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Display thumbnails for .procreate files on the iOS mobile app.
Hello all,
I use Dropbox to back up artwork created with the iPadOS application Procreate. They use a proprietary format called .procreate, and I prefer to save in this format for maximum compatibility with the app if I decide to work on a particular piece again in the future. However, when browsing these files in the Dropbox app, no thumbnails are displayed, which makes it hard to differentiate between files (since I’ve neglected to give them descriptive file names, lol).
I think this integration would be useful to many people who use Dropbox on iPadOS, because Procreate is a very popular app and digital art fills up storage really fast! I also think that this integration would be doable, if not trivial, for the following reasons:
- The native Files app can display thumbnails for .procreate files.
- People have made plugins to display .procreate thumbnails on MacOS, Windows, and Linux operating systems.
- The .procreate file format seems to just be a zip archive, so displaying a thumbnail would just be a matter of extracting the image from the archive.
- A Procreate developer on the Procreate forums stated that this integration would need to be done on Dropbox’s end.
In conclusion, my workflow would be greatly enhanced by adding thumbnail support for Procreate files. :)
1 Reply
- Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for your post, anarchohannibalism.
I’ve passed the comments and feedback you’ve shared with us on to our team, so that they can also take a look here.
Other than that, feel free to give me a nudge in case you need something else.
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