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HarunaAkatsuki — Creating gradients in SAI
Published: 2010-03-08 15:42:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 39840; Favourites: 344; Downloads: 420
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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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No problem! Thank you for reading!
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I found this so helpful. I wanted to put rainbow gradient accents on something and thought I'd have to do a heck of a lot of blurring.
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Glad it worked for you, share the love!
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Holy crap, that's freaking awesome! Well done, and thanks for sharing~~!
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this makes no sense to me, all upscailing does is make it bigger, it dosnt blend any of it
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Did you check "High quality"?
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It's just making SAI's Bicubic algorithms work for you.
If it was upscaling with nearest neighbor, there would be no difference between the black and white squares at 1 pixel or 1 million pixels.
But, since this is bicubic resampling, there were in-betweener colors created(ie some blending) in the process.
If this method doesn't work for you, I hope you find something that does and share it with everyone.
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I had the same problem, but after I clicked 'okay' to make the transformation permanent, it all blurred.
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its too hard to control like that though. seems ill be better off changing it through programs to get the effect i need
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This is wonderful.
That's all i can say.
Thank you!
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It looks like you've been putting it to good use too!
Thank you for commenting
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Nice! I never knew this! Thanks for the tip : D
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SKSDKDHFGSGFDJGD
OH MY GOSH YOU ARE AMAZING THANK YOU SO MUCH *__*
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Bonus! Thanks to this I know how to use the transform tool!
Thanks a bunch!
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No problem!
Transform is VERY useful! I just wish it had a a 45 degree or input your own angle option.
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okay i did all the steps but its not working. the colors aren't blending. just the pixels are increasing in size and are still separate colors. is there something I'm doing wrong ?
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Do me a wee favor and try the following:
1-Create a canvas that is 2 pixels by 1 pixel.
2-Color the 2 pixels different colors.
3-Go to CANVAS then CHANGE RESOLUTION. Increase the canvas size by 1300%
Do you still have that problem?
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THANK YOU. YOU ARE AWESOME. I LOVE YOU FOR THIS.
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That worked? Excellent!
The more you increase the size, the more the colors will blend. IE, if you just double the size, you won't see much blending.
You'll need to increase the size at least 10,000% to get the blending to work.
If you start with something that's only 1 x 2 pixels, then going to 640 x 480 is way more than 10,000%
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No problem, thanks for the comment! ^-^
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No problemo, glad you found it useful!
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although i am not up to the level that i need it but thanks this is helpful and i will fav it for reference
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Exploiting bicubic resizing algorithms for the win!
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you have to select what you want gradient first tho ;o
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If you use a big airbrush tool it can make it look gradient too o:
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Aye, settings are here:
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May I ask how you got the Binary Eraser?
It sure would be helpful if I could get my hands onto it.
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I made that myself just duping the eraser and then giving it the following settings:
Density - 100%
Simple Circle
No Texture
Advanced Settings:
Quality 1
Edge Hardness: MAX
Hard <-> Soft: 0
Pressure check boxes: None*
*=Well, I do occasionally check the Size box. NEVER check the density box if you want this to be a real binary eraser!
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Ok, well, I feel stupid for asking this, but how can you 'duplicate/dupe' a tool?
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Right click on a tool and you get a pull down menu.
2nd option from the bottom should be Duplicate.
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Enjoy, hope it helps!
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hey, thats a pretty cool trick! Did you figure that out? I can't wait to mess with this XD
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I've done this on other art programs too! :3
I had some help. There's a tutorial that recommended that I draw line art with the LEGACY PEN at 1200 DPI and scale it down to 600 and the scaling process will automatically add a "nice" level of anti-aliasing. Hmm....That's a fact that can be put to other uses! XD
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sweet! I'll havta try that too...
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