
I adjust the colour and thickness of my grid lines. I use the 2D grid that requires some customisations. That is why I turn on the drawing guide when writing notes in Procreate. I don’t mind my notes on blank paper, but I cannot write in straight lines without some sort of guidance. You can import PNG page templates if you prefer your notes on ruled, squared or dotted paper backgrounds. You will love this feature if you are meticulous with the colours in your notes. You can get the perfect colours you want as well creating as many palettes as you need. It took me a while to get my pens looking and feeling how I like. In this app, with some level of determination, anyone can get the perfect pen they need to create amazing notes. That is one of the things I love about the app. It has everything! Every inking or drawing tool you can possibly think of. I use the screen size template for most of my drawings. It has worked well so far! Inking tools There are a couple of technical customisations you will need to learn to create page templates in this app. The app comes with some templates, but even better, it lets you create your own canvas from scratch! As a general rule, the more pixels you pack into your canvas, the bigger your file size and the higher the resolution of your notes. I can’t believe the things Procreate has managed to get away with! Paper templates If you accidentally delete something you really need, my deepest sympathies.

Before tapping Delete, be absolutely sure you never want to see that file again. Your best shot at backing up the app is backing up your whole iPad. Procreate has managed to get away with this though. To have such a formidable app not supporting auto backup is unheard of among note-takers. This is stupefying! I believe artists treasure their work as much as we treasure our notes. That’s pretty much all the organisation you get in the app.

In this app, you can only stack (group together) and unstack (ungroup) your individual pages. We are accustomed to note-taking apps with folders. That said, if you’re going to use it as your primary note-taking app, there are a lot of challenges you will face using it.
