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SAI Tutorial
Published: 2007-10-13 09:16:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 281694; Favourites: 5254; Downloads: 7033
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Description Edit: SAI is now officially released as v1.0 and available from the developers' website. It costs about €33/$52, which is really a good price.
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So, here you go :) (Smile) Note it's a little advanced, no "how to draw a loli in SAI".

Here are my screentones: [link]

Hope you'll enjoy!
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Comments: 407

SchwoiSchwoi [2017-01-26 14:16:44 +0000 UTC]

Frage: kann man evtl in irgendeiner .ini oder .conf oder so den Zoom beim Scrollen oder per Tasten "feiner" einstellen? ich finde die Sprünge von 50% - 75% - 100% - 150% etc etwas grob. Die einzige Möglichkeit irgendwas zwischendrin einzustellen scheint mir der Zoom-Slider beim Navigator...

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LunammiLunammi [2016-01-17 19:36:25 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU!

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panstarrypanstarry [2015-12-05 22:41:43 +0000 UTC]

my brushes won't save, and i know that we have to use 'start-sai' to make sure that it'll save the brushes, but it won't for some reason? like everytime i try to use 'start-sai' it'll go 'can't run sai.exe createprocess failed with error 740' and honestly it's so frustrating because i have lots of nice brushes to use but i can't save them. (strangely enough, sai.exe still works...)

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mikuhatsunevocaloidTmikuhatsunevocaloidT [2015-11-19 20:19:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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EdmondRadEdmondRad [2015-11-18 05:13:22 +0000 UTC]

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Art-of-Shannon-LeeArt-of-Shannon-Lee [2015-10-24 11:39:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you C:

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Greebs232Greebs232 [2015-08-21 04:41:31 +0000 UTC]

im kinda confused, i just want to know how to make my brushes save, becasue they wont :( (Sad)

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GeminaArtifexGeminaArtifex [2015-05-27 06:10:48 +0000 UTC]

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ItsPhobsItsPhobs [2015-04-20 16:48:31 +0000 UTC]

The easiest tutorial i found   thank you   

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catgreen333catgreen333 [2014-11-23 05:32:45 +0000 UTC]

verga
no hablo ingles

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briar-sparkbriar-spark [2014-10-09 10:27:11 +0000 UTC]

Hi, algenpfleger! Thank you very much for this tutorial, especially for importing textures!

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KonekomoonKonekomoon [2014-07-10 08:17:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this, I was just dropping the textures into the folders only and wondering why that wasn't working, I didn't know you also had to make an entry of it in a .conf file too. I did that and now the textures are in my SAI! Yay!  

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ShikimuraShikimura [2014-07-03 03:04:33 +0000 UTC]

This took me awhile to understand *_* But it really helped, Thanks for making this <3

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TheCartoonLifeTheCartoonLife [2014-06-23 20:18:16 +0000 UTC]

Helpful but my head is spinning because I'ma noob XD

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mechanicalvalkyriemechanicalvalkyrie [2014-03-26 22:08:02 +0000 UTC]

This was helpful, I learned some new things :) (Smile)

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KanzenbanARTKanzenbanART [2014-02-18 18:00:55 +0000 UTC]

It's complicated to understand how to to those textures instalation.

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ChadComicsChadComics [2013-10-07 21:55:43 +0000 UTC]

this is very informative. thank you.

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JetstreamdrawsJetstreamdraws [2013-10-06 19:52:25 +0000 UTC]

I have a question. My pen tool stopped working with pen pressure about a month ago, every other tool works just fine, except my pen tool. What do I do?

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RoxiiReaperRoxiiReaper In reply to Jetstreamdraws [2014-03-30 09:56:56 +0000 UTC]

try making a new pen tool? you probably just messed with the settings for that tool.

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JetstreamdrawsJetstreamdraws In reply to RoxiiReaper [2014-05-26 21:50:55 +0000 UTC]

Yes, thank you! Turns out, it was the min-size option.

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fROSEn24fROSEn24 [2013-09-26 09:22:34 +0000 UTC]

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PRUSSlAPRUSSlA [2013-09-11 10:26:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank god for this tutorial xD

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MijoliteMijolite [2013-08-07 21:09:24 +0000 UTC]

 Nice tutorial, but I gotta disagree with the statement that Pressure tool is useless. For mouse users, it is very helpful to make a line that has thicker points and sharper points, because with mouse you cant just press harder or softer :/

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amethrymamethrym [2013-07-21 01:13:11 +0000 UTC]

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noodleluv0951noodleluv0951 [2013-07-12 12:43:34 +0000 UTC]

I haz this fo free! and might I suggest..... make simpler!!!!!!

