Do you love creating art in Procreate, but miss the textures of traditional media like watercolor and gouache? Then check out the custom brushes I use here! 🌟 www.colorwithkendi.com/procreate-brushes Part 2 of the video series: ruclips.net/video/kgOnvdl75lk/видео.htmlsi=iUTNtRjefZdOiwM8 Chapters for today's video: Intro 00:00 Pressure curve settings 00:33 Skipping within strokes 6:03 Tilt setting issues 7:08 Canvas size issues 9:16 Resetting brushes 10:36 Unintended transparency 12:36 "Sticky" brushes 13:29
Kendi, I've struggled for over a year on my iPad trying to figure out why it doesn't "feel right". This video has helped immensely! Thank you so much. May your heart be full and your family healthy!
@@colorwithkendi hie really appreciate your effort. Information in this video is cleared lot of doubts. I have 1 question regarding taper setting I.e. I am using third party stylus and in my every brush both ends are not thinning or tapering. 1 end always remain blunt. Please provide solution if possible.
Thank you so much for this!!! My issue was sticky brushes, but it wasn't just individual brushes, it was my *global* stabilization settings that got messed up somehow. When you opened up the Pressure & Smoothing menu in the first segment and I saw my stabilization was at 50% while yours was at 0% I knew I'd found my culprit. I can draw again!
Thank you so much for this comment! I've been so frustrated and given up on Procreate because my brushes didn't act like on the tutorials (even paid guides), even when I've followed the exact same settings for brushes and everything ... Now I'm finally getting rid of the sticky brushes that have been making it impossible to draw like normally
This deserves so much more love, I cant thank you enough, I am a beginner user and the tilt has been bothering me so much. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
This video is amazing, I struggle with drawing with my pen vertically and can only draw comfortably on a slant but couldn't figure out how to adjust the tilt in a way that worked the way I needed it to. Thank you so much ! ❤️
KENDIIII THANK YOU!!! you are a godsend. I love the 6B Pencil but off and on it has the tilt setting issue, and none of the recommended ways to fix it worked! (ie, turn bluetooth off and on, disconnect and reconnect your pencil, hard restart your tablet, etc)
7:05 it might have been said by someone else, but if those suggestions don’t work and if keeps on skipping, sometimes the Apple Pencil tip needs to be replaced as it wears down over time or when you drop it (I’ve had some with a small dent in the tip causing this kind of skipping). Or when using a matte screen protector, it might need to be changed when it has to many or deep scratches (or cleaned when it’s dirty).
Thankyou for this. The sticky brushes annoy me so and it is nice to know where to go look to fix it, and the pressure curve you did simply and that is all that is needed. I myself don't need to know why when it comes to this I just need it to work. If I were more into this lets say as a job and not just doodling for fun that would be a different story. Time to go check out your other videos!
This is a LIFESAVER! I've looked through many videos and still didn't know how to fix it or what my problem even was called! (It was tilt) thank you SO much for making this video!
Is this a particular brush that isn’t working or all your brushes do this? Can you make a quick video showing the problem on your phone and upload it to RUclips as an unlisted video? You can share the link here or send me the link in an email (colorwithkendi@gmail.com). I’ll try to figure out the issue.
Go to preferences, gesture controls, general, uncheck “painting with finger”. Then also in gesture controls under smudge, make sure “always smudge with finger” is not selected. I hope this helps you 😊✌️🎨
I’m not sure what’s wrong with my hardware but regardless of how I change the pressure curve, nothing changes the thickness of my lines no matter how hard I press. Very disheartening. I’d love some help if anyone knows how to change it. Is there a setting I’m missing outside of the curve???
Hi there! I use the 6b default pencil in procreate. I select the Comic 6 x 9.5 inch cavas. The pen works great for a one character panel. But when I use to make 4 or 5 panel scenes and Im drawing the characters smaller in size on the same Comic 6 x 9.5 canvas, the 6b pencil is too fat to draw details. Even if i slide the pencil size to smallest setting. Is there a way to change the 6b pencil size lower in the settings? Thanks!
You can change the settings in the brush engine. You can watch my video here: ruclips.net/video/HrqrmTW9P78/видео.html Just change the min size instead of the max size. Let me know if that works!
I just bought a new iPad 10th gen and my very first Apple Pencil usb-c. I am learning to draw with procreate! I think you have just fixed my pencil pressure sensitivity issue! Thank you!
Thank you so much. Please help me. Very often , no matter which brush I’m using , the erase feature comes on. It’s very frustrating to be painting and all of a sudden I’m erasing!
Hello, you can change the settings of your Apple Pencil to avoid this issue. Go to your iPad settings (not Procreate settings). Then find Apple Pencil. Then where it has Double Tap, turn the option off. Let me know if that resolves the issue.
Thanks for this - very helpful! Especially since i had just screwed up a texture brush trying to make it smaller. The sidebar only narrowed the brush, didn't make the actual texture smaller. At least i know how to restore it now! Any hints on how to make a halftone dot texture smaller would be greatly appreciated!
You're welcome, Katherine! In order to make the halftone dot texture smaller, you can follow these steps: 1. Duplicate the brush and then tap on the brush to open the Brush Studio. 2. Then tap on the segment called Grain. 3. Reduce the scale on the scale slider. Tap on done to save the change. Let me know if that works!
Fantastic procreate sensitivity lessons you have. Please now do I configure my Apple Pencil to respond to very slight pressure Changes, especially most visible in Laura H . Rubin’s lines which feel like very very fluid ink that tapers so smoothly? I will be so glad if you can answer this question. L am not rich enough to buy Laura's brushes. Thanks so much.
Thanks so much, really helpful. My strokes all tend to look shaky, i am not sure if I have a shaky hand, when I draw with a pencil it’s not apparent, but no matter the brush, my strokes are shaky.
Hi Liza, if this is an issue with every brush then you’ll benefit from changing the overall Procreate settings for the Apple Pencil. Go to the actions menu (wrench icon), then go to Prefs, then go to Pressure and Smoothing. Play around with the first two settings until you are able to get non-shaky lines. Hope that helps!
Hi there I’m having a problem with procreate settings most likely, because I even switched pens and it’s giving the same problem. So some brushes don’t adjust at all even when using the thickness and opacity sliders. The lines come out thin and pixelated or, in al the others, don’t even show at all.
