Procreate is the ideal app for beginners and artists who want to focus on creating original artwork and designs. This is mostly for the fact that you can produce either vector or pixel images using this app and it has an awesome price point. The app is set to release later this year, but for those itching to try it, you can apply for the beta here.Even though I am a dedicated Procreate user but I have to choose Adobe Fresco as the best overall app in this comparison. Fresco allows export to both Photoshop and Illustrator, and includes a handful of helpful features from both, such as vector brushes, layers, and masks.

In addition to the new Live Brushes, the app supports Photoshop Brush Sets, allowing users to transition seamlessly between their desktop and mobile work environments. Also available is an oil brush, capable of building dimension and texture through the application of thick paint. When set to watercolor, colors will continue to blend and bleed even after your stylus has left the tablet’s surface. As the name implies, the brushes are “live”. Similar to the Mixer Brush in Photoshop, the Live Brushes are used to mix colors, but that’s where the similarities end. While the concept of a tablet-based painting app is far from new, Adobe Fresco stands out from the crowd thanks to its new AI, Adobe Sensei, which is used to power Adobe’s new Live Brushes. So they set out to equip creatives with a suite of tools to get to work whenever and wherever inspiration strikes.

Just as the painters who used the fresco technique needed to quickly act before the plaster they were painting on had dried, Adobe knows that moments of inspiration can be equally as fleeting. Named after the painting technique employed in countless church murals across Europe, Adobe’s new iPad app, Fresco, attempts to bridge the gap between home and mobile workstations.

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