Interface

Tweak Procreate Pocket to your exact liking. The Actions menu offers you total control over everything from Settings to Sharing.

The Actions Menu

These menus give you access to tool settings, interface appearance, and other core controls.

Actions Button

In the top of the Procreate Pocket interface you’ll see your toolbar, tap the ellipsis to expand this if its condensed. In the menu bar that appears you’ll find a wrench symbol. This is the Actions button.

Tap it to open the Actions menu.

Actions Menu Tabs

There’s a lot to discover in Actions. You can add images and text to your artwork, edit your canvas on the fly plus share images and layers. Or, record Time-lapse video, customize your interface, and explore useful links and information.

A series of buttons along the top of the Actions menu divide it into tabs. A summary of each tab is below and explored in greater detail in the pages to follow. To gain access to all Actions Menu Tabs, swipe left or right over the list and reveal them all.

Add

Insert files, photographs or text to your canvas. Copy the entire canvas, or cut, copy, and paste individual parts of your artwork.

Learn more about Add .

Canvas

Crop, Resize and Flip your artwork on the fly, access detailed technical facts about your canvas and activate Animation Assist to create motion graphics.

Learn more about Canvas .

Guides

Set 2D, Isometric plus 2-point and 3-point perspective drawing guides and turn on Assisted Drawing. Activate Vertical, Horizontal, Quadrilateral and Radial symmetry to easily create amazing patterns and symmetrical drawings.

Learn more about Guides.

Share

Export your work as a .procreate file, a JPG, a high-quality TIFF, a layered Adobe® Photoshop® PSD, a PDF, or a PNG with transparency options. Or, export individual layers to make multi-page PDFs, a folder of bulk exported PNGs, or an animated GIF, PNG, or MP4.

Learn more about Share .

Video

Toggle the Time-lapse video function off and on. Preview the result, and export a full-length or 30-second version to share.

Learn more about Video .

Preferences

Switch your interface from Light to Dark Mode, add a visible cursor to your brush and project your canvas onto a second screen. Tweak the delay of your Undo, the visibility of your Selection masks. Customize other aspects of your interface and experience in Procreate Pocket.

Learn more about Preferences .

Help

Explore links to Procreate Pocket’s customer support, Help Center, and Learn to Procreate videos. Restore your purchases, delve into the iPhone’s Advanced Settings for Procreate Pocket, and leave a review on the App Store.

Learn more about Help .

Quick Import from Photos

Tap the button in the top right of Actions to immediately bring up your Photos interface. Tap on any photo to bring it in as a new layer in your artwork straight away.