Change the colour profile of an existing Procreate file

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2 жыл бұрын

There's no way to change the colour format of an existing document in Procreate, nor can you reduce the dimensions or change the resolution. This will be something you'll want to do at some point, this video shows you how.
2:20 Convert RGB file to CMYK (via exported flat image)
5:31 Convert RGB file to CMYK (keeping your layers)
8:20 Change dimensions and resolution
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@iPadCalligraphy 3 ай бұрын

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@sannybakker 10 ай бұрын

Just the information I needed since I accidently made CYMK for printing and now I learned I needed RGB for Fine Art Prints, will watch the brighten up dull files after this one, Thank you !!!!!

@iPadCalligraphy 10 ай бұрын

So glad it helped! (p.s. don't worry, we've all done it 🙋‍♀️)

@elenaborie2605 4 ай бұрын

Everything I’ve seen has said that you should have CMYK for printing, can you explain to me why fine art printing is different?

@beezlebubz5428 Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Thank you for throwing this together.

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

@user-dx3vf2fu2h 10 ай бұрын

This was so informative and described in such a kind way, thank you

@iPadCalligraphy 10 ай бұрын

Aw, thank you so much! So glad it was helpful 😀

@DNBon.an808 4 ай бұрын

Ty ty ty, ive been missing this cmyk option because it only appears on new canvases. Ultimately, the last three years of my work are unprintable BUT thanks to your vid it will never ever happen again! Loaded elements into a CMYK canvas and instantly saw the difference. Ty ty ty!

@iPadCalligraphy 4 ай бұрын

So glad to hear it helped! 😀

@chickpeas7190 Жыл бұрын

Easy and fast to follow! THANKS 😊

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

So glad, thank you!

@annettetager6309 9 ай бұрын

Very useful info from you. Thank you! Unfortunately, I will have to repaint a large part of it in a CMYK canvas, as I used a colour gradient with watercolours. At least I can use the outline from the RGB canvas.

@jewellhershey Жыл бұрын

Excellent information. Thank you!

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

@elisha7959 Ай бұрын

this was so helpful! thank you so much

@iPadCalligraphy Ай бұрын

So glad to hear that! Thanks for watching :)

@LaraAgk17 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the useful information 🌻

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! 😊

@Wavesareinmyheart 6 ай бұрын

Yep happened to me thank you so much!

@ScharonArt Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your insights

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for watching! 😊

@ArtlyssaG Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!❤❤❤❤❤

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Thanks for watching

@gaby.imagina 11 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!! 🎉

@iPadCalligraphy 11 күн бұрын

You're welcome, I'm glad it helped!

@wondeRen07 4 ай бұрын

thank you! i felt really lost and thought i couldn't change the profile color, but your video was really helpful

@iPadCalligraphy 4 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it helped you! Thanks for your lovely comment :)

@agapekraft 4 ай бұрын

Me encantó todo. Celebro 🎉 porque me has ayudado con tu video desde el el primer segundo. Soy nueva con el iPad y con Procreate , me han comprado un diseño e hice casi absolutamente todos los pasos que dijiste. Eres la mejor. Suscrita 4 ever.

@iPadCalligraphy 4 ай бұрын

I had to use google translate, but thank you! 😀

@lidiabandeira 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you🙌🏾

@iPadCalligraphy 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@khushbu4153 Жыл бұрын

I used terracotta color in my procreate art in RGB profile and in print the terracotta color totally changed it turns brown color and it's so dull. What should I do to fix it. thanks

@gabricoleuse1 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Not everyone has other apps to do the switch :)

@iPadCalligraphy 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 😀

@minutosmagicos1161 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much❤you really help me ❤

@iPadCalligraphy 9 ай бұрын

So glad to hear that, you're so welcome 😃

@simonehufnagl9450 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!!!!👍👏🫶

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

@katerinaatayev297 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much you saved my drawing ❤❤❤❤❤

@iPadCalligraphy 4 ай бұрын

You're so welcome, glad it helped!

@patriciasorinder9817 Жыл бұрын

Hello, thank you for this video! For some reason even though I follow your steps, the option of cmyk doesn't show up for me at all (timestamp 3:07 in the video), what do I do to fix that?

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

Hi Patricia, what version of Procreate are you running? The 2 colour options should be there side by side on the 'Colour Profile' tab under the new canvas settings... Maybe try updating the app if you don't see it. Hope that helps!

@mirthah4035 28 күн бұрын

You’re an angel

@iPadCalligraphy 27 күн бұрын

Aw, thank you! 😊

@WalkerColors Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. Can you explain the other options to select in cmyk? Is the one you selected the best for prints?

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for your question! Yes the 'generic CMYK' is fine to use for both home and professional printing.

@busybeezcraftz7024 Жыл бұрын

I wanna make my designs in to sticker they coome out really dull in RGB so was told to do it in CMYK but that look dull too. any ideas how i can keep them looking nice and not dull.

