To add another page in Procreate, open your artwork, tap the wrench (Actions), choose Canvas, and switch on Page Assist. Then tap New Page, which adds a blank page directly to the right of the page you're on. Page Assist treats each page as its own canvas inside one document, so you can keep drawing with your usual brushes and tools.

Quick Steps: Add a New Page With Page Assist

1. Open the artwork you want to expand.
2. Tap the wrench icon in the top left to open the Actions menu.
3. Tap Canvas, then flip the Page Assist toggle on.
4. The screen zooms to show the whole artwork, with a Timeline of page thumbnails.
5. Select the page you want to follow, then tap New Page.
6. A blank page appears to the right of your current page.

You can repeat step 5 as often as you need. To go back to the standard single-canvas interface, open Actions > Canvas and switch Page Assist off.

What Page Assist Actually Does

Page Assist isn't a separate tool. It's an alternate interface that gives one Procreate document several canvases. Brushes, layers, selections, and adjustments all work as they do elsewhere, but your edits apply only to the page currently selected in the Timeline.

It helps to understand how Procreate maps your existing content onto pages. If you turn on Page Assist in an artwork that already has multiple layers, those layers become individual pages. That can surprise new users. You open a painting with a background, linework, and color layers, switch on Page Assist, and suddenly it looks like a five-page document.

Check your layer structure first if that matters to you. If you want one finished illustration to stay as one page, group the layers that belong together before you activate Page Assist. A reply on Procreate's community forum notes that a layer group can show up as a single page, which is a practical way to keep an illustration intact.

The Timeline is your layer stack, turned sideways

The Timeline shows each page as a thumbnail. The bottom layer in the Layers panel corresponds to the far-left page, and pages read in order from left to right. The selected page is underlined in blue.

You can move around the Timeline in three ways:

• Tap a thumbnail to jump to that page.
• Drag the Timeline back and forth.
• Flick the Timeline to scroll quickly through longer documents.

Because the Layers panel in Page Assist also shows every page as a thumbnail, you can manage pages from either place.

Starting a Multi-Page Document From a PDF

You don't have to begin with a Procreate artwork. Importing a single PDF activates Page Assist automatically, and each PDF page becomes a page in the Timeline. There are three ways to bring one in:

• AirDrop: Send the PDF from another Apple device, choose Procreate in the "Open with…" panel, and the file imports to your Gallery.
• Import from Files: In the Gallery, tap Import in the top right, browse to the PDF, and select it.
• Drag and drop: Press and hold a PDF in the Files app, pick it up, and drag it into Procreate.

Two caveats are worth knowing. If you import several PDFs at once, they save to your Gallery rather than opening automatically. And a PDF won't auto-open into Page Assist if you already have a Procreate artwork open. In both cases, open the file from the Gallery yourself.

Once the PDF is in, tap New Page to add blank pages after any existing one, which is useful for notes, markup, or extending a script or storyboard template.

Exporting a Multi-Page Document

When you're done, go to Actions > Share and choose PDF under Share Layers. This exports the Page Assist document as a multi-page PDF, which suits marked-up documents, notes, and comic or book pages. If you need individual pages as images, Procreate's other Share formats are available from the same menu. Check the Handbook's Share section for how each format treats pages.

A habit I'd recommend: export a PDF or flattened images at milestones, not just when you finish. A multi-page file is heavier than a single canvas, and a fresh export gives you a safe copy outside the app.

When Page Assist Isn't the Right Fit

Page Assist works well for sketchbook-style documents, notes, and sequential pages that each stand alone. It's less suited to some layouts, and Procreate's own community has discussed this openly.

Printed spreads and wide layouts

If you need a two-page spread or an image that spans several printed pages, Page Assist doesn't work well for that. The usual approach is to create one canvas sized to all the pages combined, plus bleed. Add a guide layer that marks where each page begins and ends so you can compose around the gutter.

Webtoon-style long canvases

Vertical comics that get sliced into segments are another weak spot. Page Assist gives you separate canvases, not one tall canvas cut into panels. For this, work on a single long canvas and slice it afterward.

Be careful when cropping

If you split a large canvas by cropping, duplicate the artwork first. Users have reported crops that couldn't be undone, or crashes that left a cropped canvas with no history. Never run Crop & Resize on your only copy. Crop the duplicate, and keep the original file untouched.

Memory also matters. A huge multi-page spread may challenge Procreate's memory limitations. If performance drops, reduce the page size or resolution before adding more pages.

Why Motion and VFX Artists Use Procreate Pages

Many animators and designers use Procreate as a quick thumbnail and concept tool even though their production work lives in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender, or Nuke. Page Assist fits that role well:

• Storyboards: One page per beat, with notes drawn directly on the canvas.
• Styleframes: One page per proposed look, so a client or director can flip through options in order.
• Character and prop turnarounds: Separate pages for front, side, and back views, kept in one file.
• Markup: Import a PDF animatic or layout and draw corrections on each page, then export the marked-up PDF.

