Procreate Dreams Frame by Frame Animation and Masks

[@Adam-franka]

You can import any brush from procreate to dreams by holding them and move them between the two apps.

[@StayfDraws]

i just found out! Thanks for your reply Adam!

[@Adam-franka]

@@StayfDraws Thank you

[@bibule]

I tried and it doesn’t work lol

[@garymcderp1146]

@@bibulesplit your screen so you have Procreate in one side and Dreams on the other. In Procreate tap and hold a brush or brush pack for a second and drag it over into Dreams and drop it anywhere on the screen. It should import correctly

[@StayfDraws]

@@bibule kzbin.info7nDExPqYEbk?si=yIOCS90KMwfpVhh-

[@TheJohnRowley]

The way in which you ink in is beautifully smooth, it's nice to watch : )

[@StayfDraws]

Thanks John!

[@digidrawdude]

Dude, yes! This perfect!!! Please make a ton of videos just like this !

[@ryno583]

you can also instantly grab a character like magic from any drawing in your camera roll if you hold your pencil on it! It turns into a sticker automatically outlines your character and you can then drag it over to procreate dreams!!!! i was thrilled when i accidentally stumbled on this! Dont forget also three fingers left right or up down to change the size of your frames!

[@StayfDraws]

I found that out a week ago! Pretty amazing!

[@ShucksArtAndDesign]

Thank you this is a really helpful tutorial. Really appreciate this

[@matthewrausch1837]

Watching this made me more hyped to get this app!

[@animalcreationsstudio]

You can import your own brushes, you have to open procreate and dreams in side view next to each other, then drag your brushes from procreate to procreate dreams and it will import your brushes

[@jrcanimation]

Impressive tips, and great Job!!!! thank you

[@StayfDraws]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@andyed9633]

Always enjoy your videos Stayf , thank you , you are a good teacher ….

[@StayfDraws]

You are very welcome

[@sohappyilltry]

i love that its easier to transfer files from procreate to dreams than with toonsquid, but still have to draw in procreate coz dreams is lacking in drawing /painting tools, and no create symbol for easier lipsyncing, i will switch when dreams made these improvements for now imma stick with toonsquid/procreate workflow, they shouldve improved procreate animation instead of making another app😂 well, its an apple exclusive app so not surprised😂

[@Angel-Otk]

You can transfer your brushes to dreams from procreate, it’s not that hard. Yes it was made to be used with procreate as to not over complicate the latter, it’s not that hard to understand

[@StayfDraws]

Thanks for your reply!

[@kemolook]

Thank you..👍🏼 But How do I make a movement in Warp? I tried but I can't on keyframe !!

[@JulesL_82]

Thanks for your work! Is it possible to move the layers? I mean in the same frame, for example is possible to swap a layer with another? Thanks

[@StayfDraws]

You can not swap layers, but you can turn them on and off. I have made a video about doing lip sync in Dreams. kzbin.info/www/bejne/raLRmWOCpK12j8ksi=lWE1T_axcOaeph06

[@simonward-horner7605]

Thanks. Is there a select tool included?

[@StayfDraws]

Not at the moment.

[@simonward-horner7605]

Thanks!@@StayfDraws

[@TheLuconic]

I just realized that there’s no lasso tool. I was doing a thing and I wanted to move just that one piece and…. Couldn’t find the lasso tool. Or magic wand. I hope they add it in later updates.

[@StayfDraws]

I hope so too!

[@kuyajaypi]

great tutorial! i have always wanted to learn animation but had too much respect for it. i did a few little animations in photoshop but now i feel like I can finally learn it properly!

[@StayfDraws]

Don’t be afraid, just start animating, make a lot of mistakes and learn and enjoy the art of animation.

[@Angel-Otk]

“Too much respect for it” just means lazy to learn and scared to try..

[@kuyajaypi]

@@Angel-Otk nope, definitely not too lazy, since I have done a few animations in Photoshop already, but definitely scared to try.

[@kuyajaypi]

@@StayfDraws Yup, I made a dance animation in Dreams, but I noticed that you can't really adjust the length of a frame, if you have an adjacent frame next to it? Maybe I just missed an option.

[@StayfDraws]

I explain it in my new video.

