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HarunaAkatsuki — Creating gradients in SAI
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A tutorial on how to create gradients in SAI.Tutorial text ONLY:
-Zoom in 1600%
-Use the BINARY or LEGACY PEN tool to create a pattern. For linear gradients, just make a row or column of boxes a few pixels wide.
-Press CTRL+T to transform the boxes.
-Scale the row of pixels up. Zoom out as you go to make things easier.
-A WINNER IS YOU!
Special Thanks to 折易 易折 on Pixiv.
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concise, and super helpful! thanks a bundle for making this!
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Never knew this was possible! Lol
I appreciate the sharing of info!
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i dont have a binary or legacy pen tool i think thats cause i found a free version somewhere online part of me always knew a butload of stuff would be missing ;w;
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I have a free version, and I still have everything
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Even the paid version does not have the legacy or binary tool. it is in fact a downloadable
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oh really? Where do you download it from? c:
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you can actually just use blur, it works for me
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hmm true but it doesn't come out as neat for me as id like it to uwu
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A lot of brushes can actually be found on DA 
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great! Thank you! Ill definitely look into it
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i dont get what to do after you've clicked ctrl T?
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You drag the points until it covers the entire page.
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yeah but it doesn't work for if you want small shapes which is a shape
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In that case, you might want to use the lasso tool
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yeah but its part of the picture and its not meant to grow cause its already in the right position and the right size :/ (i just made it with a lotta colours and blurring in the end xD )
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Oh well i guess you cant gradient shapes (XD I did that too before i learned about this
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Thank you! This is just what I needed, a quick, simple gradient in Sai.
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It didnt' blend when I clicked the control square?????????
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It didnt' blend when I clicked the control square?????????
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kaaaaaaaay.......um 'click on a control square and drag the mouse to scale up the selected area' ...did that and all it did was make it bigger, no gradient blending power going on. ??????
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Thank-you so much! This was really helpful
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You're welcome! ^o^
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Annnd if I dont have the binary or legacy pen??
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Select a 1 x 1 pixel with the rectangular select tool and use the paint bucket.
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Ahh okay! Thank you!
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Yay, it makes the illusion of blending well when it is on large canvas 
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Glad it worked for you!
To the people who it isn't working for, did you try going from 1x2 pixels to 1000 x 2000 or so?
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Doesnt work to the level of a real gradient tool, though P: useful tut anyhow.
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All scaling up does is make it bigger 
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Nevermind, I got it
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Oh my, the most awesome things are also the easiest ones! This is much better than blending colors with Blur or Water! Thank you so much for this tutorial, I'll use it for my next picture for sure! ^__^
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Aww thank you!
An alternate way is just using the airbrush too. Water and Blur show brush strokes and hand jitter too easily.
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You are most welcome!
Nah, airbrush doen't give such a smooth gradient as this method does.
And just as I said, I've used your tutorial for my picture: [link] . It is not too noticeable (except the eyes), but it allowed me to apply a lot of color effects that I couldn't made otherwise. Once again, thank you very for your tutorial.
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Glad it helped!
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Holy crud! Thanks for this tutorial!! I love you!!
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