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Description 101 favorites you guys And I made this on a whim at 2 in the morning ^^" Lol I'm so glad it's actually helping people >w<

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Anyways, this is how i do it. I pretty much took bits of advice i scraped from across the internet to develop my own method to doing this... it's probably not the only way to get transparent backgrounds, but it's the way I do it, so... it works for me^^'

If you finish a project and go 'oh crap, the parts I meant to be white in the picture turned transparent too!', no worries, just place a new layer between the transparent layer and your art and fill the white spaces in.
Also, since SAI detects the pixel opacity, it's a good idea to color in white behind parts of your image that aren't completely saturated with color.

Aaaaand you don't have to flatten your image first. But a few times, when i finished this process, there were odd white chunks that I couldn't get to go away, and when I flattened the image and THEN went through this process, it resolved itself perfectly.

If you have any more questions, I can try to help, but I am by no means an expert. Just another learner who found a neat trick i wanna share^^

Hope this helps~<3
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Comments: 342

Winkatuck [2014-08-22 00:35:04 +0000 UTC]

oh thank god, I had the issue with the "odd white chunks" I'm glad someone had something for me to do to fix it qwq

it worked!

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VeraSarah [2014-08-10 19:31:34 +0000 UTC]

It never gave the png save option. Could you possibly explain why please? Thank you!

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GinnaSAN1223 In reply to VeraSarah [2014-12-16 18:25:34 +0000 UTC]

ok so this is so very late you probably alredy figured it out ;;

when saving, double check if it's saving as PNG, because it can convert back to SAI 
so this is probably the problem ;;

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VeraSarah In reply to GinnaSAN1223 [2014-12-16 19:50:40 +0000 UTC]

I actually javnt figured it out. Ive been using LunaPic.com but ill have totry this way again. (: thank you for your reply though!!

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GinnaSAN1223 In reply to VeraSarah [2014-12-17 13:11:23 +0000 UTC]

oh hey no problem ;w;
at least this was my problem so maybe ;;

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breaker335 In reply to GinnaSAN1223 [2015-03-22 16:30:36 +0000 UTC]

Still doesn't give me the option

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jsola In reply to breaker335 [2015-04-15 21:06:09 +0000 UTC]

Mean neither...

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Maledrox In reply to ??? [2014-06-19 20:00:11 +0000 UTC]

HEY. THERES NO PNG OPTIONS. HELP USS

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Maemi-tan In reply to ??? [2014-06-15 23:18:10 +0000 UTC]

its not giving me the png save option....

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Kemoh-Wintertail In reply to ??? [2014-06-09 12:25:22 +0000 UTC]

So it does not give me the option to select that thing at the end.. not sure what to do about that

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medithetic In reply to ??? [2014-06-01 01:35:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you~

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Falafler In reply to ??? [2014-05-11 23:36:26 +0000 UTC]

I never get the box to select "32bpp"...

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suigintouxgaara In reply to ??? [2014-04-30 01:48:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot! This is the only tutorial that has worked for me

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EcofriendlyNotebook [2014-04-06 01:13:38 +0000 UTC]

Ohh .3.

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EcofriendlyNotebook [2014-04-05 09:00:01 +0000 UTC]

it helps a lot :3 *gives you a cookie*  

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NyunKawaii In reply to ??? [2014-03-15 13:58:25 +0000 UTC]

im sorry, it doesnt work in my SAI.. there's a export->png but the png-save box doesnt appear

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iiStrawberrie In reply to ??? [2014-03-05 06:07:56 +0000 UTC]

I feel so dumb now.

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ShiakuKente [2014-01-22 04:00:18 +0000 UTC]

I need help with a strategy of coloring skin. I put a lot of detail into the facial features of my drawing (Nose, eyes, etc.) and I forgot to color the skin. Can you tell me a way I can color the skin without trying to avoid every little detail? I just started using SAI today, so I'm a bit of a noob with it.

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axiabetty [2014-01-15 16:16:55 +0000 UTC]

i've a problem..!!! I don't have that window for transparency ANYMORE!!! 

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moccalee [2014-01-12 17:56:48 +0000 UTC]

Tried this, and it didnt work ;n; there wasnt that png save options box.