Thanks for your video! I'm just starting out and am simply tracing photos, etc. to make stained glass patterns to ultimately be printed on my Cricut. Others have suggested the technical pen at 5% to make the correct line width for spaces between the pieces for soldering. My problem is that I need my line width to stay constant, no matter how hard I press, and the ends need to have no taper. Can you help with my settings? Thanks ahead of time!
Hi, thank you for your video! I have a question regarding the brush settings. Very often when I download a new brush set the brush is not wirklich with my Apple Pencil but with my finger. This is soo annoying and frustrating. Do you have a tip how to solve this problem ?
Sorry for the late reply. Have you tried turning off the option to paint with your finger? I have that turned off and I haven’t noticed the issue you’re describing. You can turn it off under the Actions menu under Preferences. It’s in the gesture controls under the general segment. Hope that will work.
Hi, many thanks for the tutorial. Can you help with the tip of the brush? All of the end of the line or tip is not sharp or pointed like yours, I haven't seen any tutorial for that, all of the end of my lines are not pointy or sharp
Hello, You're welcome. The sharp tip of the lines depends on a few things: 1. The brush itself. Not all brushes have the ability to create such tips. It depends on the settings. Select a brush in the brush library. And then tap again on the brush in the brush library and it will open up the brush settings. Adjust the taper settings. 2. Your use of pressure. To create pointed tips, you need to reduce the pressure as you draw the end of the line. If your pressure remains the same throughout, you will not get a tip even if the brush settings are correct. This requires some practice and brush control. As you create a line, reduce the pressure as you lift the pencil. You will get the hang of it after a few tries. 3. Your stylus - if you have an Apple Pencil, you will be able to get the most out of the pressure sensitivity and therefore you should be able to create tips if the brush settings are correct and you use varying pressure. However, with other styluses, you may not get the same results as they are not always as pressure sensitive. In a nutshell, the taper/tip requires you to use a brush with the correct settings, a stylus that is adequately pressure sensitive and requires your use of varying pressure. Practice is essential. Hope that helps!
Also must say I was having trouble getting my brushes to draw, but the apple pencil worked for navigation. Solution: after I tried fiddling with a bajillion settings, restarting the ipad. Sometimes you really do just need to "turn it off and back on again" as they say 😭
Hey! 😊 thanks a lot for this video. Basically my problem is a little bit different and maybe we could find a solution for it ; so first of all I use a 2022 iPad Pro with 2nd generation pencil ,canvas settings are always at high px and 450 dpi. And my issue is when I draw something in detail and I zoom into the canvas a little bit, any brush becomes VERY pixelated, let’s say it’s really disturbing for my drawing process, I feel it’s dirty. The second thing is that when I try to put shadows with gentle movements with a bigger brush, it leaves a mark in the beginning when I put down the brush , it leaves a mark in the way the brush pattern looks like itself. I try to do it as gentle as possible but it didn’t leaves even if I adjust the settings of the pressure. So hopefully I was able to explain it well. Thanks in advance 😊
Hello! What are the exact dimensions of your canvas? And if you could send a short video clip showing the issue along with the brush names they would be helpful. You can send me an email.
Great vid! In the first part of the video it shows pressure, i cannot get the light sketch no latter what curve i do, it all looks extremely dark, any idea??😭
Hi Pamela, can you try again and test with the default 6B pencil and drag the center pressure curve node all the way to the bottom right hand corner? That would be the most extreme setting. If it’s still coming out dark then it’s likely some other issue and not the pressure curve. Let me know if it works.
Hello dear, Thank you for this amazing video but I need help please as it didn’t fix my issue. I can’t seem to draw with apple pen, only I can with my fingers .not sure if I messed something up in the settings as it was working fine before. Please help, 😩
Hello 👋. There are two different things you could try. 1. Go the the wrench icon and tap on Prefs. Then go to Gesture controls and then tap on General. Then turn off enable painting with fingers. Exit and go back to the canvas. Then try to use the Apple Pencil. Does that work? 2. Go to the iPad settings app. If you don’t know where that app is, just hit search and type in the word “settings”and it will come up. In that app, find where it says Apple Pencil. Then turn on the setting that says “only draw with Apple Pencil”. Does that work?
Hi, I am having big trouble with the smudge brush it’s doing its own thing. When I go to smudge something it’ll start doing it and then it starts to Erase itself. Simply driving me insane. Have you got a video to show how to fix this? Or have you got a smudge brush that I can purchase and if you have, can you please show me the link to the smudge brush
Hi Jenny, can you send me an email with a short video attachment of the issue? And also, can you let me know the name of the brush you are trying to smudge with? Not all brushes smudge well. Have you tried smudging with the Procreate default brush called Soft Brush (it’s under the Airbrushing section in the Smudge Brush Library). Does that brush also not work? My email address is colorwithkendi@gmail.com .
Hi I’m still stumped! I keep having to hold down when drawing to have the lines come out when drawing. It’s not a issue for most of my lines but mercury for example is making me press down on my tablet when using my apple pen and when I do it just comes out a big line and I don’t want to deal with it. How do I make it where I can draw easily with out pressing hard? Sorry if i word it bad I don’t know how to explain this.
Hi! None of the changes I made to the pressure curve changed my pen strokes. I even made it more extreme in all of the directions and there was no difference in the line my pen would draw. Is there another setting I might be missing?
Hi, thank you for the tips you shared! I have learned a lot. But my brush behaviour issue hasn’t been mentioned. My brush strokes have abilities to undo themselves while I’m still working. I am trying to draw a oval or circle and before I managed to close the curve and hold to activate the menu, my strokes started going backwards and become as a line instead of curves 😢, or make a curve but not closed up. Like a half oval . I don’t know what I have changed in my settings to get this issue and if you know how I can fix it, I will be grateful ❤
Hi Dani, there are two things that came to mind when I read your comment. 1) You might be inadvertently invoking the QuickShape feature in Procreate. If you make a line or curve and hold it (even inadvertently), it invokes the QuickShape command automatically and that can make your strokes look really different from what you had made. You can try turning off QuickShape and see if your issue resolves. I'll explain that in the next reply.
To turn off QuickShape, complete the following steps. Open the Actions Menu (wrench icon), and then go to Prefs. Select Gesture Controls. On the left, find where it says QuickShape and tap on it. Then turn it off. You might have it turned on as Draw and Hold. See if turning that off helps.
