Video

Record your artistic process to a Time-lapse video, and share it with the world.

Create Time-lapse Video

Time-lapse video records every step of the creation of your image. This then compiles it into a high-speed video replay you can export and share.

Time-lapse video is enabled by default when you create a new canvas. It will record your progress at 1080p resolution on the Good Quality setting.

These settings cannot change mid-project, but they can be adjusted before you begin.

Custom Settings

Create a custom canvas to tweak your Time-lapse Video.

From the Gallery, tap the + button in the top right of the screen. This will bring up the New Canvas menu. In the top right of that menu is an icon made of two rectangles with a small + symbol. Tap this to bring up the Custom Canvas screen. Tap Time-lapse settings.

From here, you can tweak the Time-lapse Settings for your new Canvas. Select the resolution of your video from 1080p to full 4K. Tweak recording quality settings from Low (small files, good for sharing) to Lossless (large files with no loss of detail).

HEVC is a form of video compression for advanced motion graphics creation. It is off by default.

When you’re happy with your Time-lapse settings, tap Create.

Play, Pause, and Share Time-lapse Video

View and control your Time-Lapse video anytime.

Replay

Preview your Time-lapse video without leaving Procreate.

Tap Actions > Video > Time-lapse Replay.

This plays back your video within Procreate on a loop, at 30 frames per second. A counter on the top right of the screen displays your video runtime.

To scrub backwards and forwards through the replay, drag your finger left and right across the canvas.

You can pinch-zoom and move around the canvas as normal while the video plays. This allows you to focus in on details.

To exit the replay and return to your artwork, tap Done.

Pause

Pause your recording to create an edited Time-lapse video.

You can stop and start your Time-lapse recording at any time.

Tap Actions > Video, and toggle Time-lapse Recording off.

Procreate then asks if you wish to purge the existing video. If you choose Purge, all the video recorded on this canvas so far is deleted. This cannot be undone.

If you only wish to pause the recording, tap Don’t Purge. Pausing allows you to edit out the parts of your process that you don’t want to display. This can create a shorter and more shareable video.

To resume recording, toggle Time-lapse Recording back on.

Export

Share your Time-lapse video with the world.

Sharing Time-lapse recordings is a great way to show others your technique.

Tap Actions > Video > Export Time-lapse video.

Choose between Full length and 30 Seconds.

Full-length exports your entire process to a high-speed video. This video will encompass your entire process and be of a variable length.

30 Seconds cuts the video down to thirty seconds by removing frames from the video to speed it up. This process uses an algorithm that preserves the most important frames in the video. The greatest number of frames are usually preserved early on in the artwork creation when details are still rapidly changing.

You can export your video to any service or app connected to the iOS Files interface.

Insert a Private Layer into a Time-Lapse Video

Insert a File or Photo as a Private Layer that won’t appear in your Time-lapse Video.

Private layers are ideal for obscuring reference images and other content that isn’t a part of your final artwork. You can do this without having to delete or turn off the private layer in your file. A Private Layer works like a regular layer in all aspects, except it will not appear in an exported Time-lapse video.

Find out more about Private Layers in the Actions / Add section.

Disable Time-lapse Video

Turn recording off completely.

Time-lapse video is on by default. Toggling off Time-lapse Recording in Actions pauses the recording of your current artwork. It won't affect the Time-lapse recording settings of other artworks.

To switch recording off across all artworks, tap Help > Advanced Settings. This switches out of Procreate to iPad Settings > Procreate menu. Toggle the Disable Time-lapse switch on to stop recording Time-lapse on your existing or new artworks. Prior time-lapse recordings will be retained.

Time-lapse will stay deactivated until you switch it back on in iPad settings. Recording of Time-lapse video will continue from that point onwards. The video won't include any painting or drawing you did while it was disabled — that can't be retrieved.