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Sarucho — Transparency in SAI
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EDITED 4/16/12WARNING: BIG FILE
I've seen many people say that it's not possible to make transparent things in SAI but it is. (~o3o)~
I used to export my files as .psd and make them transparent in Photoshop, but it's much easier this way.
This is how I made my ID and Shimeji transparent. ^^
Hope it helps! If you have any questions regarding this tutorial, feel free to ask me! 8D
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PLEASE READ THIS IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION!
Many commonly asked questions are answered here.
-Use File>Save As or File>Save. If one doesn't work, then use the other.
-But no matter what...ALWAYS choose the second PNG save option!
-If it doesn't work, then update SAI.
NOTE! I have realized that there are multiple "strains" of SAI. So far, I have noticed 2, but both of these have been able to save transparencies. If this tutorial didn't work for you, you may have gotten some weird "strain."
Otherwise, I really don't know what's wrong. Sorry. ):
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I've been looking at the other comments, and so I though i'd ask you since you have experience, I try and update the file, but i don't know what file to choose when updating it??
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On the site where you get the updates, I believe there's a page that has english instructions on how to update the program?
I'm not sure what you mean, though. :c From what I remember, I only had to save the file in my SAI folder?
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Never mind, I figured it out, but Thanks!
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Ay, I always save my files as .png but the window wont pop up
I don't really know what I'm doing wrong
I usually sketch my drawing out on paper, scan copy and paste, then use multiple layers inking it, but whenever I save it as .png, no window pops up...
am I doing something wrong or...
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No, it's not you. ;u;
It's just the version of SAI you have, and apparently updating the program doesn't help. xD;
You could always try updating though! There are just lots of "sub-versions" of SAI that I don't know how to differentiate.
I'm sorry that I couldn't be much more help. D:
Though if you have Photoshop/GIMP/whatever, save it as a .PSD or another respective file and you can make it transparent in that program instead.
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Thank you so much, it worked really well
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The 32 option doesn't come up for me.
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i clicked save as png, but it just saved and didnt pop up..
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You probably either have an older version of SAI, or the wrong variation.
From what other people have told me, and from my experience, there are a few variations of SAI, but I don't know how to differenciate them.
I'm sorry for replying so late! It turns out that I'm bad with replying.
I do hope I helped in some way!
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yeah its fine thanks
i just save it as a photoshop file and save it in gimp, that works as well. thanks!
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Here's a journal that can help you ^__^
[link]
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When I choose to save as a png. thing, it does give me two options...
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Why won't anything pop out after I saved it as png :I
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Thanks, but it's a little late you know XD I already figured it out but thanks anywas >3<
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i just a lineart and around it was transparency but every time i tried do that nothing come up and then it still white back of it
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Did you follow the tutorial exactly? Did the second window with the 2 saving options pop up?
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yeah i did it all, and now i don't come up
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Is it alright to just go to "Layers" then choose "Luminance to Transparency?" 'Cause....it doesn't pop up....and that's how I usually make my layers transparent. But it also makes the color to gray....do you mind?
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I've never actually tried that before;;;;;;;;;;;
But if it works for you, then go for it! (:
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thanks so much!! this was really helpful! i do the same thing with exporting my files and editing them in photoshop.
Thanks alot for sharing,, my life just got a whole lot easier!!
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Easier lives are better lives! xD
No problem, and I'm glad that I could help~ C:
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actually when tried it out fully, it didnt work ........
........great
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I'm sorry! ;-;
Does the second option come up at all? That's what most people have trouble with;;;
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no it doesnt. It just saves without anything popping up at all
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You may just have the wrong version of SAI, and you might need to upgrade it.
I'm just as frustrated as you, because I don't know how to tell you how to get the correct version because there are variations in the program. D: I deeply apologize.
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oh i see,do you have a link for the version you use?
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thank you soooo much for this, i've been battling with transparency forever, and this fixed my issue.
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No problem! I'm glad I could help! (:
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Featured this on my contest "
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Thank you! ^^ Good luck with your contest!
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it doesn't give me an option?
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Try updating. If that doesn't help, you may just have the wrong version of SAI.
SAI has a few different versions of itself and I'm not sure about how to differentiate them. D: I'm sorry if that didn't help you at all!
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The second option window doesn't show up for me.
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You may not have the right version of SAI. D:
I've noticed that the SAI programs on both of my computers are slightly different, but I don't know how to differentiate them, I'm sorry. You may just want to try updating.
Sorry for the late reply! ;o;
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the second box doesnt come up at all.
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When I save it as a PNG it doesn't give me an option box, how do I fix that?
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Hey, maybe I'm not too late, I can help? 8'D
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alright 8D
well, first thing you should do it save it as a psd file, and erase the whole background so it's 'transparent'.
next go to this site:
[link]
open the drawing and all the layers will be transferred safely to that program.
the background should be transparent if you cleared the background on SAI.
save the file as a PNG and it should be transparent and there you go!! : D
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