Procreate Dreams is "bringing animation to everyone"

Procreate Dreams; a person gestures on an ipas
(Image credit: Procreate, animation by Michael Relth)

Procreate Dreams is shaping up to be the year's most important new digital art software launch. The Apple-exclusive app will do for animation what Procreate has done for digital painting and illustration; it's aim is to to pull away the roadblocks stopping everyone from creating animated films.

You can read the top line details about Procreate Dreams in our news announcement, but below I interview Procreate's Chief Product Officer, Claire d’Este, on the detail. The new app will make animation easy, is built around touch gestures on iPad and it can be used together with Procreate.

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Editor, Digital Arts & 3D

Ian Dean is Editor, Digital Arts & 3D at Creative Bloq, and the former editor of many leading magazines. These titles included ImagineFX, 3D World and video game titles Play and Official PlayStation Magazine. Ian launched Xbox magazine X360 and edited PlayStation World. For Creative Bloq, Ian combines his experiences to bring the latest news on digital art, VFX and video games and tech, and in his spare time he doodles in Procreate, ArtRage, and Rebelle while finding time to play Xbox and PS5.

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