[@barbi111]

A video would be very fun to compare ToonSquid with Procreate Dreams.

[@ukmonk]

Nice video thank you 😊

[@birunnn7813]

Thank you I learned a lot :)

[@StayfDraws]

Glad to hear that!

[@shifter2979]

this is most likely too early of a question to answer, but what would you think is the better animation app. toonsquid or procreate dreams ?

[@MLJenkins]

Very useful thanks!

[@RaminFarahani-g3e]

Hi, great video and wonderful to watch your work. One question - Are you familiar with key framing in ProCreate Dreams? I would like to apply a texture to a character in my animation sequence, either by importing a texture from a website or by creating one myself, and then use key frames to change the colour and lighting of the character as he moves. If you have any advice on this I'd be grateful. Thanks.

[@StayfDraws]

The solution would be to have a track with your texture and create a masked track on top of it.

[@artbyjibs]

How do you adjust the length of a keyframe after you draw them all in the flip book? In the timeline you can extend the length of a keyframe ONLY if there is nothing after it. So I noticed you can move the frame to the right out of the way and then you can increase the preceding keyframe. But almost always you have a ton of existing keyframes after any particular keyframe you want to increase the frame size of.

[@leonardermel]

If you hold the right edge of your frame in the timeline with your pen, put a finger somewhere left of that on the timeline and it should let you exptend the length of that frame while pushing other frames to the right. I can't explain it that well but there is a video with quick tips for procreate dreams by Alex Grigg where he mentions it!

[@George_Parker]

I know we're in the early stages of this app and just like procreate it will grow into something even better, more useful and fantastic. But is there currently a retiming function; ie slowing a clip down or speeding it up by for example 10 or 20%?

[@StayfDraws]

Hello George, unfortunately there is not such a feature in Procreate Dreams.

[@George_Parker]

Thank you @@StayfDraws

[@잡수-f5x]

Is there also a function to rotate or move onion skin in Procrete Dreams?

[@StayfDraws]

No, there is not.

[@Shallsoar]

Can you change the frame duration in Flipbook? Thanks for this video

[@StayfDraws]

Just hold the frame and then a window appears. When you press Duplicate you can duplicate it. It is better to go to the timeline and drag the frame by the right side to make the frame hold longer.

[@alpha8here]

​@@StayfDrawsI really wish they add the Hold duration to the filpbook. Having to go back and forth from the flipbook to the timeline to make adjustments is quite unintuitive

[@Nightmartlet]

@@alpha8here I'm sure they will eventually, it's only been out a day and they're probably working on a lot of things already. Having said that, it is a bit of a surprising oversight -- you'd think that would have come up during testing lol

[@alpha8here]

@@Nightmartlet Right??? Fingers crossed it comes before the year ends

[@sainttorii9487]

Is there a way to stabilize the pen pressure so I can trace over my rough sketches smoothly

[@Lindraws04]

If you import brushes with the settings you’d like from procreate to procreate dreams, then you’ll have the stability you’d want I believe

[@StayfDraws]

Yes you can, like @Lindraws04 says.

[@Lindraws04]

Just be sure to edit the brush just how you’d like it before importing it into the app though since you can’t edit it in the app after words, until procreate makes that an option in a later update

[@sainttorii9487]

@@Lindraws04 thank you

[@Lindraws04]

@@sainttorii9487 anytime! 😊

[@kamilkutlay]

why you used a second backlayer of house and masked this second same layer. I didnt understand sir. What is the problem with one backlayer of house of hippo;?

[@StayfDraws]

Hello I explain your question in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/raLRmWOCpK12j8ksi=IdtUP9hZEyl4rbER&t=67

[@quos3683]

How do you fill empty cercle, and color text?

[@StayfDraws]

Just drag and drop it from the color menu into the closed shape.

[@maitesolsona]

I have a question regarding simple ways of coloring, does anybody know how to make it faster than frame by frame painting everything? I also have no way to "fill" the whole area This would be so helpful

[@StayfDraws]

You can make shapes of all of the body parts of the character and animate them. Then you only need to color them once.

[@maitesolsona]

@@StayfDraws I’ll try that thank you !

