Open a Procreate file, on any computer

Q: How do I open a .procreate file on Windows?

Procreate only runs on iPad, but this viewer opens .procreate files in any browser on Windows, Mac, Android or a Chromebook. Drop the file in, and you can see the artwork, show or hide layers, and save it or each layer as a PNG.

Q: Is my Procreate file uploaded?

No. The file is read by your browser, on your device. It's never sent anywhere, and the viewer works without an account.

Q: Can I just rename a .procreate file to .zip?

You can, and it opens as a ZIP, but the layers inside are compressed tiles, not pictures, so the only image you'll find is a small thumbnail. A viewer has to put the tiles back together, which is what this one does.

Q: Why does my artwork look slightly different here than in Procreate?

Browsers can draw most of Procreate's blend modes, but not Subtract, Linear Burn, Hard Mix, Vivid Light, Linear Light, Pin Light, Lighter Color, Darker Color or Divide, which are shown as Normal here. Layers clipped to the one below keep their opacity but not their blend mode. Every layer's own pixels are exact, so saving layers as PNG is unaffected.

Procreate only runs on iPad, but its files travel: by email, on Google Drive, from a client or an old backup. Drop a .procreate file here to see the artwork, show or hide its layers, and save it or any layer as a PNG, on Windows, Mac, Android or a Chromebook.

Free. Your file is read by your browser and never uploaded.

Choose a .procreate file or drop it here

What it shows

Every layer, with its name, opacity and blend mode, in its groups, as Procreate lists them. Untick one to hide it.
Masks and clipping: layer masks hide what they should, and clipped layers paint only on the layer below.
The canvas as drawn: its size, DPI, background color, and the way it was turned or flipped.
Display P3 color, on screens and browsers that show it, for artworks made in a P3 profile.

Saving a layer gives the layer's own pixels, exactly as Procreate stored them, with transparency. Saving everything makes a ZIP of every layer plus the flattened artwork, numbered from the bottom up, ready to bring into Photoshop, Krita, Clip Studio Paint or GIMP.

Private by design

The viewer runs in the page. Your browser reads the file from your disk, puts its layers together, and draws them; nothing is sent to us or anyone else, and there's no account. You can load the page, turn off Wi-Fi, and it still works.

Other ways to open a .procreate file

Export from Procreate. If you have the iPad, Share › PSD keeps the layers for Photoshop and most painting apps, and PNG gives a flat picture. It's the best route for the artwork's owner.
Rename it to .zip. It opens, but inside are compressed tiles, not pictures, plus a small thumbnail in QuickLook. That's why a viewer's needed.
Rindraw, our drawing app, opens .procreate files with their layers, masks and blend modes on Mac, iPhone and iPad, so you can keep working on them (what comes over). See Procreate on Mac, Windows and Android for what else runs on a computer.

Questions

How do I open a .procreate file on Windows?

Procreate only runs on iPad, but this page opens .procreate files in any current browser on Windows. Drop the file in to see it and save its layers as PNG.

Is my Procreate file uploaded?

No. It's read by your browser, on your device, and never sent anywhere.

Can I just rename a .procreate file to .zip?

It opens, but the layers inside are compressed tiles, not pictures. A viewer puts them back together.

Why does my artwork look slightly different here than in Procreate?

Browsers can't draw a few of Procreate's blend modes (Subtract, Linear Burn, Hard Mix, Vivid, Linear and Pin Light, Lighter and Darker Color, Divide), so those show as Normal, and clipped layers keep their opacity but not their blend mode. Each layer's own pixels are exact.

Does it open brushes or Procreate Dreams files?

No: this is for artworks, .procreate. Brushes (.brush, .brushset) open in Rindraw, which imports them.

Keep working on it in Rindraw

Rindraw opens Procreate files with their layers on iPad, iPhone and Mac. $12.99 once, no subscription.

Procreate is a trademark of Savage Interactive Pty Ltd. This viewer is made by Sawir Studio and isn't affiliated with Procreate or Savage Interactive.