Critical *MUST HAVE* Settings To Print From Procreate

[@nadinek6693]

Thank you very helpful video. I find that RGB setting Display P3 works well for my prints at home. I also submitted artwork on my business card in using this setting and it turned out super well (printed by Canva).

[@iPadCalligraphy]

Thanks for watching! Oh wow, that's interesting. P3 is a special RGB format that has more saturated colors. It's usually a digital format (like the iPad in particular), but glad it worked well for you 😊

[@hogamanyokin8301]

Please can you explain more about the process of exporting the artwork to affinity designer and change the colour to a precise colour. Thanks.

[@iPadCalligraphy]

Yes, happy to expand… For the project I refer to in the video, I had some text that I needed to provide the printer in 100% K value (which is pure black). I exported the design from Procreate as a .psd file. I then opened it in Affinity Designer and made sure it was in CMYK mode. I was then able to select each layer of the text and by tapping on the colour circle in the top right menu, I can check the values. It needs to be set as ‘CMYK Sliders’ which is an option in the colour panel. I could then change the channels so that it was 100% K value with all other channels were 0% (C,M & Y). Hope that helps, but let me know if you have questions!

[@joychancellor2151]

Can you tell me what paper do you print on. I’ve learnt a lot from your videos

[@JanArmor]

Excellent info Nicole. Thanks so much Jan

[@iPadCalligraphy]

You're so welcome Jan, thanks for watching! 😀

[@habs249]

Great video! Thank you!

[@iPadCalligraphy]

Thanks so much! Glad it was helpful

[@mariapinto5385]

I've read that you can send a procreate document that's in CMYK to a print shop and the printer will make the conversion and the colors will be brighter than if they were created in RGB. If I'm never going to do the printing myself can I create in CMYK and send to the print shop?

[@iPadCalligraphy]

Hi Maria, thanks for your question! CMYK is the usual print color format, so you can definitely send artwork in this color mode to a professional printer! As for them doing any color enhancements, that will be down to the individual vendor so I can't speak for them, and you'd have to ask them directly.

[@scottdunlap4109]

I learned nothing from your video. Maybe my search was bad? I just wanted to print something. I want looking for how to get the best quality, just WHAT BUTTON IN WHAT MENU

[@iPadCalligraphy]

There's no 'print' button in Procreate. Go to the 'Share' menu (from the wrench icon) and choose either jpg, tiff or psd. From the menu that comes up, choose 'print'. You need an AirPrint printer set up to print from your iPad. If you don't, share the file to a computer and print from there.

[@scottdunlap4109]

@iPadCalligraphy thank you. Sorry I was kinda harsh!