The other thing I thought of was 2) the connection between fabric and the screen. Sometimes, when I wear a sleeve with soft fabric and if it brushes up against the screen while I paint, the strokes look funny and not as intended. Try to push the sleeve of your shirt up so it can't touch the iPad screen when you paint. Let me know if any of the two solutions worked. :) Hope that helps!
Hey, I am really new to your Channel, just checked here for a solution to a problem i have had for a bit now. I have a Normal Apple Pencil 2. Gen and i didn't had any issues with it until maybe 4 months ago. My issue here is that it constantly seems to 'think' that i dont tilt my Pencil at all but I do and the Brushes dont seem to detect it. And the Tilt settings are normal and should work. I even tested it, if it works on m, Notes app because the Pencil tool should detect Tilt too but nothing. So i have the Opposite problem to the one you resolved. Does anyone knows a fix...? A lil side note, I have changed my Nips a few times. But even when i use the default tip; Nothing.
I have a question! I can’t have the app pressure sensitivity on default because you can hardly see a mark no matter how hard I press. I have to really crank up the curve to see my marks. But when I do that my brushes don’t respond to pressure :(. Do you have any suggestions? Hopefully that makes sense haha.
do you need to do stabilization with all the brushes? or is there a setting we might be able to change, I feel most of the default are like that, maybe not to that extent shown on video but they do have some stickiness to them
As far as I know, there is a setting under the actions menu (the wrench icon) under preferences called Pressure and Smoothing and you can only increase overall stabilization there, not decrease it. So there is no way to decrease the stickiness of all brushes in one go. You’ll need to change the stabilization of each brush individually if you want to remove/decrease the stickiness.
Hi! why is my pencil not pressure sensitive? For the default “script” brush, im pressing hard but it’s not becoming thick, just same size when I don’t press too hard (only the opacity changes)
Hello! I have a quick question. I recently got around to buying a 2nd gen apple pencil. Today I connected it and tried it out in procreate. I noticed that no matter which brush I selected(at 100% size), it was displaying as a thin line. I would have to set the pressure to 0 under apple pencil. Have you ever heard of this happening?
So sorry - I haven’t heard of anything like this. Do you have any other app that you can test the Apple Pencil in? Like GoodNotes or Notability or another art app? That way you can figure out if the issue is with the Apple Pencil itself or if it is an issue with Procreate.
I've been experimenting with stamp brushes. I can't figure out why when the stamp is soon much harder to see than when it is big. It seems the stroke fades? Any suggestions on what setting I need to change in order to keep the visibility the same at all sizes of the stamp brush?
Check the fall off setting in the brush settings. If it’s on, turn it off. To get to that setting, just tap on the brush to open the Brush Engine and you’ll see it in the first category at the bottom.
@@colorwithkendi I gave it a shot. Turned the fall off all the way down, then back up. No change on either setting. The stamp, a simple circle, still gets lighter the smaller the size selected. I'm wondering if I have to just make a new brush for each size of a circle I need?
Seems like something if off in one of your brush settings - probably related to color or opacity. You should be able to change the size of the stamp without it getting lighter. It’s hard for me to tell you what setting it could be without looking at the brush settings. You could email me the brush and I could take a look. My email is on my website.
Hi! I still kinda having a trouble with the pressure thingy, I've adjust like what you said, buy it's still not working, is it because the pen I use is Bluetooth pen? I don't understand, but I'll be happy if you caj help me :")
hey! wondering if you could help: i have the brush opacity problem, but it isnt because of the opacity slider being set wrong! the brush is normal when im using my finger, but no matter how much pen pressure i put, my apple pen shows it as semi-transparent. whats the issue?
Sorry for the late reply. Did you find a fix for this? If not, send me the brush (my email is on my website) and I will take a look at the brush settings. Seems like there is some setting that might be causing this.
My pencil pro has a problem. I don't see the black color on a white background, or very transparant through only ticking with the pencil. But when I used my finger its blacker than black? Last week I buy the apple Ipad air 13 inch and the apple pencil pro for the first time. Please can you help me?
I tried fixing the Sticky Brush problem and it didn’t work:( it works on the preview brush test panel, but not on the main canvas. Is there like a main override option?
I know this isn’t really the topic under this vid, but I need an immediate help with finding my lost brush of my own on Procreate, I don’t know where Do I find the recently deleted folder to recover it if it’s even possible, any suggests?
Hello. From my understanding, it's not possible to recover lost brushes once they have been deleted. Lost Procreate files can be recovered if you have them automatically backed up on iCloud but I don't think that applies to brushes. I could be wrong, but I haven't seen a way to recover lost brushes.
@colorwithkendi @colorwithkendi Actually, when I try to draw, it always appears thin. No matter how much I try to set the size or opacity, even when I zoom in and out, it still does it. I tried the settings and used the pressure grid, but nothing works. It works well when I use my fingers, but not my pen.
@colorwithkendi My apologies for the delay, but after some research. I found out that the bruches don't respond to my apple pencil. I needed to change up the brush settings, so i can use my pen. Before finding out about this, it didn't matter if I zoomed in or out or even adjusted the pressure grid. It still didn't draw. I also checked the pencil tip, thinking it needed to be replaced, but that wasn't it either.
I got my 2nd gen today and it works all well and good, but I don’t understand why it’s not really working with procreate, despite me changing the settings, the pressure setting doesn’t seem to work I don’t think and the tilt doesn’t work that much and I’m super confused,, you can’t even see the brush strokes unless I change the settings of each brush, maybe I’m just being dumb cause I have no idea what I should be doing💀
Hi, when I outline my drawings and I want to extend my canvas the size of my pen line changes. It never happened before. I understand it has to change in a certain way but it’s supposed to stay true size with what I’m doing? Please help!
Is my pen broken ? Using basic brushes like round painting brush etc I can’t get the pressure sensitivity to work right, the line comes out as the same thickness/darkness whether I press lightly or hard no matter how I adjust my pressure graph - also tried individual brush settings.. and I tried changing the tip
Do you have an Apple Pencil or another stylus? Sounds like there is an issue with the stylus itself and that’s why Procreate isn’t able to sense the changes in pressure. Have you tried using your stylus in any other drawing program like Photoshop on the iPad? Do you still have this issue in those programs? If you do, then it seems like you will need to get the stylus fixed.
