Pocket Handbook
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Drawing Assist
Create technically accurate drawings while Procreate Pocket does the heavy lifting. Drawing Assist matches your strokes to the Drawing Guide you’ve chosen so your work flows faster.
Activation
Drawing Assist aligns your strokes to your Drawing Guide. Think of it like an invisible ruler.
Heads Up
You can have Drawing Assist active even when you don't currently have a guide active and visible - as long as you at some point had a guide active in the canvas, you can enable Drawing Assist.
Activate via Edit Drawing Guide Menu
Open a canvas and expand your top tools with the ellipsis. From here, tap Actions → Canvas, Edit Drawing Guide. Tap Assisted Drawing to activate it on your current layer.
When Drawing Assist is active, you’ll see an Assisted tag on that layer in the Layers interface.
Pro Tip
When you set up a Symmetry guide, Drawing Assist switches on by default.
Activate via Layer Options
You can also toggle Drawing Assist on and off from the Layer Options menu.
Tap your primary layer once to bring up Layer Options , then tap Drawing Assist.
When you switch on Drawing Assist from the Layer Options menu, it activates the last Drawing Guide you used on your current canvas. This will also remember all your previous settings.
Pro Tip
You’re not constrained to the guidelines; they’re only there to help you out. You can draw using Assist anywhere on the canvas, whether you’re on a guideline or not.
Draw Freehand
If you prefer to draw freehand, toggle Drawing Assist off. Or, draw on a normal layer above or below the Assisted layer.
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