Procreate: Resize the Canvas Without Cropping Your Logo

The short answer

To make a Procreate canvas bigger without losing any artwork, open Actions (the wrench icon), choose Canvas, then Crop & Resize. Make the canvas larger by dragging its edges outward or by typing larger values in the Settings panel. Leave Resample Canvas turned off. With Resample off, your existing pixels keep their size and position, and new empty space is added around them. Cropping only happens when you move an edge inward past your artwork or enter dimensions smaller than the current canvas.

Two terms explain why this works. The canvas is the drawable area of the document, measured in pixels. Resampling means recalculating the image's pixels at a new size. Turning resampling off changes only the canvas boundary. Turning it on scales the artwork together with the canvas, which can soften edges or create detail that wasn't in the original.

Step by step

• 1. Duplicate the artwork in the Gallery first, so you can return to the original if the result isn't what you need.
• 2. Open the duplicate. Tap Actions (wrench icon), then Canvas, then Crop & Resize.
• 3. Tap Settings to show the width, height and DPI fields and the Resample Canvas toggle.
• 4. Make sure Resample Canvas is off.
• 5. Enter a larger width, height or both, or drag the canvas edges outward on screen. To keep the original proportions, keep the dimension link turned on. To add space in only one direction, turn the link off.
• 6. Drag the artwork inside the frame if you want the new space distributed differently, such as more room on one side for a tagline.
• 7. Tap Done to apply the change.

Labels and icon placement can vary between Procreate versions, and none of the supplied material confirms the exact interface of a particular release. If a control isn't where these steps describe, look in Crop & Resize for the equivalent setting.

Checking that nothing was cut off

• Hide any background layer, or set it to a contrasting color, so the new empty area is clearly visible around the logo.
• Zoom in on the outer edges of the mark and lettering. Look for strokes or letterforms that stop abruptly at the canvas edge.
• Compare the edge sharpness with the original duplicate. Softer edges suggest the artwork was resampled.
• Open Actions, then Canvas, then Canvas Information to confirm the new dimensions.
• Check the Layers panel. Layers should still be listed and positioned as they were before the resize.

What this means for logo artwork

Procreate is a raster (pixel-based) app, not a vector editor. Vector artwork is built from mathematical paths and can be scaled to any size without losing quality. Expanding a Procreate canvas adds room for clear space, layout variations or mockups. It does not add resolution to the existing logo, and it doesn't turn the logo into vector artwork. If the logo needs to be reproduced much larger, such as for signage or print, rebuild or trace it in a vector application. Enlarging the pixel artwork will reduce its quality.

File formats can be misleading. A PDF exported from Procreate contains image data rather than editable vector paths, so the file extension alone doesn't make it a vector logo. A file's format also says nothing about whether you have permission to reuse or modify the logo. Confirm usage rights separately.

Procreate links the maximum number of layers to canvas size and device memory. A much larger canvas can therefore leave fewer layers available. Check your layer count before a large expansion, and merge or flatten copies only after you've saved an unmerged version.