Do you know why my brush set icon is not blue? when im using a brush i dont know in what set it belongs, because the set icon is not highlighted (blue)
How do I colour something in and maintain the same colour no matter how many times I lift my brush? Every time I try to shade (with any brush) and I go over what I coloured before it makes it darker in some areas and I don’t want this - please help! Many thanks
Seems like it’s the brush settings. Many brushes are meant to have an overlap effect. Does this happen when you use the Monoline brush as well? It’s a default brush in the calligraphy section.
@@colorwithkendi thanks for getting back to me, i also meant to say how great this video is and that ive subscribed for more! I am only using default brushes at the moment, mainly the rounded head brush and im finding it a bit troublesome when it comes to shading and colouring. Ive looked into preferences and settings for it but i cant see to figure out how i can achieve a single tone colouring-in tool. I would HUGELY appreciate your help with this and many thanks again!
I’m not familiar with the rounded head brush. Which section is that under? Many of the default brushes have the overlap effect. The only one I know that for sure doesn’t have that is the monoline brush under Calligraphy. The overlap effect can be due to many different settings so it’s hard for me to tell you exactly how to change it. It varies from brush to brush.
@@colorwithkendi sorry I mean round brush, it’s the first brush under painting. The monoline brush under calligraphy has overlap when I tone down the opacity. I’d be really surprised if there wasn’t a quick fix or solution to this as it’s a very simple request so I’ll keep looking but thanks for your insight anyway!
Are you using a lower opacity setting for all your brushes? Lowering the opacity of any brush will definitely result in the overlap effect. Even for a normally opaque brush like the monoline brush, lowered opacity results in a semi-transparent stroke. If you want a completely opaque color fill, you can create an outline of your shape with the monoline brush at full opacity and make sure to close the outline so there are no gaps. Then use the color drop function to fill the outlined shape with a solid color.
Does this happen with all brushes? Or only certain ones? When you draw the circle, are you holding the pencil in place after you're done drawing it? That might be invoking the QuickShape function. Usually it works as intended and will create a perfect circle, but maybe it's not working correctly. You can try turning off the QuickShape function and see if that helps. Go to the wrench icon and tap on Prefs and go to gesture controls and turn off the QuickShape function (turn off draw and hold). Let me know if that works!
Do you love creating art in Procreate, but miss the textures of traditional media like watercolor and gouache? Then check out the custom brushes I use here! 🌟 www.colorwithkendi.com/procreate-brushes
Part 2 of the video series: ruclips.net/video/kgOnvdl75lk/видео.htmlsi=iUTNtRjefZdOiwM8
Chapters for today's video:
Intro 00:00
Pressure curve settings 00:33
Skipping within strokes 6:03
Tilt setting issues 7:08
Canvas size issues 9:16
Resetting brushes 10:36
Unintended transparency 12:36
"Sticky" brushes 13:29
Kendi, I've struggled for over a year on my iPad trying to figure out why it doesn't "feel right". This video has helped immensely! Thank you so much. May your heart be full and your family healthy!
I'm so glad to hear that the video helped you! Take care!
@@colorwithkendi hie really appreciate your effort. Information in this video is cleared lot of doubts. I have 1 question regarding taper setting I.e. I am using third party stylus and in my every brush both ends are not thinning or tapering. 1 end always remain blunt. Please provide solution if possible.
Someone please help me I can’t even draw anything it won’t let me use any brush what do i do
Thank you so much for this!!! My issue was sticky brushes, but it wasn't just individual brushes, it was my *global* stabilization settings that got messed up somehow. When you opened up the Pressure & Smoothing menu in the first segment and I saw my stabilization was at 50% while yours was at 0% I knew I'd found my culprit. I can draw again!
Thank you so much for this comment! I've been so frustrated and given up on Procreate because my brushes didn't act like on the tutorials (even paid guides), even when I've followed the exact same settings for brushes and everything ... Now I'm finally getting rid of the sticky brushes that have been making it impossible to draw like normally
the tilt thingy changed my life. thank you
You saved me from a whole lot of tension 😭 I have such a light hand and I thought my apple pencil was defective. It works fine now! TYSM 😭
Skipping within strokes drove me nuts! Thank you!
I just tightened the tip as you said and it helped!
This deserves so much more love, I cant thank you enough, I am a beginner user and the tilt has been bothering me so much. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
You're very welcome!
This video is amazing, I struggle with drawing with my pen vertically and can only draw comfortably on a slant but couldn't figure out how to adjust the tilt in a way that worked the way I needed it to. Thank you so much ! ❤️
Glad it helped!
This is exactly what I needed! Saving this to keep using on some of my favorite brushes. This is a game changer! Thank you!
Wow thank you! Ive been having trouble with the sticky magnetic feeling! I’m so glad I watched this video
KENDIIII THANK YOU!!! you are a godsend. I love the 6B Pencil but off and on it has the tilt setting issue, and none of the recommended ways to fix it worked! (ie, turn bluetooth off and on, disconnect and reconnect your pencil, hard restart your tablet, etc)
7:05 it might have been said by someone else, but if those suggestions don’t work and if keeps on skipping, sometimes the Apple Pencil tip needs to be replaced as it wears down over time or when you drop it (I’ve had some with a small dent in the tip causing this kind of skipping). Or when using a matte screen protector, it might need to be changed when it has to many or deep scratches (or cleaned when it’s dirty).
Thank you so so much. I was unable to do anything due to tilt settings. I turned it off and this makes my procreate 100 times better for me
Thankyou for this. The sticky brushes annoy me so and it is nice to know where to go look to fix it, and the pressure curve you did simply and that is all that is needed. I myself don't need to know why when it comes to this I just need it to work. If I were more into this lets say as a job and not just doodling for fun that would be a different story. Time to go check out your other videos!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much. Very help full. Hated the tilt shade thing, now it gone. Yay
This is a LIFESAVER! I've looked through many videos and still didn't know how to fix it or what my problem even was called! (It was tilt) thank you SO much for making this video!
Glad it helped!
Sticky brush fix! Hallelujah! I didn’t even know how to describe the issue that drove me nuts on that type of brush. Thank you!
I'm so glad!
