Procreate Dreams Tutorial | Beginners' Quick-Start Guide

00:00:00 Procreate Dreams Tutorial
00:00:19 What You'll Create
00:00:41 Getting Started
00:03:15 Create a New Movie
00:06:38 Procreate Dreams Feature Tour
00:09:28 How the Animation Frame Works
00:10:17 Frame by Frame Animation Tutorial
00:11:47 How the Record Button Works
00:14:11 How to Group Frames in Procreate Dreams
00:15:25 How to Animate Over Video
00:17:15 Create a Neon Glow
00:20:44 Using Blending Modes in Procreate Dreams
00:23:29 Adding Text in Procreate Dreams
00:26:57 Final Skate Ad
00:27:11 Final Thoughts

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[Envato_Tom]

Thanks to everyone that let me know how to use the colour picker! It seems I'm running an old version of OG Procreate so I missed that nifty little feature that has pulled over into Dreams. Huge news! ❤️❤️❤️

[DenisRyan]

The "colour picker" you seem to be describing is actually a very versatile context sensitive menu that you can customize. To easy colour pick in both Procreate and Dreams, press and hold on the screen with one finger. The colour you're pressing on will appear in a magnified bubble, and you can move your finger to find the the exact colour you're looking for. Note: In Dreams, you appear to need to be in the Draw feature for this to work.

[nightingblow]

They should add hold option like when you draw circle and hold a little long for prefect circle like “ procreate “

[TerraEmperor]

Can't wait to give this a try. I've attempted to learn other animation apps in the past with little success. The learning curve on this doesn't seem bad at all

[BenMode]

It’s the BOING for me.
It’s the BOING that made me sub.
Good job, Sir!

[livainwillow]

i have avoided using the app due to my confusion, thank you for explaining the app so straight forward :)

[christophertilstra]

Three finger swipe left-right and up-down in the timeline will give you the finer control you’re looking for, I believe. You can zoom on either axis individually instead of both like when pinch zooming, and it’s much easier to make sure you’ve got content starting on the correct frame.

[juliesettle]

Thank you for posting this great introduction to Procreate Dreams.

[kidfromforeign]

Thanks a lot, you’ve cleared up some confusion that I had. I’m hoping that they bring back the perfect circle and line feature. I got so accustomed to just holding do the pen to create a perfect line or shape 😂

[dennisvanmierlo]

16:00 I noticed the issue with Mov files that frames randomly are not rendered, resulting in black video frames while drawings are still visible.
The solution I found is first exporting a video from the Photos app - using the Share button -to disk with the option Most Compatible. Then import the exported video into Procreate Dreams. Now the video is rendered completely without any issues.
I hope they fix this bug soon.

[crestal]

i just downloaded it and so excited to play around it

[pineapplexpress]

Loved this, very insightful. Need more video edits with procreate dreams

[Ava-swzh]

hi ! is it possible to buy it and use it for photo animation ? For example, i'm not fan of after effects (i prefer to work on my iPad)and i do stop motion and photo animation. I want to know if dreams is similar to after effects ? Thanks :)

[bochla]

9:02 to color pick just long press on the color you would like to use

[dubznroses]

You can snap text by holding down one finger

[RJ_Eckie]

As for motion design, there are two functions under the Move menu called Warp and Distort that seem pretty powerful! (Keyframe animation)

I think they made a fantastic effort with Dreams, but the workflow has been quite frustrating for me so far. There are a lot of basic UI functions that are absent (keyframe copying, looping, curves editing, duplicating several clips at a time, moving several clips at a time(!), etc) or ambiguous (grabbing a clip versus extending its boundaries, precise moving, knowing what frame you are on exactly.) I think I may just put it down for a few months and see what updates come in as it just doesn't really feel workable to me at this point. Frame by frame animation does feel a lot more user friendly, but there too some very fundamental tools are missing (auto-shapes, lasso select, layer masking.)

A good start is clearly there, but still a bit of a disappointment from my side. Hoping for a more robust UI in the future!

[SheikAshii]

Question. Can you record a brush stroke like Final Cut Pro for iPad? It would be nice to be able to draw something once like a line and press play to watch the line get replayed

[beautai]

i cant figure out how to animate over video....when i scrub forward and back the video layer blacks out argh, i wanna do this!

[clarewillison]

Did you zoom in as far as possible for finer detail editing using 3 finger drag (down or up, I’ve forgotten which enlarges timeline view)?

[Topdoginuk]

Thank you for this first video. I'm brand new to Procreate Dreams.
The explanations were a bit too fast for me so, I had to keep rewinding! But, I appreciate that's just my being a newbie.
What I'm after with this Dreams is, if you think of the animated version of 'The Snowman' by Raymond Briggs, I want to create something similar that I can add text within the scenes, so that it can be watched and read by deaf people too. I know it's a tall order to get to such a level but, it's where I intend to try. I'll use the motion function within Dreams a lot and, import layered scenes to use and animate.
I do wonder how I could add audio voicings to the whole created animation though. Any help on any aspect of what I'd like to do, would be very welcome