Yes, everyone is familiar with the missing lasso tool. However, there is a workaround involving tracks that allows selection. Although I must admit it’s a huge hassle and can’t wait for them to develop a proper selection tool!

If Toon Squid is such a superior app, why can’t it play my 3 minute animated video without lagging and stopping? 🤷🏽‍♂️

@@Tonabillity I haven’t had that issue, but I’m running it on a 6th gen iPad Pro 12.9” with a ton of ram. And maybe I haven’t taxed it as far as you have. That said, my opinion stands, for me, ToonSquid is a better app than Procreate Dreams. I expect that Dreams will improve over time, and who knows? Maybe it will get better, but I doubt they’ll change their design philosophy of hiding functionality.

@@sfdex I absolutely agree that if you haven’t had any issues with ToonSquid, then of course it’s the program for “you”. That’s only logical. If ToonSquid worked for ME, I’d be using it as well. No doubt Procreate Dreams will improve over time. I just hope that ToonSquid also improves over time for those with 5th gen iPads who find it unusable. In the interim, I’ve seen a plethora of phenomenal PD animations crafted by amazing innovators, who have discovered brilliant workarounds!❤️‍🔥 In fact I’m currently experiencing breakthroughs in animation as well from an app that’s supposed to be “worse” than ToonSquid 🤷🏾 I have BOTH programs, and find that NOTHING beats PD’s UNPRECEDENTED Performance Mode! However, I heartily agree that those who lack the capacity to comprehend hidden features should avoid Procreate Dreams at all cost! But I feel like Tony Stark, zooming in and out of Procreate Dream’s hyper-fluid, next-level, nonlinear timeline! If I’m not able to discover all of the hidden features of PD’s elegant design in this Information Age (of zillions of KZfaq videos), then I may as well crawl back to the 1980’s 😝😩 Enjoy ToonSquid’s antiquated interface. I’ve moved on to the Future 💫

@@TonabillityBro if you're paid to advertise at least make it less obvious

@@bfodoesstuff Remember, ALWAYS believe EVERYTHING that you think 🙄

In the bottom right it credits who owns those videos, she's using clip, that's not her

agreed

Toonsquid is 9€ (about 10 bucks…)

​@@blueberrydragon5160 damn, that's a lot :( (USD → PLN)

I’m a professional animator working on a 3 minute, 590 MB music video. When I play it on ToonSquid, it stutters and stops. Procreate Dreams plays it SMOOTHLY. Toonsquid is the goat all right. Most GASTLY OF ALL TIME!! 🙄

@@Tonabillity thanks for the review on procreate dreams I too am making a project on toonsquid and have not found any major problems in it Ofc the stuttering if quite noticeable but I really like the idea of vector brushes and the USE OF LASSO TOOL in my animations At the end of the day it is our personal options 😌

@@Op09687 I agree with you. For anyone who needs vectors or rigging, no doubt TS is the appropriate platform at the moment. It was sufficient for me while it lasted. But for decades my industry pals and I, have been dreaming of a mobile app that focuses on traditional frame by frame animation and the craft of actually “drawing”. I’m sure that eventually PD will adopt all of the expected tools used to enhance contemporary production pipelines - AND MORE. In fact, I heard that procreate is already eagerly developing an Apple Vision Pro version of their platform! In the interim, PD’s missing Lasso tool has been a bit of a blessing in disguise for me personally. It FORCES me to return to those basic, essential DRAWING skills that were diligently practiced before the Digital age emerged. By the time they hammer out their upgrades, my drafting skills will be much stronger💪🏾 I sincerely hope that ToonSquid is working to improve their performance issues as well. Their relentless lagging difficulties, screeched production to a halt before Procreate Dreams arrived. I hope you NEVER have to experience the frustrating problems that I did!

@@Op09687 learn to draw..all you bums crying bout lasso tool wtf lmao

@@Tonabillity oh hey its you again in the wild XD tbf one TS file shouldnt be used for a mv, ya need to break it down with scenes xP

This app is still super impressive for a one guy project.

Have you found any workarounds for the lack of Lasso tool?

@@Tonabillitynot really but it helps me to draw more and more precisely through consistency. Animation techniques is all about problem solving so you just need to find something that works best for you….sorry for late response!

