I would love see your practice & hear what you learned in this tutorial! will be more difficult to trace than a black and white image. Photographic images with shadows, colors, gradients, etc. All images will vary in how they trace and what steps or adjustments will be needed. All Images Will VaryĪnd if you are still with me reading, one final tip on tracing. I drew them, they are mine, and I can give you permission to use those files. This is why I provided my own files to you to use for practice. It does not matter if it’s for personal use or commercial use. All other images are subject to copyright or trademark and you would need to research the image itself to find out if you can legally use it. If an image is in public domain, then it is free to use. They have an owner and obtaining the rights to use the images is your responsibility. Just because you can download images from the internet, does not give you the rights to trace and use those designs. This post will cover the basics and there are links to more advanced tutorials at the bottom so be sure to.
I’m here to show you how to use Procreate. I don’t know about you but learning new technology can be tricky and take some time.
Now, this is the one that most users do not want to hear and many may stop reading here, but it is just an important as all the rest. The Procreate app for the iPad Pro is an amazing drawing app that has taken my designs to the next level. Let’s Explore v4 – Edit Points Ownership & Rights Check out more information on Edit Points and how they can help you in your Silhouette creations HERE Working with Edit Points is a great tool to have in your tool box. Red cut lines are around the outer edge of the png file. The easiest thing to do is to turn it off under the Preference > Import tab.īut, for this tutorial, it should work for all users if you are in v4.4. If you have experienced either one of these when opening png files, it could be because of Autotrace. These included png files opening up larger than the actual design size and because of this being very data heavy so they take longer to process or can crash the software. It has been improved and in later versions there are different “bugs”.
In early versions of v4.4, the software could crash when a png file was opened as it was too data heavy. Procreate Pocket Intro for Beginners (YouTube) This YouTube tutorial will show you all the ins and outs of the Procreate Pocket app. Now, the first thing to note about this feature is that there are still some “bugs” in it. If you bought the Pocket version of Procreate, use these tutorials to learn how to use the mobile apps. This is a feature that will automatically trace any transparent png file that is opened. Animated gifs are all over the web and you. You can even grab the attached assets and work through it on your own to get a match. While it might seem complicated at first, this style is just a series of steps with images adjustments. 2 Ways to Trace a PNG file in Silhouette Studio Autotrace FeatureĪutotrace is a new feature introduced in the v4.4 software starting in v4.4.247. Using a set of screen-captures from the app, this tutorial in the Procreate Folio shows you how to create a limited color lino cut.