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Pumpkin-Pai In reply to moccalee [2014-07-29 02:26:10 +0000 UTC]

Sadly, same with me. ;-;

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moccalee In reply to Pumpkin-Pai [2014-07-29 08:02:56 +0000 UTC]

I tried to grab an updated piretoz :ccc copy and now I get the box. Unfortunately I forgot where I got it or what it was named

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NyunKawaii In reply to moccalee [2014-03-15 13:58:43 +0000 UTC]

same here... ;w;

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Mi-chan4649 [2014-01-08 04:54:33 +0000 UTC]

thank you, this really help XD

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AnimeLoven [2013-11-29 21:05:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much this helped out ALOT!!!!!!

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Purrmon In reply to ??? [2013-10-28 20:46:16 +0000 UTC]

thanx il see if this helps ^-^

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invaderfrimo [2013-09-15 20:50:00 +0000 UTC]

why did it take the color out of my picture when I tried it?

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ricafoxx In reply to invaderfrimo [2014-03-24 02:52:09 +0000 UTC]

You probably selected luminance to transparency on the actual picture and not the background.

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maangoe [2013-08-25 20:43:55 +0000 UTC]

the option didn't pop up but it was transparent so whatever XD

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SylThetWins In reply to ??? [2013-07-27 11:37:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks XD

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Anna-B-Chan [2013-07-21 02:00:38 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this really helped! Thanks!

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QwQMiserySmileQwQ [2013-07-19 09:30:26 +0000 UTC]

thankyou thankyou thankyou you just saved me ;; Ive been cutting the background out on photoshop for ages afterwards and it always spoils it- Im so glad there is actually a way to make a transparent background on Sai after all <3

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Mayzean-Warlock In reply to ??? [2013-06-21 01:40:52 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU!

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ArtisticMii [2013-06-08 23:31:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank yooou

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srcpcsoha [2013-06-04 01:05:29 +0000 UTC]

this helps! Thank you!

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zopiyx [2013-05-25 09:20:45 +0000 UTC]

i'm already tried your tutorial but it doesn't work..
why??

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R4WVz7 [2013-04-06 04:49:01 +0000 UTC]

the PNG save options doesn't pop up when I export it ;A;

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UnderEstimatedArtist In reply to R4WVz7 [2013-07-06 05:15:02 +0000 UTC]

Me too dude.

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NaroKusanagi In reply to R4WVz7 [2013-05-29 04:11:33 +0000 UTC]

Same here T^T
Maybe it's the wrong version....

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EcofriendlyNotebook In reply to NaroKusanagi [2014-04-05 09:09:41 +0000 UTC]

wat version did ya use? mine is like Ver. 1 :T

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NaroKusanagi In reply to EcofriendlyNotebook [2014-04-05 12:26:21 +0000 UTC]

It's the free english ver. I think.... I haven't played around in sai for a while, since I often use my mom's laptop, while Sai is in my dad's laptop

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flyingnarwhales [2013-03-29 18:28:23 +0000 UTC]

D: i did everything
but the options didnt pop up
what happened?

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drawingamileaminute [2013-01-31 00:40:25 +0000 UTC]

When I saw this was posted about 2 years ago, I got worried. I thought, what if it soesn't work anymore? THANKFULLY it still works. Thankyou for posting this!!! You are a LIFESAVER!

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yayotaXD In reply to ??? [2013-01-30 20:21:34 +0000 UTC]

hello all who didn't show up the save options box,save ur the file PSD then open ur file "photoshop" then save it PNG :3 i hope you help srry 4 my englishh

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NaraxBara In reply to yayotaXD [2013-04-21 22:07:26 +0000 UTC]

well maybe not everyone has photoshop how about that

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CarefulKoala In reply to NaraxBara [2013-05-15 23:15:49 +0000 UTC]

get gimp it free and that method will work

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SkyChibi In reply to NaraxBara [2013-05-04 16:01:57 +0000 UTC]

I know i'm late but there's no need to say it in such a rude way..

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3nchantedDo11 [2013-01-25 04:17:05 +0000 UTC]

I love you..

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Puppy-Sniffer [2013-01-11 03:10:16 +0000 UTC]

our hand-wrighting is really similar. good tutorial btw

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

Question! When I tried saving it in PNG the 'PNG save option' didn't appear! Help please?

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