@@TMC3000Thank you for your thorough reply. I own ToonSquid as well, but I’m currently hooked on Dreams! I’m just now realizing that when most people speak of Animation, they are probably thinking of the “modern day” definition, i.e. motion graphics, rigging, etc. So within that context, they no doubt have a legit point in finding Procreate Dreams useless. And there are indeed a plethora of apps that out-perform PD in that regard. However, I am only interested in ONE particular thing. Traditional (old-school) frame by frame Character Animation. But that technique is so old-fashioned that one must have the capacity to draw EXTREMELY well, with or without contemporary lasso tools. So most users go into a rage whenever I acknowledge that PD forces me to practice drawing better, without the aid of Cut & Past tools that I usually rely on. On the other hand, I find that PD’s navigation interface, so DYNAMIC and futuristic, that it simply cannot be beat, flaws and all! I’m constantly amazed by how fluidly I can move frames around non-linearly, and on the fly. I’m currently working on a dialogue scene, and my capacity to adjust frame lengths to work out timing (and acting) has been tremendously upgraded. I can only equate it with freestyle rapping! However, I’m highly aware that I’m in the minority of those who are hyper-focused on such ancient techniques. ToonSquid fans usually fly into a rage whenever I praise the benefits of Procreate Dreams so enthusiastically. I’ve been accused of spamming, trolling, and everything else! It’s very rare to see someone who appreciates the benefits of such a flawed program as much as I do, so thanks again for your unbiased input 👍🏽

@@Tonabillity you nailed it with remarkable honesty….I would love to see your work if you allowed…..I believe a community of artist and animators should be opened up for assistance, motivation, and also inspiration as well. I gave the ToonSquid & Callipeg guys an idea of having a monthly challenge as a means of promoting the app and also to keep it in people’s subconscious. Callipeg is already doing such which is good but I can’t use it cos it expensive for me right now. PDreams is serving its purpose real good and will only get better,…after all it’s just the beginning!

I hated PD’s interface as well, until I learned how to use it. I now find it to be transformative!! YES, it’s challenging to learn because it’s UNPRECEDENTED! There’s absolutely NOTHING like it! As for ToonSquid, it is NOT a professional program. In the middle of playing my animated music video, it began to stutter and stop. I tried it on my second iPad and still it relentlessly stutters! Finally, I imported the video into PD and it plays as SMOOTH as BUTTER! You can KEEP ToonSquid. I have a video to finish!! 🤷🏾

@@Tonabillity loved your response…..no doubt PD has a lot of features missing for now but soon enough will be added. Inspite of these shotcomings, i was able to do a fantastic short on it. I just found myself getting inspiration and motivation to do something everyday but i had ToonSquid long before it and I couldn’t do much with it even though it has most desirable features in it. First, the interface looks stiff, tacky and plain though easy to navigate but my UX was not great.

@@TMC3000 STIFF is precisely the word that I was looking for to describe ToonSquid! Like it’s trapped within a former paradigm that is swiftly transforming into something much more fluid and dynamic!❤️‍🔥 Have you yet discovered any workarounds for the lack of lasso tool in PD?

@@Tonabillity not quite yet but the only thing I do was using a lot of tracks for the ones I want to move and clean & redraw the ones I can’t. It’s a tedious venture though but I’m hoping they release it on time. NB: I can never use rough animator….cant find my zeal to work in that app.

@@TMC3000 Yup. Let’s say that I have a character (wearing a hat) eating lunch at an outdoor café for 50 frames. Halfway through, I want a gust of wind to blow the characters hat off. So on the frame 25 I would copy and paste that frame onto a new track above. On the bottom track, I would erase the hat. On the top track, I would erase everything EXCEPT for the hat. This leaves me with a hat that’s free to animate being blown off of the characters head. As you mentioned, it’s tedious, but at least doable for now!

at the time, I didnt even know procreate was making an animation software. But despite that, it never promised rigging. So get off your high horse and accept that unless its been actually presented with bones for rigging, always expect it wont have it. And that at the moment, the devs are either unable to make it or are still working on creating a fully rigging software for ipad and tablets out there. cuz the tech for tablets in general is kinda iffy. its getting better each year but some still are not powerful enough to handle such processing. If I recall, apple literally holds back their M1 and even M2 chips on purpose. idk why, but they are. So, stop being a baby and use what we have now or use your PC instead. If you that impatient and egotistical, get your own dev team or solo it, and create the rigging app.

@@TheLuconic Well said.👌🏾 Eventually, PD will have all of the bells and whistles that everyone else has. But for now what makes it different from every other platform is the very same thing that makes Procreate different from every other platform. It’s the very best DRAWING app that I’ve ever experienced. And for me, there’s nothing sweeter than DRAWING in Procreate Dreams. All of my favorite brushes are there and drawing is a smooth as butter! So I’m using the lack of a lasso tool, and merge layers function as the perfect excuse to simply DRAW more❤️‍🔥 This makes me a happy camper

@@Tonabillitylack of quick shape is the turn off for me