Animating with Adobe Fresco vs Procreate Dreams: My Preference Explained

In this video, I'm pitting Adobe Fresco's motions tools against a full on animation app, Procreate Dreams from the perspective of a professional illustrator. 🥊 I’ll break down why I still prefer Adobe Fresco for my motion graphics needs, even though Procreate Dreams is an animation powerhouse.

We’ll explore:

• The key differences between Adobe Fresco and Procreate Dreams
• How Fresco’s motion tools stack up against Procreate’s animation features
• Real-life examples of how I use these tools in my illustrations

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[TenHundred]

I think I am gonna use Procreate Dreams so that I can animate directly on top of footage from my YouTube videos, and then use fresco for most other art/animation things

[zendragon]

Fresco is going to be the only app I miss from Adobe. It’s got some really cool features. Hopefully a lot of artists cancel and Adobe updates their terms of service to remove their theft of our art.

[kyletwebster]

When you did the "because I love you <blink, blink>" bit, I laughed out loud. Excellent.

[PewDieCkes]

We love you Chris! I appreciate your videos, and funny inserts with your double, also the letter graphics on your videos are SUPERB!
Thank you 🙏🏽

[kittykablam]

Adobe has completely lost me with their latest update. Just cancelled my subscription and deleted their apps off all my devices.

[ClarePatrick-Creative]

I've signed up for Skillshare and looking forward to doing your courses. 😀 I've been using Procreate for a few years, although I do have Adobe Fresco. I got it because of the vector brushes, but I haven't really tried it out properly yet. (You get stuck in your comfort zone.) Now I have a good excuse to jump over and give it a whirl as I really want to start animating my illustrations.

[jc-aguilar]

I also cancelled my Adobe subscription yesterday. I was considering it giving them the benefit of the doubt but after Brad Colbow’s video where he explains how Adobe changed their terms of service for their stock service program to grant them permission retroactively to use it for their AI, I was like what? So, now, I’m like nope, I’m out 😡. Also, Kyle T Webster resignation is another nail in the coffin for me.

[zebra]

Started using fresco cause of u couple months ago but after the last update its bye bye😂 my work isnt going to be used for AI so im jobless in the future

[SatChps]

In my opinion, both are equally AMAZING, it depends on what software is more sutable for your needs, like brushes, lineart, etc

[davidanieland]

Fresco? But what are your thoughts on Procreate? What about Procreate Dreams? Heard of them? HEARD OF 'EM??

(But seriously, thanks for occasionally revisiting the topic)

[Peejbayou]

I literally just started using fresco. The live oil brushes alone make that app just so wonderful. But I think its back to procreate for the time being.

[x_cromosomes]

Your channel has help em get started with digital drawing. Thank you !. Wanted to ask you if you had had the chance to look into Blender Grease Pencil, or what is your opinion about it. Cheers

[dplj]

Fresco reminds me of deluxepaint animation features. kind of like animate using microsoft powerpoint. Moving pieces on static background. But then again, I us whatever tool does what I need at the time. Phillips, flathead or torque, etc.

[p]

Hi Chris, i really love your videos which inspired me to start creating again. I love using fresco and felt like i had found my favourite medium to draw my characters and add motion. But now with the Adobe TOS situation i am literally scared to use the app anymore. Really gutted! Don't understand why adobe treat artists like dirt on their shoes! They seem to really despise artists, and want to kill art completely. Ive paid for and used adobe software for about 20 years, and then they do this. I just cant believe what is happening.

[gameboy]

I quickly fell in love with my workflow in Fresco. With Procreate Dreams, I feel like I have to think four steps ahead. The whole recent Adobe fiasco did make me realize I'm paying too much for the plan I was on, so I canceled it. But I'm looking into hopping back into a cheaper Fresco plan since it was mainly all I used from Adobe after a while.

[itsalexclark]

Not sure if you’ve heard of toonsquid but based on what I’ve seen of you say in this video i think you would love toonsquid. (Note: i didn’t watch the whole video at time of writing this comment)

[Slacked]

do you know how to disable the AI training within Fresco? is that an option? Id love to see a video about how you mitigate the risk of your work being stolen/trained on by AI. Thank you for this video!! I'm a professional designer and i honestly can't see entire agencies/studios/in-house teams moving away from Adobe. Its just too integrated into not only the design workflow but also integrated with the other teams (editing/animation/etc). But for my personal work, i'd like to do everything i can to protect my own ideas.

[instahamx]

Adobe Fresco is amazing, thanks for this great breakdown 🙌💖

[redoxsignalisierung]

Bravo!!!! 🤩✌️
I'm looking forward to my iPad Pro and Fresco and exactly these kinds of animations! Thanks for your entertaining and well made videos! 🤗

[atharv]

I would rather engage in traditional hand-drawing than use Adobe Fresco. I have concerns about inadvertently contributing to the use of artistic creations for training artificial intelligence without proper credit or compensation to the original artists.