Leave a Review Procreate Dreams
Amazing app but flawed (at the moment)
This app has some absolutely game-changing features but due to it only just having been released, is still a bit glitchy and lacks out on some features that we have come to know and love on Procreate. At the moment the app seems to keep crashing on me, and I’ve found that the reliance on gestures to redo/undo quite annoying as someone who is used to having the physical buttons on hand, as well as the lack of reference window for multitasking. Though, I’m sure these features will all be added in future updates, and I’m looking forward to how much better this app can get!!! Definitely worth the one time purchaseShow lessjoemama1010101
A good first step, but far from expectations
I am an illustrator and a traditional 2D artist, so the reveal of Dreams was an extraordinary feeling, I quite enjoy using procreate and consider it one of my favourite pieces of software, so to see you working on an app that quite heavily caters to my speciality was cause for celebration, though now I believe I should’ve displayed a little more caution.
One of the many things I enjoy about procreate is its brush functionality, the control and extra features built in (Such as the ruler), so to see many of those features missing in dreams was quite disappointing, on another hand as a British animator, we work at 25 FPS here, so to see that we are unable to set a custom fps excludes quite a large demographic here. Finally, and this is just an extra, I do wish that there was more parity between Dreams and Procreate, I’ve transferred my brushes manually though it would be nice if they shared their own library so I could adjust my pen between workstations, something to consider for the future I suppose.
All in all, though I am sad to see all the features I loved in procreate missing I will still use the app from time to time but will likely stick to using desktop apps such as Toonboom and TVpaint, I happily await to see what you will do with this app moving forward and hope to have a much better experience then. Thank you for all your work.Show lessKilla Wub
Developer Response
Hi Killa Wub - Procreate Dreams will continue improving! Our work hasn't finished with release version, it is just starting! For this reason, we invite you to share with us your suggestion through our site https://folio.procreate.com/discussions/3. Thanks for your support! 🩷Feels like Early Access
Procreate Dreams doesn’t feel like a feature-complete application. It’s lacking in features from Procreate itself, such as quick shape, bloom, and optional notches for the side bar. It’s also lacking in gestures from Procreate, like multi finger slide for quick menu popups, and the ability to quickly merge multiple layers. It ALSO has poor design for what should be easy functions. You cannot, for example, set a live filter across multiple unique drawings in a sequence… which kind of defeats the purpose in many comp situations.
Even ignoring those, there’s strange design decisions in general. The implementation for the ability to add brushes is the jankiest I’ve ever seen (literally dragging them from Procreate to Dreams), with zero way to modify them once they’re in Dreams. And then there’s the undo/redo buttons… or lack thereof. You are forced to use double-tap and triple-tap respectively, with no option to enable buttons in the settings. So much for accessibility.
As I said, it feels more like early access than something ready for your projects. The base of Dreams is strong: The UI/UX is elegantly designed, the capability for stored undo history makes edits more flexible, and the massive canvas size puts it up there with desktop applications in terms of flexibility. And yet I just can’t recommend Procreate Dreams… at least not yet. I’m sure it’ll be more developed in the future, but it just isn’t ready right now.Show lessThe Thousandth Developer
Disappointing start.
I’ll start this off by saying that as a professional artist that moved from cintiq/photoshop to Procreate/ iPad I am a big supporter of Procreate and the whole team. What the team does for the art community is incredible. However, I am mighty disappointed with the launch of Procreate dreams and it’s a program I’ve been so hyped about from the moment it was announced.
Lots of features that were assumed to be in the program are not currently there, making it in fact easier to animate in Procreate (which was already very clunky) than in a program that is supposedly meant for animation. Tools like lasso/liquify/pressure curve editor/double tap of the ipencil/no colour editing such as hue. No way to make a perfectly straight line, a feature that was a BIG part of Procreate and MANY more things tbh.
What makes me extra sad is that it feels as though this information was purposely omitted by Procreate team as well as the people that did reviews of the software prior to it’s release. Never really showing how they got from A to B in their videos and a lot of “let me load up what I did earlier”.
As it stands, this program is more useful to influencers and video editors than it is to anyone who is interested in animation. And I don’t know if this was done on purpose, but I’m just sad. I wish the team was upfront about the lack of tools and told us ahead of time that we’d need to wait for them to be implemented. This is unacceptable imo.Show lessLensproxy
Won’t export video
It’s a pretty fun and intuitive app but if I can’t export what’s the point I hope they fix this soonKaiyoriaChi
Developer Response
Hi KaiyoriaChi - Thanks for letting us know about this issue 🙏. We are currently working toward fixes for known exporting issues and hope that we can implement fixes with upcoming updates. We would recommend checking App Store regularly and making sure that you are updated to the latest version of Procreate Dreams. You can also try working with Advanced Export and use the default settings offered, this should allow you to export successfully. - If you continue experiencing the same problem, could you please confirm what exact export settings you are using when running into the export issue? This will help us a lot with looking into the matter further and getting a comprehensive fix out to everyone sooner.Fantastic addition to procreate
This is a fantastic new addition to the already popular procreate app, I have not tested all the new features but I can tell this is going to be a game changer for sure,
It has most if not all the previous functions of the old procreate app but now with the new animation tracks make it super easy to add new scenes, drawing, images and to easily edit and even animate quickly with the new “action “frames ( it's like animation but with less micro management ) I look forward to using the new software, thank you for the team behind this I'm already loving it .
Please if someone reads this, please add the eye dropper tool button and the quick menu hold buttons back in like the old Procreate if possible.Show lessWillChancre
Developer Response
Hi WillChancre – Your fantastic review and your feedback are greatly valued by us, and we are very happy to hear that you enjoy the creative tools in Procreate Dreams!🤗 - We appreciate as well your suggestions for the Eyedropper, and Quick Menu gestures. You can currently invoke the Eyedropper by tapping and holding on your canvas with a finger, and we will keep working to bring great improvements to the app.Maybe idk how to use it
Why cant i move selections of frames at once?
Why can i only delete the content of a frame not the frame itself?
Please help procreateELF980
Developer Response
Hey ELF980 - Thank you for using Procreate Dreams and we are sorry to hear that you are running into issues. In terms of moving all selections at once, it is not viable in the current version of Procreate Dreams. However, we are actively working on bringing more features to Procreate Dreams and it is possible that it will be available in a future version. In terms of deleting a keyframe, if you tap the 'Delete content' option in the Track options menu, all the content currently being selected as well as its associated keyframe will be removed. We hope this information helps!