Matching page sizes and aspect ratios to your delivery format early saves trouble. If the final output is 16:9 video, set up your canvas that way so frames don't need re-cropping later, and remember the duplicate-before-crop rule if you do have to adjust.

Taking Procreate Pages Into an AI-Assisted Pipeline

Once your pages are boards or key poses, you can use them as the starting point for motion. This is where an AI video and motion tool such as Styleframe can fit into the workflow, with your Procreate pages serving as reference inputs.

A practical path looks like this:

1. Export pages as images from Procreate, with one image per beat or pose.
2. Use them as reference images or keyframes in your motion tool, so the frames you drew guide the motion between them.
3. Use a Procreate page as a style reference so the generated footage follows your illustration language and not a generic one.
4. Refine and compare. Keep earlier results so you can compare versions and go back to an earlier take.
5. Finish at production resolution in your usual finishing tools.

Your compositing, color, and finishing stay where they already live, and Procreate remains the place where you draw.

The key point is that your hand-drawn pages stay the authority. The AI works from your boards, not in place of them.

Troubleshooting Common Page Assist Issues

My layers turned into pages. That's expected. Page Assist reads layers as pages. Turn it off through Actions > Canvas to return to the normal layer view, and group layers beforehand if you want them treated as one unit.

New Page added the page in the wrong spot. New Page inserts to the right of the currently selected page. Select the page you want to follow before tapping it.

My PDF didn't open in Page Assist. Either you imported multiple files at once, or you already had an artwork open. Open the PDF from the Gallery.

I can't find Page Assist. It lives under Actions (wrench) > Canvas. Make sure your version of Procreate is up to date if you don't see the toggle.

The file is slow. Reduce canvas size or DPI, flatten pages you've finished, and keep a duplicate of the full-quality version before you do.

Summary

Adding a page in Procreate comes down to three actions: enable Page Assist from Actions > Canvas, tap New Page, and navigate with the Timeline. Remember that existing layers become pages, PDFs open straight into Page Assist, and exports can go back out as PDF. For printed spreads or long-scroll comics, use a single oversized canvas with guides and always duplicate before cropping. If those pages are leading into animation, export them as images and use them as keyframes and style references in your motion pipeline.

To add another page in Procreate, open your artwork, tap the wrench (Actions), choose Canvas, and switch on Page Assist. Then tap New Page, which adds a blank page directly to the right of the page you're on. Page Assist treats each page as its own canvas inside one document, so you can keep drawing with your usual brushes and tools.

Quick Steps: Add a New Page With Page Assist

1. Open the artwork you want to expand.
2. Tap the wrench icon in the top left to open the Actions menu.
3. Tap Canvas, then flip the Page Assist toggle on.
4. The screen zooms to show the whole artwork, with a Timeline of page thumbnails.
5. Select the page you want to follow, then tap New Page.
6. A blank page appears to the right of your current page.

You can repeat step 5 as often as you need. To go back to the standard single-canvas interface, open Actions > Canvas and switch Page Assist off.

What Page Assist Actually Does

Page Assist isn't a separate tool. It's an alternate interface that gives one Procreate document several canvases. Brushes, layers, selections, and adjustments all work as they do elsewhere, but your edits apply only to the page currently selected in the Timeline.

It helps to understand how Procreate maps your existing content onto pages. If you turn on Page Assist in an artwork that already has multiple layers, those layers become individual pages. That can surprise new users. You open a painting with a background, linework, and color layers, switch on Page Assist, and suddenly it looks like a five-page document.

Check your layer structure first if that matters to you. If you want one finished illustration to stay as one page, group the layers that belong together before you activate Page Assist. A reply on Procreate's community forum notes that a layer group can show up as a single page, which is a practical way to keep an illustration intact.

The Timeline is your layer stack, turned sideways

The Timeline shows each page as a thumbnail. The bottom layer in the Layers panel corresponds to the far-left page, and pages read in order from left to right. The selected page is underlined in blue.

You can move around the Timeline in three ways:

• Tap a thumbnail to jump to that page.
• Drag the Timeline back and forth.
• Flick the Timeline to scroll quickly through longer documents.

Because the Layers panel in Page Assist also shows every page as a thumbnail, you can manage pages from either place.

Starting a Multi-Page Document From a PDF

You don't have to begin with a Procreate artwork. Importing a single PDF activates Page Assist automatically, and each PDF page becomes a page in the Timeline. There are three ways to bring one in:

• AirDrop: Send the PDF from another Apple device, choose Procreate in the "Open with…" panel, and the file imports to your Gallery.
• Import from Files: In the Gallery, tap Import in the top right, browse to the PDF, and select it.
• Drag and drop: Press and hold a PDF in the Files app, pick it up, and drag it into Procreate.

