appears in your stroke by adjusting the Scale slider.

Tap on the current brush title to bring up the keyboard. Enter a new name and tap the Return key.

Tap the ‘person’ icon to bring up Image Source options. From Camera allows you to snap a photo of yourself using the iPad camera. Or, choose From Photos to load a pre-existing image from your camera roll.

Tap the greyed-out word Name in Made by Name to bring up the keyboard and add your name to your creation.

A creation date and time for your brush. This information is automatically filled in for you.

Sign your name on the dotted line using Apple Pencil or your finger. If you need to start again, tap the (x) icon to clear the field.

When you are happy with your brush design, but want to keep experimenting, save a Reset Point. You can revert back to it later if you don’t like your changes.

On a core brush, Reset strips away all your changes and return the brush to the default Procreate version. You must duplicate a default brush if you want to give it a new reset point. On your own original brushes you can change the reset point as often as you like.