Wow - Thanks so much for posting this video! The tilt on the sketch brushes was driving me crazy. So helpful!!
Glad it helped!
Thank you! I was so confused why all my lines looked the same size!
You're welcome!!
Thank you!!!!! This helped me a lot.
OMG.. finally.. someone who actually answers the questions I needed answered. thanks for this video
Glad it was helpful!
Mine still doesn’t workk 😩 it makes this smudge effect especially over a color but then the brushes and colors work with my fingers
Is this a particular brush that isn’t working or all your brushes do this?
Can you make a quick video showing the problem on your phone and upload it to RUclips as an unlisted video? You can share the link here or send me the link in an email (colorwithkendi@gmail.com). I’ll try to figure out the issue.
Go to preferences, gesture controls, general, uncheck “painting with finger”. Then also in gesture controls under smudge, make sure “always smudge with finger” is not selected. I hope this helps you 😊✌️🎨
I’m not sure what’s wrong with my hardware but regardless of how I change the pressure curve, nothing changes the thickness of my lines no matter how hard I press. Very disheartening. I’d love some help if anyone knows how to change it. Is there a setting I’m missing outside of the curve???
Are you using an Apple Pencil? Is it pressure sensitive in other apps but not in Procreate?
Same. Could you fix it?
@@colorwithkendiyes it does with me
@@colorwithkendiI’m using an apple pen and no matter how light i press it’s still dark even changing the curve.
What a great video and I learned a lot, perhaps you could make a course on how to create brushes? I would instantly purchase it!
Maybe one day! 😊
As a beginner this is gold. You are a life saver. Thanks a millions.
Thank you for the tip on brush stability, I've been frustrated for days feeling like procreate makes me draw with a wet noodle
It really helped to adjust the pressure curve, Thanks
Thank you for the tips! I had that issue with the transparency that the slide was down and didn't notice it :D
Glad it helped!
Thank u so much! Ive been struggling with the tilt settings, and this helps me a lot :")
Happy to help!
Thank you so much, I'm still learning and your video was exactly that I needed.
Hi there! I use the 6b default pencil in procreate. I select the Comic 6 x 9.5 inch cavas. The pen works great for a one character panel. But when I use to make 4 or 5 panel scenes and Im drawing the characters smaller in size on the same Comic 6 x 9.5 canvas, the 6b pencil is too fat to draw details. Even if i slide the pencil size to smallest setting. Is there a way to change the 6b pencil size lower in the settings? Thanks!
You can change the settings in the brush engine. You can watch my video here: ruclips.net/video/HrqrmTW9P78/видео.html
Just change the min size instead of the max size. Let me know if that works!
thanks for the video! I've been struggling with the tilt settings for a while!
I just bought a new iPad 10th gen and my very first Apple Pencil usb-c. I am learning to draw with procreate! I think you have just fixed my pencil pressure sensitivity issue! Thank you!
That’s fantastic! I’m glad to hear that. Are you sure your pencil is the USB-C version? That one is not pressure sensitive.
@@colorwithkendiit is 😢 but looks like okay now after followed your tips. I am a beginner, so just do basic drawing at the moment
Muto obrigada!!! Seu vídeo me salvou, pois não sabia mais o que fazer para corrigir o problema da minha pencil.🥰🥰🥰
Thank you so much. Please help me. Very often , no matter which brush I’m using , the erase feature comes on. It’s very frustrating to be painting and all of a sudden I’m erasing!
Hello, you can change the settings of your Apple Pencil to avoid this issue.
Go to your iPad settings (not Procreate settings). Then find Apple Pencil. Then where it has Double Tap, turn the option off. Let me know if that resolves the issue.
Tysm, I had no idea the baskerville was just meant for something else, I thought I had a general problem..
Thanks for this - very helpful! Especially since i had just screwed up a texture brush trying to make it smaller. The sidebar only narrowed the brush, didn't make the actual texture smaller. At least i know how to restore it now! Any hints on how to make a halftone dot texture smaller would be greatly appreciated!
You're welcome, Katherine! In order to make the halftone dot texture smaller, you can follow these steps:
1. Duplicate the brush and then tap on the brush to open the Brush Studio.
2. Then tap on the segment called Grain.
3. Reduce the scale on the scale slider. Tap on done to save the change.
Let me know if that works!
Fantastic procreate sensitivity lessons you have. Please now do I configure my Apple Pencil to respond to very slight pressure Changes, especially most visible in Laura H . Rubin’s lines which feel like very very fluid ink that tapers so smoothly? I will be so glad if you can answer this question. L am not rich enough to buy Laura's brushes. Thanks so much.
I’m not familiar with Laura Rubin’s brushes, so I won’t be able to tell you how to create something that responds similarly.
This is a great video with very helpful tips. The video was simple and to the point which made it very easy to follow and understand. Thank you 🙏🏽
Thank you, Kari. 😃 Happy to hear that!
Thankyou really solved all my problems
i have looked everywhere for this type of tutorial thank you So much omg
You're welcome!!
Oh my gawd ♥️♥️♥️♥️thanks for this!
Very helpful! Thank you!
Saved me with the stabilization tip!!
thank you for the helpful tips.
Thanks so much, really helpful. My strokes all tend to look shaky, i am not sure if I have a shaky hand, when I draw with a pencil it’s not apparent, but no matter the brush, my strokes are shaky.
Hi Liza, if this is an issue with every brush then you’ll benefit from changing the overall Procreate settings for the Apple Pencil.
Go to the actions menu (wrench icon), then go to Prefs, then go to Pressure and Smoothing.
Play around with the first two settings until you are able to get non-shaky lines. Hope that helps!
Thank you!!! The video contains a lot of useful tips
Glad it was helpful!
Do you need Apple Pencil to get the pressure to work? Bc I have a dupe and my pressure settings don’t change my strokes
i love u keendi u really help me
thank you for the tilt settings one! even though that wasnt the issue(it might just be my pencil nip dulling) thats such an easy and useful fix!
You're welcome!
Hi there I’m having a problem with procreate settings most likely, because I even switched pens and it’s giving the same problem. So some brushes don’t adjust at all even when using the thickness and opacity sliders. The lines come out thin and pixelated or, in al the others, don’t even show at all.
Can you please send a video of your issue to my email?