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

The colors available in CMYK are more limited compared to the colours displayed onscreen (which use the RGB format). I’d suggest working with a CMYK palette to start with, that way you can choose from the color set and stick to colors that are possible to produce when printed and won’t be comparing with the screen RGB colours

@MartineHammar Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this helpful video. I have just created a children's book and the designer created all the images in RGB instead of CMYK. I have a question: she sent me all the Procreate files, if I copy them over layer by layer is the quality likely to be better than if I simply export is as a .psd and upload it? It's very important to me that the colours of the printed book are bright and not washed out. She's not really helping me so I would really appreciate your help with this as this is a very important project.

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

Hey Martine! It might be worth testing how the print turns out keeping in RGB format. You are printing professionally by the sounds? Call the printer and ask what he/she suggests in this case. They might even allow you to submit .psd files and run a test both in RGB and a CMYK version to see which comes out better. They could then more easily change the colour format for you as well. In a situation like that, you're better off using software that will allow those colour changes easily (like photoshop) and a professional print shop will definitely have that. Hope that helps!

@MartineHammar Жыл бұрын

@@iPadCalligraphy Thank you so much

@kyriadorado7820 9 ай бұрын

Hi, when I work on procreate in RGB and then export it THE COLORs look plane and as if it doesn’t have profundity… how can I fix that? And thanks … on the iPad looks good but on the phone or computer the colors look bad

@amarijae Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Is there a way to fix the colors to look more like the RGB version? I don’t like the CMYK version of my art at all, but that’s what my printer uses…

@Ja-rt6lg Жыл бұрын

Hey! From what I know CMYK will always be the duller version of our RGB artwork because RGB is more for digital work and CMYK is for printed media and it has a limited amount of color space to pull from. I would say to better the colors of your printed artwork try to find the closest match of the RGB color to the CMYK color :) Hopes this helps!

@sharayprevost7122 Жыл бұрын

I too am running into this problem with my kid’s book. The colors printed in the book are very dull yet I see other ppls books are very colorful and look more like rgb…idk what I’m doing wrong

@chinaidior Жыл бұрын

@@sharayprevost7122YES

@JJ_0134 9 ай бұрын

@@sharayprevost7122 I’d like to know too! I wonder how people preserve the vibrant colors

@dzjad 4 ай бұрын

Life saver. Export as PNG.

@TheKevphil Жыл бұрын

Can you "PREVIEW" CMYK while working in RGB (in Procreate)?

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately no. You'd need to export a flat image and import it into a CMYK doc. I found sometimes the colour would only look different if I then exported the new doc as a PSD!

@DirectorRose13 Жыл бұрын

is there no way to get a cmyk file to be less dull?? like what if someone's art is brighter and more colorful and when printed as cmyk, it is totally dull and muted? i mean can the hsb adjustment be done in a cmyk procreate canvas so it resembles the more vibrant colorful rgb art?

@DirectorRose13 Жыл бұрын

for example, printers with inkjets instead of cartridges seem to be printing more vibrantly as of recently so maybe it could be possible to print bright colors??

@sytheopath1241 Жыл бұрын

I figured it out i think. Ok so I fumbled with this myself. What i did is: I kept the file in RGB, but i noticed when you go to export and print the color is off because printers use CMY and it alters the color. So i just went to the Hue/ saturation tab and lowered the saturation ( it will be set at 50%, just lower it to about 38% maybe lower) and then when you go to export the file will look more like the original. I havnt tried to print just get but so far it looks like the file retained the original color. And isnt so bright and over saturated.

@visorah9299 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the concise tutorial, but i have a problem: I converted my RGB file into CMYK with the method you showed; I copied every single layer and then exported the image as PNG and airdropped it on my mac; however, when I click the i-Symbol for the image on the mac, it still says 'colour profil RGB' :( What am I doing wrong, am I the only one with this problem? Also, when I export it as a PSD, it's still dull; is that normal? Will the print I intend to make come out like the PSD? Thanks to anyone for reading the whole thing

@visorah9299 Жыл бұрын

Ok I've just learned that PNG and JPG (in most cases) do not support CMYK at all and will always convert it back to RGB. It seems the only option is PDF, however I loose quality when I choose this format. :(

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

Is there a reason you can't use .psd? It will be fine for CMYK and doesn't compress

@brittanycutten2135 Жыл бұрын

Hi, what about for InDesign. When I export as pdf it does indeed lose its quality too

@laraertl7911 Жыл бұрын

Hi I don’t know when this tutorial was made, maybe it’s from a previous version of Procreate, but Can’t you just go into the tools and under add click “copy Canvas” it copies everything you have showing in one layer and doesn’t flatten your original layers, then go back to the gallery and make a canvas the same size but with CMYK then go back under tools under add and hit paste? That’s how I’ve been doing it, it usually totally changes the colors unfortunately cuz I like using bright jewel colors, so I’m guessing it’s fully converting it to CMYK colors. Is there

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

Hey Lara, thanks for that! Brilliant tip about the 'copy canvas' option. It flattens the canvas when you paste into a new doc for me though .. does it work differently for you? I'm running the latest version

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

the reason you would do layer by layer is to preserve the layers in the NEW doc as well so you can continue working non-destructively.

