While Procreate is a powerful tool for digital art, it does not currently offer a feature to create custom color profiles directly within the application itself. You cannot generate a new ICC profile from scratch or modify an existing one and save it as a new custom profile inside Procreate.
Instead, Procreate allows you to select and apply existing color profiles that are installed on your iPad or are standard within the application.
How to Change Color Profiles in Procreate
You can easily switch between the available color profiles for your canvas in Procreate. This is useful for previewing how your artwork might look under different display or output conditions.
Here are the steps to change the color profile of your canvas:
- Tap the Actions menu: This is the wrench icon in the top-left corner of the Procreate interface.
- Tap Canvas: Select the 'Canvas' option from the dropdown menu.
- Tap Canvas information: Choose 'Canvas information'.
- Scroll down to Color profile: In the 'Canvas information' screen, you will find a section dedicated to the 'Color profile'.
- Choose your profile: Tap on the current color profile name. From here, you can select the color profile you wish to change to from the list of available profiles.
Reference Information:
To change your color profile tap Actions Canvas Canvas information Color profile. From here choose the color profile you wish to change to. Even though you can change Color Profiles you can't change color spaces from RGB to CMYK or vice versa.
Understanding Color Profiles in Procreate
- Purpose: Color profiles help ensure that colors are displayed and reproduced consistently across different devices and mediums. They define the specific range of colors (gamut) that a display or output device can handle.
- Available Profiles: Procreate includes several standard color profiles by default (like various sRGB and Display P3 options). You can also import other ICC profiles onto your iPad, and they will become available for use in Procreate.
- Color Spaces: It's important to note that while you can change the color profile to affect color appearance and gamut, you cannot change the underlying color space of your artwork within Procreate. As the reference states, you cannot convert a document from RGB to CMYK or vice versa directly in the app. Procreate primarily operates in RGB color spaces.
In summary, Procreate allows you to work with existing color profiles by applying them to your canvas, but the functionality to create a new, custom color profile is not built into the application.