Thanks for your video! I'm just starting out and am simply tracing photos, etc. to make stained glass patterns to ultimately be printed on my Cricut. Others have suggested the technical pen at 5% to make the correct line width for spaces between the pieces for soldering. My problem is that I need my line width to stay constant, no matter how hard I press, and the ends need to have no taper. Can you help with my settings? Thanks ahead of time!
Have you tried using the monoline brush in the default Calligraphy section? It has no taper and is a single width.
Hi, thank you for your video! I have a question regarding the brush settings. Very often when I download a new brush set the brush is not wirklich with my Apple Pencil but with my finger. This is soo annoying and frustrating. Do you have a tip how to solve this problem ?
Sorry for the late reply. Have you tried turning off the option to paint with your finger? I have that turned off and I haven’t noticed the issue you’re describing. You can turn it off under the Actions menu under Preferences. It’s in the gesture controls under the general segment. Hope that will work.
Kendi, You are a lifesaver indeed! but I have still a problem with brushes, I'm not getting sharp edges
Hello 👋. Have you tried increasing the canvas size? Is this happening with all brushes or just a few?
Hi, many thanks for the tutorial.
Can you help with the tip of the brush?
All of the end of the line or tip is not sharp or pointed like yours, I haven't seen any tutorial for that, all of the end of my lines are not pointy or sharp
Hello,
You're welcome.
The sharp tip of the lines depends on a few things:
1. The brush itself. Not all brushes have the ability to create such tips. It depends on the settings. Select a brush in the brush library. And then tap again on the brush in the brush library and it will open up the brush settings. Adjust the taper settings.
2. Your use of pressure. To create pointed tips, you need to reduce the pressure as you draw the end of the line. If your pressure remains the same throughout, you will not get a tip even if the brush settings are correct.
This requires some practice and brush control. As you create a line, reduce the pressure as you lift the pencil. You will get the hang of it after a few tries.
3. Your stylus - if you have an Apple Pencil, you will be able to get the most out of the pressure sensitivity and therefore you should be able to create tips if the brush settings are correct and you use varying pressure. However, with other styluses, you may not get the same results as they are not always as pressure sensitive.
In a nutshell, the taper/tip requires you to use a brush with the correct settings, a stylus that is adequately pressure sensitive and requires your use of varying pressure. Practice is essential.
Hope that helps!
Also must say I was having trouble getting my brushes to draw, but the apple pencil worked for navigation. Solution: after I tried fiddling with a bajillion settings, restarting the ipad. Sometimes you really do just need to "turn it off and back on again" as they say 😭
My canvas size was 8 x 10 like yours but my brush was still looking strange on size 100 as if it was 4 x 5 😢
Hey! 😊 thanks a lot for this video. Basically my problem is a little bit different and maybe we could find a solution for it ; so first of all I use a 2022 iPad Pro with 2nd generation pencil ,canvas settings are always at high px and 450 dpi. And my issue is when I draw something in detail and I zoom into the canvas a little bit, any brush becomes VERY pixelated, let’s say it’s really disturbing for my drawing process, I feel it’s dirty.
The second thing is that when I try to put shadows with gentle movements with a bigger brush, it leaves a mark in the beginning when I put down the brush , it leaves a mark in the way the brush pattern looks like itself. I try to do it as gentle as possible but it didn’t leaves even if I adjust the settings of the pressure. So hopefully I was able to explain it well. Thanks in advance 😊
Hello! What are the exact dimensions of your canvas? And if you could send a short video clip showing the issue along with the brush names they would be helpful. You can send me an email.
@@colorwithkendi thank you for your quick response! Sure, I’ll send you today all the informations attached.
Great vid! In the first part of the video it shows pressure, i cannot get the light sketch no latter what curve i do, it all looks extremely dark, any idea??😭
Hi Pamela, can you try again and test with the default 6B pencil and drag the center pressure curve node all the way to the bottom right hand corner? That would be the most extreme setting. If it’s still coming out dark then it’s likely some other issue and not the pressure curve. Let me know if it works.
Hello dear, Thank you for this amazing video but I need help please as it didn’t fix my issue. I can’t seem to draw with apple pen, only I can with my fingers .not sure if I messed something up in the settings as it was working fine before. Please help,
😩
Hello 👋. There are two different things you could try.
1. Go the the wrench icon and tap on Prefs. Then go to Gesture controls and then tap on General. Then turn off enable painting with fingers. Exit and go back to the canvas. Then try to use the Apple Pencil. Does that work?
2. Go to the iPad settings app. If you don’t know where that app is, just hit search and type in the word “settings”and it will come up.
In that app, find where it says Apple Pencil. Then turn on the setting that says “only draw with Apple Pencil”.
Does that work?
THANK YOU. The tilt thing was driving me BONKERS!
Hi, I am having big trouble with the smudge brush it’s doing its own thing. When I go to smudge something it’ll start doing it and then it starts to Erase itself. Simply driving me insane. Have you got a video to show how to fix this? Or have you got a smudge brush that I can purchase and if you have, can you please show me the link to the smudge brush
Hi Jenny, can you send me an email with a short video attachment of the issue?
And also, can you let me know the name of the brush you are trying to smudge with?
Not all brushes smudge well. Have you tried smudging with the Procreate default brush called Soft Brush (it’s under the Airbrushing section in the Smudge Brush Library). Does that brush also not work?
My email address is colorwithkendi@gmail.com .
Hi I’m still stumped! I keep having to hold down when drawing to have the lines come out when drawing. It’s not a issue for most of my lines but mercury for example is making me press down on my tablet when using my apple pen and when I do it just comes out a big line and I don’t want to deal with it. How do I make it where I can draw easily with out pressing hard? Sorry if i word it bad I don’t know how to explain this.
Can you make a short video clip of the issue and link it here? That will help me understand the issue better.
Omg thank you so much i struggles with this 😢
Thank you 🎉
Hi! None of the changes I made to the pressure curve changed my pen strokes. I even made it more extreme in all of the directions and there was no difference in the line my pen would draw. Is there another setting I might be missing?
Are you using an Apple Pencil? Or another stylus?
My eraser dont erase full when i light pressure .. can i fix it with the same pressure settings u told ?
Is the eraser brush opaque? If not, then it won’t erase fully.
