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Published: 2016-03-06 16:27:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 57326; Favourites: 3897; Downloads: 952
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Download for the full resolution → →UPDATE 2:
Just realized you can pin stuff to change it's hue and saturation too, which is pretty cool! So I added a separate section explaining pinned layers to include that.
UPDATE:
- Changed the info on the Ctrl + Arrow key shortcut under Transform & Move, wich wasn't completely correct.
- Added a way to make big gradients (near the bottom)
- Added some info about resolution/dpi, which a lot of people have wrong (under the gradient tip)
- Also added SAI's logo at the top because it looks nice yey
This is getting so long oh god. I think I should split it into a few tutorials :')
As promised, here's my tutorial of SAI things! I know there're a lot of SAI tutorials out there already. But I noticed (specially with the shortcuts) that a lot of them are missing some stuff others have, so I decided to make one myself with everything I can think of so you can have it in only one tutorial instead of many. So if you know something useful that isn't here, please let me know so I can add it!
It's BIG and maybe I write a lot trying to explain things haha, but hope you can give it a look because I think some stuff here are really handy to know.
Btw, English is not my first language so sorry in advance if there're any grammar mistakes!
OTHER PEOPLE'S TUTORIALS TO COMPLEMENT
The Basics: Get to know the program interface and what tools do
Tool Settings: Explains everything you need to know about drawing tools' settings
Linework Layer / Vector: Useful tutorials to understand better how the Linework layers work and how to use them
Custom Brushes: SAI brushes aren't as fancy as Photoshop ones, but you can still customize them to an extent
And I guess that's everything! Hope you find this useful. More like, please find this useful so I didn't spend so many hours and energy writing this in vain lmao. Can I sleep now?
Other tutorials and step by steps I made:
Simple Coloring Tutorial - Part 1 // Simple Coloring Tutorial - Part 2
Foliage Steps
Soap Bubbles Steps
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Comments: 175
This was totally awesome~
As Sai is my favorite i loved some of the golden tips in here that just make things so much easier. Will recommend to my Friends for Sure~
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More than 5 years using SAI and I never knew half of it. Thanks.
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I realised, that I am, in fact, total SAI-newbie. I always knew it, but now I can see it clearly.
Thank you for this tutorial, good job! You can sleep now. ~
Also, you deserve a cookie much more than me. Here it is:
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best SAI tutorial I've seen so far! thanks for sharing!
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!! I've been using Paint Tool SAI for quite a while, but I never noticed the fringe! Everything thing else seems super clear for others new to the program!
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This is super useful, I discovered so many new and useful things!! The fringe effect was a shock for me! 
I have a little question. I scan my stuff at 300dpi and then open it in SAI. I make new layers and work on top that, then delete the original scan. However only now I realized that SAI image size was at 72 dpi for my works. I assumed it would take the resolution from the scan. 
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I'm glad you learned a few things from this!!
mmm sadly my knowledge about dpi and how SAI works with it isn't much, so I'm not sure how to help you there ;v; Although if the image appears as 300 dpi when you open it with PS maybe it's something that SAI can't work with it? I'm not sure to be honest so maybe that's totally wrong.
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Ah, thank you so much for the reply!
Mmm, yeah it's kind of weird. I thought that if I created a layer over a scanned image at 300dpi, the whole SAI file would inherit that resolution, but I'm probably wrong. I thought that because PS always showed 300 dpi resolution in the image size, but I'll be more careful from now on.
Thanks for your time and for this wonderful tutorial! 
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OMG THIS IS SOO HELPFUL!!! THANK YOU SOO MUCH
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Thank you so, so much for making this! So many things I never knew and I hope I can put them to use!
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I have been using photoshop mostly, and havent used SAI for anything besides inking. May have to give it a more thorough try with this guide <3 thanks for sharing
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Awesome!! I bought Paint Tool SAI for someone else to use on my computer, and I've never managed to figure it out for myself. :3
This'll help for sure.
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¡Es genial!
Te mereces que este tutorial sea una Daily Deviation. Espero que te lo den. Yo ya he añadido el tutorial a mis Favoritos.