@tonylarcombe8909 11 ай бұрын

I’ve just tried it using ‘copy canvass’ under wrench and add and then paste into a new CMYK canvass. Does this do the same thing?

@iPadCalligraphy 11 ай бұрын

As far as pasting a flat image into the CMYK canvas, that's a great way! If you want to preserve the layers though, you'll need to copy and paste them individually

@tonylarcombe8909 11 ай бұрын

@@iPadCalligraphythank you

@sepulvedakkn Жыл бұрын

Can I duplicate my RBG, flatten the duplicate and paste it to a CMYK canvas?

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

Hi Krystal, yes that's a great way to do it. As long as you remember to duplicate, you won't lose your layered version

@sepulvedakkn Жыл бұрын

@@iPadCalligraphy Excellent! Thank you for your video, it was so helpful!

@kuhiolanifilimaua5481 Ай бұрын

How can I import the option for CMYK since I followed your tutorial and my procreate doesn't have CYMK as an option in the color profile?

@kuhiolanifilimaua5481 Ай бұрын

It doesn't allow me to move between the RGb and CYMK.

@iPadCalligraphy Ай бұрын

To confirm, you are not seeing the CMYK panel at the top of the 'Color Profile' settings when you create a new document?

@twixie__5651 Жыл бұрын

if i change it from rgb to cmyk, is it really cmyk?i read somewhere that cmyk of procreate is not really cmyk😢

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

I have found the colour change is only really obvious when you export the artwork from Procreate. In the video, I suggest using a .psd format for this as it is compatible with the CMYK colour spectrum.

@juniasmuller7122 14 күн бұрын

hello, i am a procreate user from germany. I really hope you can help me with a problem in procreate. I want to import the color profile fogra 39. But when I am tapping on the right file its just grey and I cant import the color profile. Do you know which data format I have to find or what it needs to be imported?? Please help me, thanks!

@iPadCalligraphy 11 күн бұрын

Hi, thanks for your question! I haven't imported another color profile before. I know it can be done, but can't advise on the specific things you could try. Procreate have a forum and the team are great at answering questions. You could try there? folio.procreate.com/discussions/4

@imjayhime Жыл бұрын

Even after changing the color profile, the colors are muted when I save them..even more so when I send it to my phone. I changed the canvas size and dpi

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

Hi Jay. If you are working with CMYK they will be more muted than the RGB palette. Depends what your goals are. If you plan to print, CMYK is the better option and the muted colours onscreen are a more accurate reflection of what the printed version will look like. It's not muting the colours but giving rather you a preview of the print palette.

@dylexa3199 Жыл бұрын

How do we make the colors more vibrant then, since this is a preview?

@blsk3719 Жыл бұрын

@@dylexa3199 I wish she would answer these questions. So many people have asked and there is nothing. Do we mess with saturation?

@sytheopath1241 Жыл бұрын

@@blsk3719 I figured it out i think. Ok so I fumbled with this myself. What i did is: I kept the file in RGB, but i noticed when you go to export and print the color is off because printers use CMY and it alters the color. So i just went to the Hue/ saturation tab and lowered the saturation ( it will be set at 50%, just lower it to about 38% maybe lower) and then when you go to export the file will look more like the original. I havnt tried to print just get but so far it looks like the file retained the original color. And isnt so bright and over saturated.

@wendoline2201 Жыл бұрын

I followed all the steps and when I insert the photo in the cmyk canvas, it looks all pixeled

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

Did you create the cmyk canvas at the same size as your original?

@madeline7537 Жыл бұрын

Yes I have this problem too, the canvas is the same size

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

If you want to send me the Procreate files, I can take a look and try to work out what happened. Include the RGB version and the pixelated CMYK version

@madeline7537 Жыл бұрын

@@iPadCalligraphy thanks but I’ve worked out what I did wrong now :)

@iPadCalligraphy Жыл бұрын

Oh great! Do you mind sharing incase other people have the same issue?

@elisacota1769 8 ай бұрын

To copy the layers you can simply select them all and then drag and drop them onto the new canvas, so you don't have to copy them one by one

@iPadCalligraphy 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, and that is such a good tip! There's a little trick though, you need to drag the layers onto a blank layer in the layers panel (not just the canvas itself), otherwise the position and order will mess up. It also won't keep any of your layer properties or blend modes.

@바보Queen 11 ай бұрын

this is super slow, you realize you can grab all your layers by selecting them all and dragging it to the new file in ur gallyer

@iPadCalligraphy 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! the point was to bring the layers into a new document that has the CMYK settings to keep them editable. Unless I'm missing something, dragging the layers onto the gallery saves them out individually on the gallery as separate layers 🤷‍♀️

@elenaborie2605 4 ай бұрын

⁠@@iPadCalligraphyThis is what i experienced as well. I would love for it to be as simple as select and move but it didn’t seem to work that way.

@iPadCalligraphy 4 ай бұрын

@@elenaborie2605 It took me a while, but I found a way to copy multiple layers at the same time into the new CMYK canvas - kzfaq.infoc8hQzpDhVSs

@elenaborie2605 2 ай бұрын

@@iPadCalligraphyoh neat! Thank you :)