Convert Procreate to PSD with layers (Beta)

Turn a .procreate file into a layered PSD

Procreate can export PSD files, but only inside the app, on an iPad or iPhone. If you only have the .procreate file (sent by someone else, saved from a template shop, or copied out of an old iPad backup), upload it here and you get a Photoshop document with the layers intact.

1. Upload one or more .procreate files, or a ZIP of them.
2. Click Convert.
3. Download the PSD. The PNG, JPEG, a ZIP of every layer and the time-lapse come with it.

What the PSD contains

• Every layer and group in Procreate's order, with names, opacity, visibility and lock; alpha lock becomes Photoshop's Lock transparent pixels.
• Blend modes: all 26 Procreate modes are set to their Photoshop equivalents; Procreate's Add becomes Linear Dodge (Add).
• Clipping masks stay clipped to the layer below, and layer masks stay separate and editable.
• The background colour is the bottom layer, named Background colour. When the background was switched off in Procreate, the layer is there but hidden, so the picture stays transparent.
• The colour profile (sRGB or Display P3) and the resolution (DPI) of the canvas.
• The picture as Procreate shows it: a turned or flipped canvas comes out upright.

The result page lists every layer with its blend mode, opacity and masks, so you can check the conversion before opening the file.

Things to check in Photoshop

• Text layers arrive as pixel layers that look the same. Retype the text if you need to edit it.
• A few blend modes (Add, Lighten, Darken, Subtract, Hard Mix, Exclusion, Hue and Saturation) are drawn a little differently by Photoshop at soft edges and over transparent areas. If a file is affected, the result page says which modes; the PNG and JPEG always match Procreate.
• Groups pass their layers' blend modes through, as in Procreate: they are set to Pass Through, with the group's opacity.

More about what this tool reads and writes: Procreate File Converter.