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woesofthenormwoesofthenorm [2013-06-17 01:58:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I never even knew about custom patterns in SAI until I read this! Thank you so much! Invaluable.

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draggersprezdraggersprez [2013-06-05 19:30:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for making this!

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HyliaBeilschmidtHyliaBeilschmidt [2013-04-23 19:26:35 +0000 UTC]

I know this is a very nooblike question but how do I scroll on the options/setting thing?

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XaviarluvyaXaviarluvya [2013-03-30 18:02:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank yyyoooouuu!!!

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Jano19Jano19 [2013-03-11 10:40:59 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME tutorial!!

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xSpickeyxxSpickeyx [2013-03-03 21:02:12 +0000 UTC]

hilfreiches tutorial^^ jedoch versteh ich nicht ganz wie man neue pinselforem hinzufügt... könnest du mir bitte helfen? ^^'

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TeacupArtTeacupArt [2013-03-02 06:49:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!
This was extremely helpful. <3

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HeavenMGNHeavenMGN [2013-01-30 07:05:56 +0000 UTC]

Wow. Thanks. :D (Big Grin)
I didn't know it was so cheap too.

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MomoHinamoruMomoHinamoru [2013-01-29 01:06:52 +0000 UTC]

why is there a thingie art should be easy dammit dammit

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ArteDBArteDB [2013-01-24 19:34:40 +0000 UTC]

I can not open the folder "brushform.conf"..

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tornadoz01tornadoz01 In reply to ArteDB [2014-08-01 23:59:31 +0000 UTC]

Try opening it with notepad?

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LumpousLumpous [2012-12-27 02:00:43 +0000 UTC]

I'd just like to ask which settings you would usually use for the pen tool while sketching, if I may.

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Peach-CobblerPeach-Cobbler [2012-12-16 20:50:34 +0000 UTC]

Hi, I tried to add the screentones you generously provided, and tried to write the file names in the brushtext.conf file. But whenever I try to save it, it makes a new .BAK file and doesn't overwrite the current .CONF file.

If by chance it does overwrite, it becomes undone, once I open Paint Tool Sai. Not only is the tones not options for the texture, but when I open the brushtext.conf file again, it's like I never touched it. Please help. >.<

I used the notepad++ program and the normal notepad program to edit the .CONF file.

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LoneWintressLoneWintress In reply to Peach-Cobbler [2013-01-25 03:56:09 +0000 UTC]

yes I can't do this either :C ^

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KaoyuxKaoyux [2012-12-08 22:01:29 +0000 UTC]

Hi, I'm writing to let you know that I featured your tutorial in my Art Features journal Point Right [link]
Please consider adding it to your favorites. Thank you for your time and the work you did in creating your Tutorial! ^o^

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orihamaorihama [2012-11-27 01:41:10 +0000 UTC]

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WiggyBeWiggyBe [2012-11-05 17:08:14 +0000 UTC]

Wait, i dont understand how you get the screentones to be in Sai D8 What do you do for the papertex? :C

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vedisdragonvedisdragon [2012-11-03 02:28:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

I might just change it to the photoshop layout so that when I finally get PS, I wont have to spend too much time getting used to it.

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Dragondog2233Dragondog2233 [2012-10-29 19:08:35 +0000 UTC]

OH=MY=GOD=THANKYOU.

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HeirOfGleeHeirOfGlee [2012-10-28 19:45:10 +0000 UTC]

changed most settings to photoshop

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AguaRush11AguaRush11 [2012-10-10 03:19:32 +0000 UTC]

thank you!!

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Foxy-SierraFoxy-Sierra [2012-09-08 22:44:57 +0000 UTC]

Nevermind, I got it to work after working with it some more. Awesome tutorial~

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Foxy-SierraFoxy-Sierra [2012-09-08 21:24:35 +0000 UTC]

Ugh... I try to add a the entry into the .conf file and is says make sure the spelled path is correct after I click to save over the existing one and no matter how many times I try it won't update using the new 'start-sai.exe' path that has been used by other users of this program. It's frustrating that I can't get it to work!

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PrasadstudiosPrasadstudios [2012-09-08 14:29:05 +0000 UTC]

Many Thanks to you .....
I am using Photoshop .....but your sai paint tool pictures more beautiful than Photoshop images...
Now I am learning sai paint by your tutorials ...................Thank you for your techniques

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HetteMauditHetteMaudit [2012-09-04 16:39:05 +0000 UTC]

Oh, thanks for your help.
I was trying to understand what was this SAI.

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