Paint tool SAI Tutorial (FAST and BASIC for beginners)

TURN ANNOTATIONS -ON- PLEASE!
or you won't learn anything from some fast fowarded video.

[=========Edit==========]- I'm getting a lot of question about smooth lines, i'm sorry i rushed through vectors, but i now realize theirs a lot of ppl on youtube that find those vectors useful when they don't own a tablet.

to access those tools, create -New vector lineart layer.
those tool are controled with points. pressure will also make ur lines go from thin to thick, you just need to have more than 1 point to make that work.

Example:
100% 90% 0% (u can make hair doing that.)
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to change the pressure, click the point/hold at the same time move in a direction u want the line to shape in.

if ur happy with ur line art, u can then merge down your vector layer to a lineart layer.

if u want, u can draw by hand on paper/ scan it/ upload it on sai/ on a new layer on top of scan make a vector layer and redraw / trace from your scan, and it will look smooth.




~good luck :)
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This won't show u everthing, before u waster ur time, its only shows where most the tools are, how to not color out the lines, how to blend on top of layers, how to make ur lines with a tablet, and just how to shade in multiple layers. I don't have time to make full on tutorials, sorry. I make other videos too and I don't have much time to keep making a ton of these.

Extra Useful Information/Short cuts:
Ctrl Z: Undo
Ctrl Y: Redo
Ctrl X: Cut
Ctrl C: Copy
Ctrl V: Paste

TAB : will hide the side panels
F11 or Shift + TAB: for full screen
Right click (s) Set: will save your current color on the grid palet.

Changing "Min Size" on your tools and brush only work if your using a Tablet, mouses will have no effect.

How to set your layers up:
0. Text on top or Bottom of backgroundd (what ever suits)
1. Outline
2. Sketch (Hide)

color under outlines

3. Hair
4.weapons/ items on top of clothes
5. clothes/shoes
6. skin color
7. Background

Saving Canvas as: SAI
Saving Picture as: JPEG.

well i hoped this tutorial works for everyone that has SAI. sorry it had to be of a crappy drawing and i got lazy on making a background. lol

Goodluck everyone. i like to see what you guys can come up with SAI, post a video responce and I'de love to see how much iv'e helped. ^.^

Category:

Howto & Style

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• tutorial
• simple
• paint
• tool
• sai

[FireNinjaPrincess]

uhgghh why cant ppl just talk and explain stuff on a tutorial instead having ear busting music and me having to pause every five seconds to see WHAT THE HECK IS GOIN ON ....:(

[MexicanPickleEatsYou]

Is the English version of paint tool SAI free? I was thinking of getting it but then I hear people talking about this tablet thing? Can anyone explain

[Kathleen345123]

@FireNinjaPrincess im used to it so I LIKE this tutorial x3

[yayotaxd]

Thanks i learn it alot!

add me in dA

yayotaXD

[tapiokaification]

@DOA4rocks At the top of the window, go to window> show color and tool to right

[tapiokaification]

@LittleMissOddness The vector layer doesn't have a bucket tool, but what it does have is a select tool. It basically works like a regular brush where you just paint over what you want to select, and erase (deselect) what you don't want.

[tapiokaification]

@luvwerewolfs The pen has pressure sensitivity, so it basically works just like a normal pen/pencil works. The harder you press down (more pressure) the darker/thicker the line will be, while less pressure will give you a lighter/thinner line



[tapiokaification]

@MusicalPsychoful Making sure you have the right layer selected, you would click on preserve opacity, which is right above the area where your various layers are shown. Then you can just color over whatever it is you want to change.

[tapiokaification]

@MexicanPickleEatsYou The English version of Paint tool SAI isn't free if you get it legally. A tablet is a device that you connect to your computer, and you to use a pen to draw on the surface. Anything you draw on the tablet with the pen shows up on your computer screen in real time. It makes the process of drawing digitally much easier.

[zakurokitsune124]

omigod thankyou! this was sooo easy! ^^ <3

[amirulzhen]

100% i not understnad what u doing

[zakurokitsune124]

so its perfectly safe? no problems with computers shutting down or weird stuff?