

If the shape is unequal, keep holding it, and place a second finger on the canvas. After a second, your stroke will snap into a perfect shape. It is pretty much the same process as creating a straight line – draw a shape and keep your Apple Pencil held on the canvas. After a moment, the line will turn into a perfectly straight one. How to create a straight lineĭraw the line and keep your Apple Pencil down on the canvas at the end of the stroke.

I will show you how you can use QuickShape to create straight lines and perfect shapes. Once you have assigned a preferred gesture to the QuickShape tool, it’s time to use it. After a second, QuickShape will invoke automatically and your stroke will snap into a perfect shape. If you decide to go with “Draw and hold”, then to start using QuickShape in Procreate, just draw a line or shape, and keep your finger or Apple Pencil held on the canvas. It is also a very natural way to invoke QuickShape because you are already drawing, and holding your pencil for just one second is easy and efficient. I like “Draw and hold” because this gesture is unique to the QuickShape tool, meaning that other Procreate tools won’t have this gesture as an option. You will see a few gesture options, choose the one that works for you, but I usually suggest going with the “Draw and hold” gesture. Go to Actions > Prefs > Gesture controls > QuickShape. QuickShape is activated by a gesture of your choice, and you can assign any gesture in the Gesture Controls panel.
