**Updated by request, 30th April 2020 – additional size + cm/mm units added **
There’s no doubt I love Procreate and with each release they keep the surprises coming, but something that has been missing from the beginning is rulers. Sure, there is the ‘perspective grid’ assistance guide and a few packs out there where you can either import the grid image or paint with a guidelines brush. These are very useful in certain instances, particularly with calligraphy and lettering work, but there are times I would prefer to work with the measurement markings of a typical ruler (without filling the canvas with grid squares).
If this is something I need, there’s a good chance you would find it useful too, so today I want to share these free inch and cm unit measurement rulers you can use for your own projects. I’ve chosen three popular sizes in both inches and cm. You can also mix and match with the individual pngs files.. You see what I mean in the video!
IMPORTANT: before you download, please make sure to watch the below video! When creating these ruler templates I discovered an unusual quirk with Procreate when copying a layer from one canvas to another. It’s important you are aware of this behaviour as it’s not something you might expect and it’ll throw off your ruler measurements if you don’t set up your canvas in the correct way.
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6 Procreate files
Inches :
- 8×8” with middle canvas bulls eye
- 10×10” with middle canvas bulls eye
- 8.5×11” with middle canvas bulls eye (*NEW)
CM / MM :
- 21x21cm with middle canvas bulls eye (*NEW)
- 22x28cm with middle canvas bulls eye (*NEW)
- 26x26cm with middle canvas bulls eye (*NEW)
12 Individual PNGs
Inches :
- 8” horizontal
- 8.5” horizontal (*NEW)
- 10” horizontal
- 8” vertical
- 10” vertical
- 11” vertical (*NEW)
CM / MM :
- 21cm horizontal (*NEW)
- 22cm horizontal (*NEW)
- 26cm horizontal (*NEW)
- 21cm vertical (*NEW)
- 26cm vertical (*NEW)
- 28cm vertical (*NEW)
All files are 300dpi
See the full set
See the full set containing 15 different sizes (in cm & inches) here
Carla Crosby
Thank you for rulers….handy tool
Nicole Mauloni
You are welcome, so glad you like them Carla!
Iconoclast
I am well-versed in Adobe Illustrator and learning Procreate. Thanks so much for providing these rulers—it makes designing so much easier!
Nicole Mauloni
So Glad to hear that. Thanks for reading!
Peter Dee
Thank you, Nicole! Very useful ????
Nicole Mauloni
You’re welcome Peter – glad you like them
Khristina
Thank you so much!
Nicole Mauloni
Glad you like them Khristina! 🙂
Jerome
Very helpful, thank you so much!
Nicole Mauloni
You’re most welcome Jerome, glad you like them! 🙂
Adam’s
Thames you very much Nicole it is unreal how helpful this is a really great ideal. Thanks a million
Adam’s
Nicole Mauloni
Aww, glad you’re enjoying them Adam’s. Thanks for your comment
Patty Greathouse
Thank you!
Nicole Mauloni
You’re welcome Patty!
Patty
Thank you!
Robby Cook
Thanks so much for your generosity, Nicole. You create great user-friendly tutorials and ideas to enhance Procreate features. Have a Super Saturday … ????
Nicole Mauloni
That’s made my day – thanks Robby 🙂
Erica Nichols
Thanks a million Nicole! Much appreciated! Getting into packaging design recently and this avoids me having to learn a new software! xo
Nicole Mauloni
So glad it’s helpful Erica! I loved hearing about all your new projects on email too. Please let me know how you get on and if you need any further sizes – I’d be happy to include them in the next update
Darlene
Thank you so so much Nicole !! These rulers have helped me more than I can even express to you. Hours I spent trying to figure out how to get an exact measurement in millimeters, printing, resizing, printing resizing… wasting ink, paper and time. Countless Google searches for tutorials on how to resize in actual measurements – not pixels!
And there you were!! A shiny bright light in my dark space!!! A 5 second download – resized my project to exactly 14.2 cm, and voila!!! Printed perfect!!! I am ever so grateful, truly I am.
HUGS!!!!!!
Darlene
Nicole Mauloni
Such a lovely comment, you are so welcome Darlene! Glad to hear they were helpful ????
Samantha Fairchild
Thank you! This was such a huge oversight in Procreate. I just found you and asked for the email download but it hasn’t arrived. I checked junk of course. What address will it be coming from may I ask?
Nicole Mauloni
Hey Samantha! Sorry to hear the email got lost somewhere on the way. I’ve just emailed you the links again, so hopefully that got through. Let me know I you need any further help. Thanks!
strawberryuhi
Thank you so much! This is so useful ????
Dieliz
Muchas gracias!!! Muy útil la regla. Me encantó ????????????
Nicole Mauloni
You’re welcome, glad you like them!
colette
Hi! I am so excited to try this— but I am not receiving the email. I checked spam…. but it wasn’t there either. Can you help? Thanks so much for making these available— I so miss having a ruler for designing!
Nicole Mauloni
Hi Colette! I’ve just sent you an email with the download link ????
Jeremy
Hi, thanks so much for making these! May I request a very large size, say , 24x36in, and the equivalent metric ruler as well? I want to do some architectural drawings and I don’t feel like learning new software ???? Thanks again!
Nicole Mauloni
Hi Jeremy, Great to hear you find these useful and thanks for the size request! There is a pack with 15 more sizes available (both cm & inch options) with quite a few large sizes. You can see the full list on this page (https://ipadcalligraphy.com/product/essential-calligraphy-brushes-procreate/). Hope that has what you need!
Devon
Thank you so much for the rulers it make drawing in procreate much easy.
Trixie
Hi, I also saw this by chance because I badly need a ruler for my procreate. Thank you for making this. I also requested for a download link. However, I also can’t find it on my inbox. I also checked the spam messages but it’s also not there.
Sarah
Ohhh that’s handy about importing, I didn’t realise that that kept the original dimensions! Good to know.