Two caveats are worth knowing. If you import several PDFs at once, they save to your Gallery rather than opening automatically. And a PDF won't auto-open into Page Assist if you already have a Procreate artwork open. In both cases, open the file from the Gallery yourself.

Once the PDF is in, tap New Page to add blank pages after any existing one, which is useful for notes, markup, or extending a script or storyboard template.

Exporting a Multi-Page Document

When you're done, go to Actions > Share and choose PDF under Share Layers. This exports the Page Assist document as a multi-page PDF, which suits marked-up documents, notes, and comic or book pages. If you need individual pages as images, Procreate's other Share formats are available from the same menu. Check the Handbook's Share section for how each format treats pages.

A habit I'd recommend: export a PDF or flattened images at milestones, not just when you finish. A multi-page file is heavier than a single canvas, and a fresh export gives you a safe copy outside the app.

When Page Assist Isn't the Right Fit

Page Assist works well for sketchbook-style documents, notes, and sequential pages that each stand alone. It's less suited to some layouts, and Procreate's own community has discussed this openly.

Printed spreads and wide layouts

If you need a two-page spread or an image that spans several printed pages, Page Assist doesn't work well for that. The usual approach is to create one canvas sized to all the pages combined, plus bleed. Add a guide layer that marks where each page begins and ends so you can compose around the gutter.

Webtoon-style long canvases

Vertical comics that get sliced into segments are another weak spot. Page Assist gives you separate canvases, not one tall canvas cut into panels. For this, work on a single long canvas and slice it afterward.

Be careful when cropping

If you split a large canvas by cropping, duplicate the artwork first. Users have reported crops that couldn't be undone, or crashes that left a cropped canvas with no history. Never run Crop & Resize on your only copy. Crop the duplicate, and keep the original file untouched.

Memory also matters. A huge multi-page spread may challenge Procreate's memory limitations. If performance drops, reduce the page size or resolution before adding more pages.

Why Motion and VFX Artists Use Procreate Pages

Many animators and designers use Procreate as a quick thumbnail and concept tool even though their production work lives in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Blender, or Nuke. Page Assist fits that role well:

• Storyboards: One page per beat, with notes drawn directly on the canvas.
• Styleframes: One page per proposed look, so a client or director can flip through options in order.
• Character and prop turnarounds: Separate pages for front, side, and back views, kept in one file.
• Markup: Import a PDF animatic or layout and draw corrections on each page, then export the marked-up PDF.

Matching page sizes and aspect ratios to your delivery format early saves trouble. If the final output is 16:9 video, set up your canvas that way so frames don't need re-cropping later, and remember the duplicate-before-crop rule if you do have to adjust.

Taking Procreate Pages Into an AI-Assisted Pipeline

Once your pages are boards or key poses, you can use them as the starting point for motion. This is where an AI video and motion tool such as Styleframe can fit into the workflow, with your Procreate pages serving as reference inputs.

A practical path looks like this:

1. Export pages as images from Procreate, with one image per beat or pose.
2. Use them as reference images or keyframes in your motion tool, so the frames you drew guide the motion between them.
3. Use a Procreate page as a style reference so the generated footage follows your illustration language and not a generic one.
4. Refine and compare. Keep earlier results so you can compare versions and go back to an earlier take.
5. Finish at production resolution in your usual finishing tools.

Your compositing, color, and finishing stay where they already live, and Procreate remains the place where you draw.

The key point is that your hand-drawn pages stay the authority. The AI works from your boards, not in place of them.

Troubleshooting Common Page Assist Issues

My layers turned into pages. That's expected. Page Assist reads layers as pages. Turn it off through Actions > Canvas to return to the normal layer view, and group layers beforehand if you want them treated as one unit.

New Page added the page in the wrong spot. New Page inserts to the right of the currently selected page. Select the page you want to follow before tapping it.

My PDF didn't open in Page Assist. Either you imported multiple files at once, or you already had an artwork open. Open the PDF from the Gallery.

I can't find Page Assist. It lives under Actions (wrench) > Canvas. Make sure your version of Procreate is up to date if you don't see the toggle.

The file is slow. Reduce canvas size or DPI, flatten pages you've finished, and keep a duplicate of the full-quality version before you do.

Summary

Adding a page in Procreate comes down to three actions: enable Page Assist from Actions > Canvas, tap New Page, and navigate with the Timeline. Remember that existing layers become pages, PDFs open straight into Page Assist, and exports can go back out as PDF. For printed spreads or long-scroll comics, use a single oversized canvas with guides and always duplicate before cropping. If those pages are leading into animation, export them as images and use them as keyframes and style references in your motion pipeline.