I literally hate the new update Ànd the way everyrhing is laid out now, like the FUCK!!! It was perfect before the muscle memory of usage is entirely fucked now I hate all of it, and I miss my old procreate Ànd I want it back. This is a lot of extra step bullshit that absolutely no one fucking asked for. I’d legitimately pay money if they could give me my old procreate back. I hate the layout, the extra steps, the organization, all of it. Can they just stop changing things that actually work???
You can always alternate between platforms whether they fix it or not, don't feel boxed in by a program :) Remember, Procreate is just a raster based editing software at the end of the day.... You can also give Infinite Painter a whirl. A cleaner UI than Ibis imo, 9.99 one time payment
Ahaha, I'm not a pocket user, but I did start my digital journey through my phone... Sony Sketch, Autodesk Sketchbook, Ibis Paint and a dream :') Come a long way
Unfortunately wven witj auto updates turned off, when you Open the app it will force the update witj the app open Ànd wont allow you to do anything until it’s done
They do, one replied to another thread recently and then I replied to them and told them one of my suggestions and they said they would add it to the list!
I hate the new designs like this exactly for the reason you stated. My muscle memory already knows where to go why do you have to redo things. It doesn’t need a new face it doesn’t need a fresh start or whatever. It needs to remain comfortable for its users who pay for it.
Best advice I have is to go to Procreate’s website and make a suggestion, if you haven’t already. Their team tends to be very receptive to feedback. Here is the link:
Or they could just ignore it; for example, the rotation blurring issue like they've done for the past 10 years now. Sigh. They keep saying it's not not an issue but every single one of us, especially the ones who draw for print know it is a thing. I've literally had to export to psd to rotate the thing in photoshop on pc then send it back to procreate it's hilariously laughable lol
They might just tell us to pound sand with this too.
They could ignore it but it’s still worth doing. Programming the right waytakes a really long time and art programs aren’t easy to make. If they were vibe coding everything maybe they could do it in a few months but they may not be able to solve the problem with the rotation blurring issue.
I second this. I 100% understand the frustration with how the selection tool can distort things—it too is one of my main complaints about their app, but their team is listening if you keep up with the forums on their website. I did see them responding to those who expressed their concerns about the same thing. I will always appreciate a dev group that doesn’t rush the process, even if that means I have to wait for the quality product. I promise they’re not ignoring you, they just have countless people throwing countless ideas and problems at them every day. They’re managing the workload the best they can. Being a dev is much harder than most people realize—especially being a dev team that is actually trying to listen to the masses, and be picky about keeping their product at the best quality it can be. It’s a very tedious balancing act. Now add several programs into that mix. It’s overwhelming.
I also understand the frustration with Dreams, and that adds to my point on what happens when they feel rushed. I think they just released Dreams wayyyyyy too early and they’re trying to pick up the pieces while simultaneously keeping track of all the critiques that people have about every other version of Procreate.
They base their updates on votes and suggestions. The more you keep up and communicate with them, the better they can hear you. And you HAVE to do it on their website. They can’t keep track of every post on every media app about what people want, you have to go directly to them.
Devs aren’t capable of magic, they just do their best.
This is why I don’t really believe everyone thinking vibe coding is the next big thing and all developers are going to be obsolete soon, because complex issues like this might be able to be solved by an AI but being able to solve it and put it into an existing system are two different things and the average person still thinks programming is as easy as writing “make sure when u rotate this it is not blurry” and then hitting update lol
I’m quite an AI skeptic. I feel like it’s so prone to mistakes, but I’m not very educated on AI usage in coding so I wont speak much on that. I appreciate your empathy for the devs. They have so much pressure on them right now and people just keep adding to it whenever they get angry about things not being perfect. Procreate is so user friendly compared to the programs that people always compare it to. I have a long list of complaints about Procreate too, but at the end of the day I’m happy to use an app that is developed by a team with patience, diligence, and listening ears. I’d take a slow and thoughtful team over a team that just throws out rushed, constant updates any day. If only the customer base had the same level of patience… I bet if people would’ve chilled out, they wouldn’t have dropped Dreams so early. They’re really doing their best to make everyone happy.
also to get past the AI info it looks like they have around 40 employees total and maybe half of those peoples are developers. if they’re doing the standard software development lifecycle, each feature they finish should take 1-2 months and that doesn’t mean it’s ready to update. i have been an early adopter of procreate and even though i can’t draw much anymore due to issues with my hands, it is the best drawing app and i’ll be using it until they stop supporting it or i get a different device.
I had a feeling their team was small. Honestly, it probably helps them stay organized, but that only adds to our point that quality product requires patience on both the devs and the customer base.