[@leospath]

Does procreate dreams has green screen removing effect

[@StayfDraws]

No

[@SmeshBros]

Here's a question: It hurts my brain to know that 1) I can't really draw and 2) to make 5 seconds of animation it will take a day, if not more, so how can I be less frustrated with that kind of outcome? it is dreadful to even think about opening the app.

[@cozmic_sp3ctr3]

I don’t think think there’s much you can do about your frustrations about frame by frame animation unless you want to do 2d or 3d rigged animation but if you feel like you can’t draw I think the best solution is to just watch tutorials and learn new skills and draw at least once a week 👍 it’ll take a lot of dedication but it’s worth it in the end

[@ssantimov]

I'm faced with the fact that there are no basic tools for animation, like a lasso, for example, or custom FPS. Just trying to import a PNG sequence. First, it’s imported in random order, not by numbering frames. Second, it is not added like a single frame sequence but with a hold of 4 frames for each. It has to be edited manually and it's very weird and frustrating. But okay! I decided not to give up. And I tried to import these sequences as .mov videos. What could go wrong? But no. It turns out that Procreate Dreams does not support importing videos with transparency. 🤷‍♂ For me this is the disappointment of the year. But I'll wait for updates.

[@StayfDraws]

Initially they had select, when you look at the first video preview of Procreate Dreams. I am now going over the Procreate Dreams Handbook to find out more details. help.procreate.com/dreams/handbook/introduction I also tried importing a png sequence with alpha, but I got the same problems. There is still a lot of things to improve. The best way to give feedback is to go to the forum of Procreate and tell them: folio.procreate.com/discussions/4

[@oscarbtxm663]

@@StayfDraws Hello! Nice video! Thanks for sharing! Regarding importing png files with transparency, I have tried exporting the layers of a previous animation from Procreate saving the images as files in a folder. After sorting them by name, when I drag them to the timeline in an empty Procreate Dreams project, they are ordered correctly and there are no errors with transparency. In my case, each image occupies 20 frames. But by selecting all of them and shortening them while touching the screen with one finger, the maneuver is not very complicated. Then I grouped the layers and everything works fine. Although I agree that it should be a simpler process. We will have to wait for future updates, and without a doubt, for the lasso tool to be implemented, which the entire community will surely appreciate. All the best!

[@Mahaffeytattoo-ux2ro]

A select tool would be really nice

[@alpha8here]

I feel you 1000%. I really hope all these get addressed soon

[@OtakuBoxes]

Your video is fantastic! I love that the software has only been out for about 24 hours and you already have such a detailed tutorial! I'm curious how your brush seems to have stabilization and yet none of my brushes have worked with that so far. I also have issues with exporting (never gets past 0%) but apparently these are going to be fixed soon.

[@sebastianagnalt]

It's in the brush settings? Stabilization menu and there is the streamline and stabilization settings with amount and pressure

[@sebastianagnalt]

In procreate... tho im fairly sure the brush editor is only in procreate, but the brushes can be exported between the two

[@StayfDraws]

Thanks for the reply Sebastian. You can indeed only adjust the brushes and stabilization in Procreate and then drag and drop it into Procreate Dreams.

[@ScarletRed.]

How to keep frames up longer than 0 second? I’m baffled.

[@StayfDraws]

In the timeline you can drag the frame you just drew and extend it for the frames you want to hold. Or you can Duplicate the drawing in FlipBook. Just tap and hold the frame and then you can choose duplicate from the menu.

[@ScarletRed.]

​@@StayfDrawsThat works, thank you.

[@drendelous]

mine froze several times today

[@StayfDraws]

i am sorry to hear that. If you have any problems with the app send an email to the makers of the app. help.procreate.com/

[@ceboceboneh2418]

What ipad do you use?

[@VinylSkillz]

Initially i thought you couldnt import brushes but we all found out by now. 😂. Im just bummed that in drawing mode you cant get quick shapes or even adjust your brushes without booting up Procreate. Might be a business move also to get folks to buy both apps!!😂😂😂😂

[@StayfDraws]

I agree! I hope in a new version they will add QuickShape and the selection tool, that would make animating much easier

[@Kripeld]

Have to day Dreams is a huge L at release. Idk what the developers were thinking but this app is missing huge features that are essential for animation. Also, its missing a lot of key features that Procreate has. 2/10