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pikaxiu β Creating a White Outline: SAI
Published: 2015-05-31 22:22:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 33144; Favourites: 629; Downloads: 143
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I have had probably 3 or 4 people ask me how to do this, so I thought I'd put together a tutorial. This is a very basic, simple skill and it can be very helpful for lots of things.i always think this is like common knowledge but then i remember not everyone has been digitally drawing for 8 years like me
This tutorial just goes through how to put a white outline around your artworks in paint tool SAI.
NOTE:
Not all versions of SAI can save files with transparent backgrounds. If you're not sure if you can or not, try saving something as a PNG and if the "PNG Saving Options" box comes up, then you're golden. If it doesn't come up, I suggest you check out the Photoshop version of this tutorial, since a white outline won't be very helpful on a white background. If your sai cant save transparent pngs, make sure to save the sai file as a psd so you can open it in photoshop, then just follow the photoshop tutorial from there!
I'm sorry if any of this is confusing or unclear! Feel free to ask me to clarify anything if you're confused.
Also, if you have any other sai related questions, feel free to ask me! I'm pretty familiar with SAI. Not QUITE as good as with photoshop, but SAI is capable of a lot less, so I feel that my understanding is still around the same level.
Hope this helps to anyone who was wondering!
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Wow, thank you so much xD
This whole time I was confused that it didn't work
when I control clicked, but now I know that all I had
to control click on was the folder icon xD
Thank you
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I don't actually use Sai but found how to use this on medibang and I must say... this is a brilliant tutorial! It makes everything much easier!Β
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any tips for doing this in sai 2? there doesnt appear to be an increment tool ;v;
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i havent used sai 2 before but I'd image there'd be something similar? maybe called "expand" or "increase"?
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i'm still yet to find anything similar yet, the layout is pretty different and since it's still in beta there's like 0 tutorials floating around ;v;
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i use sai2! there's a selection bar which has 'dilate selection ...' which you can use to expand your selection by any number of pixels! (there's a slider to help you out)
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Thank you so much! This was super useful @_@
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It increments for me but it goes inward and not outward!! help!
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try Selection->Invert
then doing the increments! You'll probably have to invert it again at the end but that should work ! Hope that solves your problem!
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Haha... Funny thing. When I went to 'increment' I wouldn't let me??
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Did you use control+click?
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I found how to do it awhile ago. But ty lol
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BLESS YOUR SOUL YOU AMAZING CREATURE THANK YOU
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OMFG THANK GOSH FOR THIS TUTORIAL IT IS SUCH A BIG HELP AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Thanks so much for the help!^^Β Way easier than trying to manually draw the outline.xDDD
Tip: My Sai doesn't save .pngs, but all I do is save the file as .psd and then reopen it in Gimp.Β Then I can save it as a transparent .png just fine!
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This is such a lifesaver * o * it makes so much of my stuff look way neater
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THANK U SO MUCH THIS HELPS ME SO MUCH A WHITE OUTLINE MAKES A DRAWING LOOK SO GOOOD THANK U
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I have been scouring the internet for this information since transitioning from Manga Studio 5 to Sai and (for something so simple) I'm amazed that it was so hard to find - thank you so much!
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Thank you, it's always nice to see some good Β tutorials, but I wanted to say the colour of the background and the yellow writing is a little hard to differentiate, that's my only critique. 
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lol yeah i noticed that after i made it OTL
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