Thread by @AidaMAlston

Want add Atomic Visuals directly into your Atomic Essays?

Here's the steps I took to make the Sketch Essay below using @typeshare_co + @Procreate👇🏽

✅ Create essay & visual
✅ Upload essay to Procreate
✅ Add visual
✅ Share it!

A How-To Thread 🧵

✅ CREATE ESSAY & VISUAL

1️⃣ Write essay in Typeshare ✍🏽

• Write shorter! 150-200 words.
This leaves enough space for adding the visual later.

• Add 8-10 empty line breaks where you want your visual to go.

You'll end up with a big blank white space:

2️⃣ Draw corresponding visual in Procreate ✏️

• You can use the same Atomic Visual canvas size recommended by @EvansNifty: 1920 x 1080 pixels

• Crop it later if you want to.

✅ UPLOAD ESSAY TO PROCREATE

3️⃣ Back in Typeshare... 👩🏽‍💻

• Hit Publish
• Add a subtitle
• Hit Next Step

4️⃣ Download Essay Image 📥

• Choose Image Size 5: better readability
• Hit Download Image under preview

DON'T hit Next Step yet‼️

5️⃣ Save to Photos 📸

• Open the downloaded essay image in your Finder
• Save to your photo roll

Again, the photo of your essay will look like this:

6️⃣ Note Pixel Size 🔲

• Open Information for the essay photo
• Note the pixel dimensions

7️⃣ Create new canvas in Procreate 🎨

• Hit the ➕ sign to create a new canvas
• Enter the SAME pixel dimensions as the essay photo

I found the essay text looked blurry when I used a canvas with different pixel dimensions.

8️⃣ Upload Essay Image 📤

• Go to Actions (the tool icon in upper left)
• Hit Add
• Hit Insert a Photo

(2nd pic is what it looks like inserted)

✅ ADD VISUAL

9️⃣ Copy visual from Gallery ✏️✏️

• Go to Gallery and open canvas of the visual you made for the essay
• Swipe down with 3 fingers
• Hit Copy All from menu

🔟 Paste visual to essay 📝

• Go back to Gallery
• Open canvas with the essay image
• Swipe down with 3 fingers & hit Paste
• Use "Transform Tool" to resize visual as you wish

*Pro Tip:
• Select "Snapping" in bottom menu
• Lines help to easily center the visual

✅ SHARE IT!

1️⃣1️⃣ Save to Photos 📷

• Go to Actions > Share > PNG
• Save to your photo roll

You'll attach it as a pic when you make your tweet.

1️⃣2️⃣ Delete white space in original essay ↩️

• Go back to Typeshare on the computer
• Hit X at top left to close the page & return to text editor
• Delete empty line breaks
• Hit Publish > Image Size 5 > Next Step

*No need to download image this time

1️⃣3️⃣ Publish to Typeshare only 🧏🏽‍♀️

• Deselect the Twitter option under "Choose Where to Publish"
• Hit Publish

You want the Text-only version (without visual) to publish on Typeshare

...and the Text + Visual version on Twitter (that you'll publish manually)

1️⃣4️⃣ Copy URL

• When published, hit "View on Typeshare"
• Copy URL of the essay

1️⃣5️⃣ Tweet your Sketch Essay

• Open Twitter & compose a tweet for the essay
• Attach photo of the Sketch Essay saved in your roll
• Publish it!

1️⃣6️⃣ Reply with Typeshare URL

• Paste URL of of the text-only version on Typeshare in a reply to your tweet

YOU'RE DONE FINALLY!

TL; DR on making a Sketch Essay in Typeshare + Procreate 📝

• Write essay in Typeshare
• Draw visual in Procreate
• Download essay image
• Upload to Procreate
• Paste visual onto essay
• Share it!

And what we REALLY learned was...

@typeshare_co needs to support images in Atomic Essays!

Like if you agree! 👍🏽

And follow me for more on learning to make Atomic Visuals ✏️🏴‍☠️

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