Hi, thank you for the tips you shared! I have learned a lot. But my brush behaviour issue hasn’t been mentioned. My brush strokes have abilities to undo themselves while I’m still working. I am trying to draw a oval or circle and before I managed to close the curve and hold to activate the menu, my strokes started going backwards and become as a line instead of curves 😢, or make a curve but not closed up. Like a half oval . I don’t know what I have changed in my settings to get this issue and if you know how I can fix it, I will be grateful ❤
Hi Dani, there are two things that came to mind when I read your comment. 1) You might be inadvertently invoking the QuickShape feature in Procreate. If you make a line or curve and hold it (even inadvertently), it invokes the QuickShape command automatically and that can make your strokes look really different from what you had made. You can try turning off QuickShape and see if your issue resolves. I'll explain that in the next reply.
To turn off QuickShape, complete the following steps. Open the Actions Menu (wrench icon), and then go to Prefs. Select Gesture Controls. On the left, find where it says QuickShape and tap on it. Then turn it off. You might have it turned on as Draw and Hold. See if turning that off helps.
The other thing I thought of was 2) the connection between fabric and the screen. Sometimes, when I wear a sleeve with soft fabric and if it brushes up against the screen while I paint, the strokes look funny and not as intended. Try to push the sleeve of your shirt up so it can't touch the iPad screen when you paint. Let me know if any of the two solutions worked. :) Hope that helps!
Hey, I am really new to your Channel, just checked here for a solution to a problem i have had for a bit now. I have a Normal Apple Pencil 2. Gen and i didn't had any issues with it until maybe 4 months ago. My issue here is that it constantly seems to 'think' that i dont tilt my Pencil at all but I do and the Brushes dont seem to detect it. And the Tilt settings are normal and should work. I even tested it, if it works on m, Notes app because the Pencil tool should detect Tilt too but nothing. So i have the Opposite problem to the one you resolved. Does anyone knows a fix...?
A lil side note, I have changed my Nips a few times. But even when i use the default tip; Nothing.
I have a question! I can’t have the app pressure sensitivity on default because you can hardly see a mark no matter how hard I press. I have to really crank up the curve to see my marks. But when I do that my brushes don’t respond to pressure :(. Do you have any suggestions? Hopefully that makes sense haha.
Can you send me a photo of your current pressure curve? You can email me.
Thank u, it really helps me🎉🎉🎉
do you need to do stabilization with all the brushes? or is there a setting we might be able to change, I feel most of the default are like that, maybe not to that extent shown on video but they do have some stickiness to them
As far as I know, there is a setting under the actions menu (the wrench icon) under preferences called Pressure and Smoothing and you can only increase overall stabilization there, not decrease it.
So there is no way to decrease the stickiness of all brushes in one go.
You’ll need to change the stabilization of each brush individually if you want to remove/decrease the stickiness.
Hi! why is my pencil not pressure sensitive? For the default “script” brush, im pressing hard but it’s not becoming thick, just same size when I don’t press too hard (only the opacity changes)
Which model do you have? The USB-C Apple Pencil is not pressure sensitive.
How do u make de pressure more natural?
Adjust and experiment until it feels right to you.
May I ask where you got the grip for you Apple Pencil?
I got it from Amazon - it’s from a brand called Uppr.
Hello! I have a quick question. I recently got around to buying a 2nd gen apple pencil. Today I connected it and tried it out in procreate. I noticed that no matter which brush I selected(at 100% size), it was displaying as a thin line. I would have to set the pressure to 0 under apple pencil. Have you ever heard of this happening?
So sorry - I haven’t heard of anything like this. Do you have any other app that you can test the Apple Pencil in? Like GoodNotes or Notability or another art app? That way you can figure out if the issue is with the Apple Pencil itself or if it is an issue with Procreate.
My brush is transparent and the slider is completely up and when I use my finger it’s normal I can’t find out what’s wrong (tips wanted x] )
Seems like it could be a stylus issue. Is it an Apple Pencil? Does it work as expected in other programs such as Good Notes?
I've been experimenting with stamp brushes. I can't figure out why when the stamp is soon much harder to see than when it is big. It seems the stroke fades? Any suggestions on what setting I need to change in order to keep the visibility the same at all sizes of the stamp brush?
Check the fall off setting in the brush settings. If it’s on, turn it off. To get to that setting, just tap on the brush to open the Brush Engine and you’ll see it in the first category at the bottom.
@@colorwithkendi I gave it a shot. Turned the fall off all the way down, then back up. No change on either setting. The stamp, a simple circle, still gets lighter the smaller the size selected. I'm wondering if I have to just make a new brush for each size of a circle I need?
Seems like something if off in one of your brush settings - probably related to color or opacity.
You should be able to change the size of the stamp without it getting lighter.
It’s hard for me to tell you what setting it could be without looking at the brush settings. You could email me the brush and I could take a look. My email is on my website.
@@colorwithkendi thank you! Email sent.
Hi! I still kinda having a trouble with the pressure thingy, I've adjust like what you said, buy it's still not working, is it because the pen I use is Bluetooth pen? I don't understand, but I'll be happy if you caj help me :")
Sometimes things don’t work with a third party stylus. For best results, I would recommend an Apple Pencil .
im struggling with trying to fix the “sticky” brush. Did exactly what you said on a different brush and it didnt work
Were you able to fix the issue? If not, send me an email with the brush and I can take a look at the settings.
hey! wondering if you could help: i have the brush opacity problem, but it isnt because of the opacity slider being set wrong! the brush is normal when im using my finger, but no matter how much pen pressure i put, my apple pen shows it as semi-transparent. whats the issue?
Sorry for the late reply. Did you find a fix for this? If not, send me the brush (my email is on my website) and I will take a look at the brush settings. Seems like there is some setting that might be causing this.
What Apple Pencil are you using? And what I-Pad?
I have a second generation Apple Pencil and my iPad is an iPad Pro from 2021.
Thank you. Huge help
You're welcome!
I have a problem in sticky brush, and I tried what you’ve done on your video but sadly nothings change in my brush 😢 would you please help me.
Is this happening to all brushes or just one particular brush? Let me know and I can tell you what it could be depending on your answer.
i have a problem with then painting brush that is the square shape, i wanted to create a sharp line but the end kept doing curve
Is it a Procreate default brush? What’s the name?
