
“The pencil is emitting signals that the iPad is then interpreting and figuring out the location of the tip of the Pencil in 3D and the angle which it’s being held at,” Apple’s Director of Input Experience Leslie Ikemoto tells TechCrunch. By hovering a Pencil 2 up to 12 millimeters above the new iPad Pro (Apple notes that it’s the M2 that makes the feature possible, hence the limited hardware options), the system offers line and line width and color previews, along with the ability to choose drawing implements in Markup. Hover adds the ability to preview lines before committing them to a piece. While digital drawing is more forgiving in terms of correcting errors than its real-world counterpart, stopping and starting is still an extremely frustrating dimension that can ultimately hamper the creative process.

What might sound like a minor update to non-artists represents an important addition to workflow. Thank you for reading this blog! I hope this was useful information and that you enjoyed reading it.In October of last year, Apple announced that hover was being added to the Apple Pencil’s bag of tricks.

Currently, there’s no other way to download the 3D models, (I turned Procreate inside out looking for another way to download the models!), but hopefully there will be other ways in the future. This is how I downloaded the models, but if Procreate has updated since this blog was written, then the 3D models won’t be considered new and won’t be on “ What’s New?”. Then simply tap this button and wait for the 3D models to download, and you’re ready to paint a 3D model! They should have a button that says “Download Model Packs”. It should show you through what’s new on Procreate, including the 3D models. Then go to the round wrench icon at the top, left corner.

(Downloading the model pack won’t do anything to your current drawing). Tap on any of your drawings, or make a new canvas. Watch me react to Procreate’s new 3D objects!:Īwesome stuff for digital drawing (affiliate links): If you’re interested, there is a set of 3D brushes towards the bottom of this page. That’s all! This new way is way easier than the old way. Click Actions, which is the little wrench button in the top left corner.
