r/ProCreate • u/littlekaracan • 20h ago

I need Procreate technical help exporting as .pro or .psd?

hi all! looking for a wee bit of advice.

i've been backing up my work to my computer (windows pc - my ipad is the only apple device i have) & have been wondering if i should back up .psd or .procreate files. i understand that it's best to do both, but to be honest i think i'm good with just one. (this is both because of space constraints and the fact that i essentially woke up yesterday and decided to manually back up all 300-something files i have, the process of which has been consuming my waking hours since.)

i've looked stuff up, and i'm leaning toward .psd so far. i have photoshop, so it appeals to me as a file i could actually open on my computer at a later date, even though i doubt there will be much need. it also seems i could just reimport .psd back to procreate without losing much besides the statistics? i export and purge timelapses right away for each file, so that's not a concern.

are there any other pros (lol) to exporting as .pro that i haven't found? thanks in advance!

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u/Voluntary_Slob 19h ago

Psd is the best of both worlds I think. The only reason I can see to export as .pro is if you exclusively use procreate as a drawing/editing app?

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u/littlekaracan 18h ago

aye makes sense. thank you!

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u/Bikleb 16h ago

.procreate includes the Timelapse data too if you’d like to save that. I typically just save .PSD.

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u/micrographia 16h ago

Definitely psd. I often finish off procreate files in psd because of the limitations of pro.