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FlyAwayMax — SAI Transparency tutorial

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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

FlyAwayMax In reply to ??? [2011-07-27 21:29:18 +0000 UTC]

I think it's a version issue =< I've had lots of people say they have that problem...

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lilly-gerbil In reply to ??? [2011-07-22 12:37:07 +0000 UTC]

oh sorry I think it's because I haven't bought the version.

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Dice-x In reply to ??? [2011-07-17 15:07:22 +0000 UTC]

Mm nevermind, I looked through the comments and saw many people have the same problem. ;]

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FlyAwayMax In reply to Dice-x [2011-07-18 03:01:47 +0000 UTC]

Oh haha yea xD sorry for not responding til now OTL hope you figured the problem out :3

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Dice-x In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-07-18 10:32:47 +0000 UTC]

No problem. ;D
Naw I didn't figured it out. Sadly enough. :c
But I think it's because I didn't pay for it.

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Dice-x In reply to ??? [2011-07-17 14:53:51 +0000 UTC]

Question;
When I click "export as png" the box with "png save options" doesn't show up?
Instead it just shows me in what map and such I want to save it.

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Dice-x In reply to ??? [2011-07-17 12:04:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, it's very helpful.

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zer0-mooga In reply to ??? [2011-07-16 19:19:53 +0000 UTC]

OH GODS thank you : 3:

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FlyAwayMax In reply to zer0-mooga [2011-07-27 21:29:22 +0000 UTC]

^w^

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AishaTsukiari In reply to ??? [2011-07-15 04:52:15 +0000 UTC]

Oh my THANK YOU SO MUCH <3!
I was wondering how the hell people made their background transparent Lol.
Reeeaaally thanks 8D

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FlyAwayMax In reply to AishaTsukiari [2011-07-27 21:29:30 +0000 UTC]

>w< mhmmmm~

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ThistleHound In reply to ??? [2011-07-14 19:47:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!
Never really knew you could make things transparent with Sai (:

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FlyAwayMax In reply to ThistleHound [2011-07-27 21:29:57 +0000 UTC]

yyyyeps ^3^

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pandateddy9 In reply to ??? [2011-07-08 23:25:38 +0000 UTC]

Really useful... but, What is transparency for?

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FlyAwayMax In reply to pandateddy9 [2011-07-09 17:31:50 +0000 UTC]

If you dont want to do a real background but find white boring... Or if you wanna put a picture on a webpage and not have to see this ugly white box around the negative space x3 its a personal preference thing lok

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pandateddy9 In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-07-10 03:44:40 +0000 UTC]

thx

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pandateddy9 In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-07-10 03:41:17 +0000 UTC]

hmm thx

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Dragonbunny11 In reply to ??? [2011-07-07 20:55:38 +0000 UTC]

THANKS FOR TELLING US!!! I really wanted to do that so I was like how do you do that!? and so I found this and yay!

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FlyAwayMax In reply to Dragonbunny11 [2011-07-07 21:28:10 +0000 UTC]

^w^ Absolutely!

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Dragonbunny11 In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-07-07 22:07:43 +0000 UTC]

... When I tried it the boxy thing won't show TTwTT I'm sure it's the full version too ;A;

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FlyAwayMax In reply to Dragonbunny11 [2011-07-07 23:41:50 +0000 UTC]

OAO Are you sure? Everyone else who's had that problem didn't have the full version... it's the official one, isn't it? the one you have to pay for? That shouldn't have issues

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Dragonbunny11 In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-07-07 23:51:29 +0000 UTC]

I think it is but not the one you pay... Because it doesn't have the trial mark on the top right...

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FlyAwayMax In reply to Dragonbunny11 [2011-07-08 00:29:56 +0000 UTC]

ohh well that might be the problem xD I don't know, but that's probably it...

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Dragonbunny11 In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-07-08 00:32:37 +0000 UTC]

Yeah... >A< I wish I could do Transparent... TTwTT What version is yours?

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FlyAwayMax In reply to Dragonbunny11 [2011-07-08 00:36:26 +0000 UTC]

1.1.0
I think that's the newest version

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Dragonbunny11 In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-07-08 00:38:54 +0000 UTC]

oh...

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megapinkfreak In reply to ??? [2011-07-05 15:36:58 +0000 UTC]

when i go to export it, the png export option box doesn't pop up!!! do you know how to get it to?

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FlyAwayMax In reply to megapinkfreak [2011-07-05 15:50:53 +0000 UTC]

umm... a lot of people have been having trouble with that and I'm not sure why exactly =/ If I were you I'd try saving it in different formats just to see if it helped but...
I don't really know^^" Sorry

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megapinkfreak In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-07-05 16:11:40 +0000 UTC]

Oh thank you. I figured out why it doesn't work though. :/ that box doesn't pop up for any one who didn't pay for it. But thank you for your help!

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Nukeleer In reply to megapinkfreak [2011-07-06 03:59:38 +0000 UTC]

wow how gay

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megapinkfreak In reply to Nukeleer [2011-07-06 20:49:01 +0000 UTC]

ya i was not happy when i found out.

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FlyAwayMax In reply to megapinkfreak [2011-07-05 16:14:53 +0000 UTC]

oh, okay xD Glad you figured it out though lol

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megapinkfreak In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-07-05 16:44:32 +0000 UTC]

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Fenniris In reply to ??? [2011-06-30 23:49:29 +0000 UTC]

T.T Thank you so much for this.

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FlyAwayMax In reply to Fenniris [2011-07-01 01:37:00 +0000 UTC]

xD of course lol

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azuloo In reply to ??? [2011-06-30 16:44:32 +0000 UTC]

This is super useful! Thanks ^^

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FlyAwayMax In reply to azuloo [2011-06-30 17:16:35 +0000 UTC]

^w^ mhmm!

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Riuki14 In reply to ??? [2011-06-24 17:12:44 +0000 UTC]

what if the png save options box dosnt appear?

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FlyAwayMax In reply to Riuki14 [2011-06-24 18:54:19 +0000 UTC]

Then maybe check the version info? P= If I were you I'd probably try saving it in other formats just to see, but I'm sorry, i don't really know^^'

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Riuki14 In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-06-24 19:08:32 +0000 UTC]

its ok :3

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twitchglitch In reply to ??? [2011-06-24 03:12:33 +0000 UTC]

Dude I cant get it to work

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FlyAwayMax In reply to twitchglitch [2011-06-24 18:54:26 +0000 UTC]

Why not? =O

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twitchglitch In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-06-24 19:38:00 +0000 UTC]

idk TTATT [link] I did what u said and thats what happened...

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FlyAwayMax In reply to twitchglitch [2011-06-24 19:48:04 +0000 UTC]

That link won't work for me idk why

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twitchglitch In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-06-24 19:54:05 +0000 UTC]

It should be on here under my featured then its titel Phoenix Line Art or something :c

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FlyAwayMax In reply to twitchglitch [2011-06-24 20:46:22 +0000 UTC]

Oh, okies, I found it P= Am I making it transparent for you?

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twitchglitch In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-06-25 00:02:58 +0000 UTC]

if you dont mind I'm just having major issues

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FlyAwayMax In reply to twitchglitch [2011-06-25 00:04:32 +0000 UTC]

Okay then P=

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twitchglitch In reply to FlyAwayMax [2011-06-25 00:08:31 +0000 UTC]

are you okay with that one or do i need to send you one?

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FlyAwayMax In reply to twitchglitch [2011-06-25 00:09:06 +0000 UTC]

ummm it would be easier if you sent a SAI file, but idk if you can do that over email or not =O

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