Some of these take a little bit to get the hang of, especially those that involve using a combination of pencil and finger gestures. These are parts where you have drawn, painted, or pasted images. This will select only the non-transparent parts of the layer. As a shortcut, hold two fingers on a layer to select it. Or it can be used to easily fill in large shapes you’ve drawn instead of having to paint it in yourself, just be sure to check the space between your line and the fill as sometimes Procreate doesn’t fill all the way to the edges if you’re using a textural brush. In the Layers panel, tap a layer to bring up Layer Options, then tap Select. Paired with alpha lock drop fill is great for changing the colour of specific parts of different layers. Simply drag the colour from the colour circle with your pencil into the area you want to be filled. You can then either fill the layer with a new colour, or this is also useful for adding texture to a layer without going over the edges of a shape. Either swipe with two fingers across the layer in the layer panel or tap the layer and click Alpha Lock to turn it on and off. If you want to move an object behind or in front of another object, you simply need to move it up or down in your list of layers accordingly.I use Alpha lock way more than I was expecting to at the beginning, mainly because I’m terrible at sticking to colour schemes and forever want to change things. Layers that are closer to the bottom are technically behind any layers on top of them. This helps you better understand how different layers interact with each other and how they contribute to the final product.įurthermore, the order of your layers in Procreate will determine which layers, and any objects drawn on them, are behind or in front of each other.

When working with layers, it’s important to turn individual layers on and off to see how they affect the overall image. Without layers, every single change you made would permanently influence the entire image, and you would have to start over from scratch if you made a mistake. This is particularly useful for designers who want to add colors, effects, graphics, and text to their original image without altering the original image. One of the biggest advantages of using layers in digital art is that each of them can be edited without affecting the others.

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