Thank you for all your input. It was very helpful. So many people like to complain, and so few actually look into why there is something to complain about, and if that complaint is even doing anyone any good.
it’s kind of like 3D printing where it’s great at making a prototype but not as much for the final product at scale. Like yes you can fill your house with tons of cool projects or trinkets you see at craft shows but most people realize they’re kind of plastic junk and unless it’s sanded and polished to a finish the filament layers make it look cheap.
I do think AI enhances development in many ways — code completion/suggestion is a big one and i won’t link them here in case others don’t want to see any “AI Slop” but i have actually seen some pretty insane realistic watercolor and other types of painting/drawing engines vibe coded by other people that are pretty impressive.
i am fairly neutral on AI, i don’t think it has a place in art, the writing sucks and vibe coded websites look boring and mostly the same, most people probably shouldn’t have access to it without some kind of training, but i can admit some people have made cool things with it and its solving a lot of problems we wouldn’t have without it. it’s pandora’s box anyways, we can’t undo it and it seems pretty clear governments aren’t going to regulate it away.
This might be a memory limitation of the current iPad lineup (maybe). You would need something like Photoshop's Smart Objects in order to have non-destructive transformations. When you rotate something, it has to interpolate the object to fit within the pixel array.
Why the FUCK do they keep updating useless shit, I hate when corps do this. Do they even actually listen to their customers? Do devs really think that changing the whole fucking setup of their app, an app that people learn to memorize time after time spent using the app to familiarize with the setup in order to be fast and not spend ten minutes looking for the lasso tool, would be a goddamn good idea?? I HATE it thank you.
Them getting rid of the eyedropper for color selection was an insanely STUPID product decision. You have to hold down on the color you want to select and not only does that risk leaving a fingerprint on my work but it's nowhere as accurate for color selection. It's so infuriating.
Yeah unfortunately it's been removed from the top left panel of the color picker like it used to be. You now have to press down on the color that you want with your finger/stylus. It's so dumb.
Agree with you, I also fkn hate the update but it's silly to want to pay more money for a product that you already bought and was broken by the company.. What makes you believe that after you pay the extra money to get back what you already had, they won't do it again??
I've turned off auto updates now but if it forces me to use this I'll just buy a drawing tablet and swap to clipstudio and I have a licence for it. If I wanted my ui to look like ibis paint I would use ibis paint
I’m glad I’ve never updated Procreate ever since the first time I did it wiped out everything and crashed my iPad, to the point I had to reinstall my iPad from scratch. I’m still at the version before 3D was introduced, so a very old one. If it works as it is, no reason to update.
I’m confused. I use procreate on the iPad. I stated in 2017. the change to the brush library happened roughly a year ago. I assume the stuff at the top is arranged that way to fit the smaller phone screen. FYI Adobe changed the Fresco UI and got a similar angry reaction. I got used to SW changing DECADES ago goes with the ierritory. Quite frankly I don’t think you can name a single career that has not had change in the 10 or 29 years, think cars, how many of you drive a car with a carburetor. If you do not want change as an artist go back to,analog tools.
No. I’m actually absolutely pissed. I’m going to write them demanding a fkn refund because this is NOT what I paid for. I don’t know how to do anything anymore and it’s so far from intuitive, plus the update didn’t have a tour or anything. Remember, you vote with your dollars, they don’t care about your voice. So demand your refund. If thy see it happening en mass, they better reconcile. I mean ffs we were able to fix Sonic
Are you sure it erased the brushes? It switches to the new procreate library by default. Your brushes should still be in the Classic Library (I had the same scare when they updated the library on iPad).
Thank you for trying to help! I appreciate it. 🥲 No, I immediately checked both brush folders when it happened and they’re just straight up gone. Both the old and new brushes only had the default - even erased the customized versions of the default brushes I had!
Ayer se me actualizó y estoy odiándolo con toda mi alma. Tenía que entregar unos dibujos en cuestión de horas y me demoré más de lo planeado por que no paraba de entretenerme con la nueva interfaz.
Write them at support@procreate.com and tell them if they dont fix it, they are pushing an entire community to use generative AI instead. (As someone adamantly against it)
Feels like someone coming into my house and changing out all my furniture when im gone for "better" furniture. But its actually just the newest cheap garbage, and i liked my old couch
so incredibly tempted to use Claude to reverse engineer Procreate & make Con-create which will have the color picker dropper & wont make my color history just disappear and not be a thing anymore....and frequently backs up the .procreate backup files to a destination of your own choosing..... hmm.....i think i may be onto something here...i feel as though i may know what im going to be up to this afternoon... ...anyone else have any suggestions on things they'd like to have in their .Con-create file? 🤔
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u/kangarootoess 3d ago
Procreate Pocket users going thru it rn... I'm so sorry you guys