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101 favorites you guysTHISFILEISAHUGEMOTHERFUCKERZAMG
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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