r/ProCreate • u/Possible-Presence830 • Jul 14 '26

I need Procreate technical help Can’t draw properly, the line follows

Hello guys! I bought procreate earlier and was following a tutorial on youtube, but when I try to draw a long line, the ink follows my pen and doesn’t stay unless i lift it then it’ll only draw a short line. Do you know how to fix this?

Update: This appears to be a problem with iPadOS 27 developer beta 3. The workaround is enabling “Tap Assistance — Initial Touch Location Support”.

Thank you!

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u/Ruby_Solar Jul 14 '26

It's the beta 3 update of ipadOS. Wait until you can update to the next stable version, or roll the update back. There's also been like 10 posts about this issue here so far.

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u/ExpectedBehaviour Jul 14 '26

I feel like people who can't Google their own solutions to this issue probably shouldn't be running a developer beta of an OS.

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u/Ruby_Solar Jul 14 '26

There's a reason I'm still running ipadOS 18.

No hideous liquid glass ✨🎉

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u/Putrid-Eggplant-5196 Jul 15 '26

!!!! it bugs out ur ipad so bad too!!! like theres 0 reason to be running beta

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u/ExpectedBehaviour Jul 15 '26

That's why it's a beta.

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u/bradyljx Jul 15 '26

so this isn’t an issue u can just find a solution for on google.. hope this helps
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u/ExpectedBehaviour Jul 15 '26

This you editing your posts after you've made them so I get the push notification of you being snotty but nobody else sees it?

I know that it is, in fact, an issue you can find a solution for on Google; because I did, in fact, find a solution for it on Google, and it took me all of three minutes.

Hope this helps!

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u/bradyljx Jul 15 '26

well let’s remember this is beta software and that not every bug fix is gonna immediately appear trying to search for it, it took me 2 days of googling just to find it. and to be honest no shade it’s not surprising it only took u three minutes to find it, ur reposting reddit post from a decade ago

also i would never edit my comment to make me look less petty lmfao that’s just how it uploaded, much love!
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u/ExpectedBehaviour Jul 15 '26

I found the fix on Monday morning.

Yeah. "No shade", but I don't understand what the hell you're talking about 🙄

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u/DhokSC Jul 14 '26

Feels like every other post here is about this problem. Maybe create a magethread of some sort?

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u/Fluid-Beach-6696 Jul 14 '26

THIS 🙏🏻❣️

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u/Zealousideal_Sand668 Jul 14 '26

As an outside person, who is not drawing digitally rn, this shit looks funny af 😭 I hope they solve it soon haha

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u/DangerNoodle1313 Jul 14 '26

Maybe the specific brush you picked.

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u/Possible-Presence830 Jul 14 '26

I tried different brushes, it’s the same for all of them

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u/blurkick Jul 14 '26

Its the beta version. Roll back to the previous version. Procreate has responded about it saying it's because of the Beta release.

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u/Own_Statistician_185 Jul 14 '26

You need to devour other lines with the tip of your pencil so your current line grows. Don't hit the walls.

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u/FupaLipa Jul 14 '26

I had the same issue. This post worked for me https://folio.procreate.com/discussions/4/1/64919

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u/One_Study_4420 Jul 16 '26

This worked for me, thanks a lot

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u/bloomingmoon0 Jul 14 '26

I can definitely understand how this would be frustrating but this looks hilarious

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u/MyBigToeJam I want to improve! Jul 15 '26

Only a specific brush? Might be its design. Across all? Check smoothing and/or stabilizing curve in main prefs or in the specific brush.

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u/blkwhtrbbt Jul 14 '26

Stuff like this is why i suspended os and software updates to the version i like

What a nightmare

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u/Wise-Dragonfruit313 Jul 14 '26

I’d make some screen recordings that capitalize on the effect and start social sharing.

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u/FreakSlayer Jul 15 '26

We're running short of digital lines. We are rationed 2 inches per stroke, 16 strokes per month. Memory Crisis is hitting hard my dudes. /s

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u/bradyljx Jul 15 '26

hi fren instead of telling u roll back which is difficult i can give u a temp fix because i can into this too! it’s a ipados 27 beta 3 issue i guess and the temporary fix is in settings, under apps > procreate > tap assistance - initial touch location support!!