Reference
Gestures
The gestures worth committing to memory. Most of them work anywhere on the canvas, whatever tool you have selected.
On the canvas
| Gesture | What it does |
|---|
| Two-finger tap | Undo the last stroke or action |
| Three-finger tap | Redo |
| Pinch | Zoom in and out |
| Two-finger drag | Pan the canvas |
| Two-finger rotate | Rotate the canvas |
| Hold at the end of a stroke | Snap it to a clean shape. See Quick Shapes |
| Drag the color swatch onto the canvas | Flood fill the area you drop it on |
When you have zoomed, panned or rotated away from the default view, a reset button appears near the canvas controls. One tap puts everything back.
Apple Pencil
| Gesture | What it does |
|---|
| Press harder | Increases size and fill together, unless Use Pressure is off |
| Tilt | Broadens the stroke into shading, on pencils and charcoals especially |
| Hover | Previews where the brush will land, and the clone stamp source |
| Squeeze (Apple Pencil Pro) | Undo |
In the panels
| Gesture | What it does |
|---|
| Drag a panel's top grip | Move the panel anywhere on screen |
| Swipe a layer row left | Reveal Liquid, Duplicate, Merge and Delete |
| Drag a layer's handle | Reorder the stack |
| Double tap a layer name | Rename it |
| Long press a palette preset | Rename or delete it |
| Long press a gallery thumbnail | Share, export, back up, rename or delete |
| Drag on a wand selection | Grow or shrink the tolerance live |