¡Muchísimas gracias por explicar esto con tanto detalle! Ha tenido que ser difícil traducirlo al inglés >__<
Gracias de nuevo.
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aw muchas gracias!! Me alegra que te ayude.
La verdad hacerlo en ingles no fue difícil. Ya estoy tan acostumbrada que me cuesta lo mismo escribirlo en ingles o español jaja. Creo que hasta en español seria mas difícil porque SAI lo tengo en ingles y ni idea como se llaman las herramientas en español ;v;
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Oh, ¡te admiro por tener tan buen nivel de inglés, entonces! ^w^
Yo también tengo el SAI en inglés xD
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This is quite helpful!
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They essentially do the same thing, but the difference is that with locking opacity you'll only be able to work on that layer. With clipping groups however, you can make as many layers as you want that will keep the opacity of the base layer. You'll be able to edit them a lot easier this way. For example, if you have the base colors, shading and highlights on the same layer, you'll have to repaint a lot if you want to edit something. But if you have them in separated layers, let's say you don't like how the highlights turned out, you can simply erase that layer with a click and the base and shading layer won't be affected.
Hope that made sense! ;v;
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Ahhh okay gotcha! Thanks so much! Clipping groups always seemed intimidating to me at first because I wasn't quite sure how to use them, but this guide of yours makes it a lot more simple!
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Está genial. Encuentro que cubre muchas cosas que la gente desconoce y que, como bien dices, te hacen el trabajo más rápido. Yo misma ni siquiera conocía esa opción para cambiar el blanco de un dibujo tradicional a transparente así de fácil.
Tengo un vídeo preparado que habla bastante de lo mismo, te importa si cuando lo suba pongo el link de tu tutorial en la descripción a modo de extra?
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Justamente por eso decidí hacerlo. Hay bastantes cosas que son muy útiles y no encontré en ningún otro tutorial. Hasta aprendí muchas cosas que no conocia haciéndolo jaja.
Y si, no hay problema! Incluso si queres sacar cosas de acá para explicar en el video me parece genial ^^
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OMG this is awesome
Thank u 4 this omg
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omg this post is going to be my life now
god bless your soul
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haha glad you found it useful! ;v;/
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my mind is blown! Thank you so much for posting this!!!
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I thought I knew everything that SAI could do but this tells me otherwise
Thank you for this!!~
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haha you're welcome! I'm sure there're a lot of things I don't know yet too. SAI has so many cool things!
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*breaths heavily upon seeing how many useful stuff there is*
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I've been using Sai for a few years now and I picked up a bunch of awesome tricks from this! Thank you so much for sharing! ♥
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haha there's always something more to learn! I learned a few stuff while doing this tutorial too, so I'm sure there're a lot more stuff I still don't know about ;u;
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Hola, tengo una pregunta: Cada vez que arranco el programa de nuevo los pinceles vuelven a su configuración estándar y no guardan mis cambios. ¿Se puede corregir?
Muchas gracias.
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mmm que raro, no me suele pasar eso. Lo tenés instalado o es una versión portable? Supongo que reinstalandolo o bajando otra versión podría solucionarlo.
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Es pirata, me la dio un usuario de aquí de Deviantart, y no puedo bajármela de nuevo. ¿Quizá sea eso?
No quiero que se me pierda, hago geniales cosas con eso.
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Yo intentaría bajandome otra versión que seguro encontras en Google. Intenta con una versión portable así podes probar rápido si anda bien o no. Otra cosa lamentablemente no se me ocurre.
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Ok, lo intentaré. Gracias por la ayuda y por el tuto, hay varias cosas nuevas que vi en él
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thanks~ learned a lot of new things today, very helpful!
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Waw ! As a beginner, I think this tutorial will be extremely helpful ! It has almost everything you need.. thanks for making this wonderful tutorial ! ;v;
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This is amazing!!! This NEEDS to be mandatory for beginners! SAI is amazing, and so easy to use! 8D
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haha I admit I'd have loved to have something like this when I started. But at least finding out some things myself was fun!
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Ikr? Not as frustrating as learning things like PS too. No raeg quits. XD
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