When using the pixel brush, hold this button down and the brush will switch to the eraser keeping the properties of the brush itself. The Touch Shortcut is another little feature that i like. The brush option bar is similar to Procreate, with size, blending mode, shape dynamics, size etc but here you can mark your brushes as favorite so you easily find them again when you need them. As you can see I still have to master the watercolour technique in AF, but with practice one can do anything, right? Like in the painting on the right, the tail of the fox was done in Procreate with alcohol inks and the rest was done in AF. I have also managed to incorporate paintings from Procreate into AF. I haven’t really used Photoshop that much, but from what I’ve seen the AF interface mimics that of PS quite a lot.Īnother thing I loved about the app is that the gesture shortcuts are similar to other apps for example you can undo by tapping two fingers and redo by tapping three fingers, sounds familiar? The interface in AF is really intuitive, so for someone like me this is an extra bonus. Fresco also remembers all the colours that have been used in a piece and gives you a series of thumbnails with every colour variation. If you use the Apple Pencil with these brushes you also have the added bonus of colour fluctuation according to pressure, which goes very well with watercolour effects. The watercolour brushes really impressed me. Webster and are meant to recreate the behaviour of oils and watercolours and oh boy, do they do that! I haven’t played that much with the oil brushes, although I have seen that they give a texture incredibly similar to the real thing. So lets talk about features AF has three types of brushes, yes 3! Pixel brushes, Vector brushes and Live brushes, which by the way I am LOVING! These latter were created by Kyle T.

It has improved my workflow for pattern design 100 times already, but I can see the potential in AF and, provided I learn how to use it properly, I am sure it will improve my workflow (and possibly yours?) even more. I do like Procreate a lot, and I mean a lot. OK, I’m not the best person for new technology, or any technology for that matter! But I had a quick look at this app and I’m loving it already.

Yes it’s finally here! And I’m getting very excited about this new app. Today I’ve decided to talk to you about the long-awaited Adobe Fresco.

Adobe fresco or procreate