My pencil pro has a problem. I don't see the black color on a white background, or very transparant through only ticking with the pencil. But when I used my finger its blacker than black? Last week I buy the apple Ipad air 13 inch and the apple pencil pro for the first time. Please can you help me?
I would suggest contacting Apple Support. I don’t have any experience with the Apple Pencil Pro. I use the second gen version.
@colorwithkendi yes I did that and now it works. I had to restart the I-pad and then the pencil works. Thank you
Ria, I have tried everything from your video, I even was told to by a real Apple Pencil, but I still can’t find out why the pressure doesn’t work!!!!
What model is your Apple Pencil?
I tried fixing the Sticky Brush problem and it didn’t work:( it works on the preview brush test panel, but not on the main canvas. Is there like a main override option?
Turn stabilization off under Pressure and Smoothing. To get there, go to the wrench icon and tap on Prefs and then go go Pressure and Smoothing.
My studio pen is very thick when I use it, the slider is at the very bottom, how do I thin out the brush please?
You can watch my video on how to reduce the maximum size of a brush: ruclips.net/video/HrqrmTW9P78/видео.html
Instead of increasing the size, just decrease it.
I know this isn’t really the topic under this vid, but I need an immediate help with finding my lost brush of my own on Procreate, I don’t know where
Do I find the recently deleted folder to recover it if it’s even possible, any suggests?
Hello. From my understanding, it's not possible to recover lost brushes once they have been deleted.
Lost Procreate files can be recovered if you have them automatically backed up on iCloud but I don't think that applies to brushes. I could be wrong, but I haven't seen a way to recover lost brushes.
Do you know what to do if the brush is not in the size I set it too?
Can you please elaborate? Are you setting it to a specific size and then does it change when you zoom in?
@colorwithkendi @colorwithkendi Actually, when I try to draw, it always appears thin. No matter how much I try to set the size or opacity, even when I zoom in and out, it still does it. I tried the settings and used the pressure grid, but nothing works. It works well when I use my fingers, but not my pen.
@colorwithkendi My apologies for the delay, but after some research. I found out that the bruches don't respond to my apple pencil. I needed to change up the brush settings, so i can use my pen. Before finding out about this, it didn't matter if I zoomed in or out or even adjusted the pressure grid. It still didn't draw. I also checked the pencil tip, thinking it needed to be replaced, but that wasn't it either.
I got my 2nd gen today and it works all well and good, but I don’t understand why it’s not really working with procreate, despite me changing the settings, the pressure setting doesn’t seem to work I don’t think and the tilt doesn’t work that much and I’m super confused,, you can’t even see the brush strokes unless I change the settings of each brush, maybe I’m just being dumb cause I have no idea what I should be doing💀
Just to confirm, it is indeed the second generation and not the new USB-C Apple Pencil which was released last year?
Hi, when I outline my drawings and I want to extend my canvas the size of my pen line changes. It never happened before. I understand it has to change in a certain way but it’s supposed to stay true size with what I’m doing? Please help!
I’m not sure I fully understand. Can you film a short video on your phone to show me? You can email me.
Thank you for helping me 😊solve my problem 😅.
Happy to help!
Okay I have a question does it depend on the ipad pencil I use because nothing is working with me
I don’t have experience with styluses other than the Apple Pencil, but I’ve heard that using other styluses can cause unexpected results.
@@colorwithkendi okay thank you for responding ❤️
Is my pen broken ? Using basic brushes like round painting brush etc I can’t get the pressure sensitivity to work right, the line comes out as the same thickness/darkness whether I press lightly or hard no matter how I adjust my pressure graph - also tried individual brush settings.. and I tried changing the tip
Do you have an Apple Pencil or another stylus? Sounds like there is an issue with the stylus itself and that’s why Procreate isn’t able to sense the changes in pressure.
Have you tried using your stylus in any other drawing program like Photoshop on the iPad? Do you still have this issue in those programs? If you do, then it seems like you will need to get the stylus fixed.
Yeah, thank you. The Stabilization is annoying.
Do you know why my brush set icon is not blue?
when im using a brush i dont know in what set it belongs, because the set icon is not highlighted (blue)
I haven’t come across that issue before. Perhaps contact Procreate support .
How do I colour something in and maintain the same colour no matter how many times I lift my brush? Every time I try to shade (with any brush) and I go over what I coloured before it makes it darker in some areas and I don’t want this - please help! Many thanks
Seems like it’s the brush settings. Many brushes are meant to have an overlap effect. Does this happen when you use the Monoline brush as well? It’s a default brush in the calligraphy section.
@@colorwithkendi thanks for getting back to me, i also meant to say how great this video is and that ive subscribed for more!
I am only using default brushes at the moment, mainly the rounded head brush and im finding it a bit troublesome when it comes to shading and colouring. Ive looked into preferences and settings for it but i cant see to figure out how i can achieve a single tone colouring-in tool.
I would HUGELY appreciate your help with this and many thanks again!
I’m not familiar with the rounded head brush. Which section is that under? Many of the default brushes have the overlap effect. The only one I know that for sure doesn’t have that is the monoline brush under Calligraphy. The overlap effect can be due to many different settings so it’s hard for me to tell you exactly how to change it. It varies from brush to brush.
@@colorwithkendi sorry I mean round brush, it’s the first brush under painting. The monoline brush under calligraphy has overlap when I tone down the opacity. I’d be really surprised if there wasn’t a quick fix or solution to this as it’s a very simple request so I’ll keep looking but thanks for your insight anyway!
Are you using a lower opacity setting for all your brushes? Lowering the opacity of any brush will definitely result in the overlap effect. Even for a normally opaque brush like the monoline brush, lowered opacity results in a semi-transparent stroke.
If you want a completely opaque color fill, you can create an outline of your shape with the monoline brush at full opacity and make sure to close the outline so there are no gaps. Then use the color drop function to fill the outlined shape with a solid color.
Kendo I have a big problem it will not let me draw a circle it goes back to the starting point it’s like the line moves after I draw it
Does this happen with all brushes? Or only certain ones?
When you draw the circle, are you holding the pencil in place after you're done drawing it? That might be invoking the QuickShape function. Usually it works as intended and will create a perfect circle, but maybe it's not working correctly.
You can try turning off the QuickShape function and see if that helps. Go to the wrench icon and tap on Prefs and go to gesture controls and turn off the QuickShape function (turn off draw and hold).
Let me know if that works!