#How to install custom brushes sai how to#
#How to install custom brushes sai install#
#How to install custom brushes sai software#

#How to install custom brushes sai software#

So to make it work, open Documents>SYSTEMAX Software Development>SAIv2 (previously SAI2 Demo)>Settings>Brushform/Brushtex/Papertex, and input the files to the correct folder *EDIT2* I figured out the problem! Since I use a custom folder for SAI 2 on my Desktop, the files didn't work. *EDIT* As of January 7th, there is a new folder that your textures and brush shapes must be placed for them to work.

#How to install custom brushes sai how to#

If you didn't do it that way, view how to add them here: COMING SOON! When you first open SAI 2 with this new update, you will be given the option to import your previous SAI 1 and 2 version brush shapes and textures to the new version. SAI 1's Blur/Blend Brush Settings to work in SAI 2 (Water Color): fav.me/dbp6dpm OR just use SAI 2's actual blur brush that's brand new and works wonderfully: COMING SOON! SAI 2 Brush Settings Comparison Chart: fav.me/ddvh761 Safari Pack Modified Tools of Paint Tool SAI by Safari-FDB : fav.me/d9q6154īrush Settings I've Faved: /fav… If you did import your brushes, you can pick one of these 5 options to change up and alter different kinds of artistic brushes: Import, Basic, Binary, Ver. If you're struggling to make this work and you're using a free/hacked version of the program instead of the real paid version, then consider buying SAI 2.For the longest time I've preferred working in Paint Tool Sai for drawing, and once I started using Sai v2 it became my main program for pixel art too. No dithering brushes and it wasn't possible to make them by fiddling with the settings. For a while I just made the textures and just copy pasted them as I needed, but lately I wanted to see if it was possible to make dither brushes using the texures. For example, a simple circle brush shape can have a dirt texture. Turns out you can! I made brushes of the 22 32 textures I regularly use when making my own tilesets and am sharing them here for others to use too. They are the ones you choose here, right below the brush shape.

#How to install custom brushes sai install#

Two of the folders have instructions on how to install the textures for the two versions of Sai, and the remaining folder has the textures. There will be more textures added to this set either as they're suggested or as I add onto what I already use. Tutorial dedicated to my friends here on how to add textures and brushes in SAI Mostly technical stuff in this tut.Hope you will find it useful :'D. IMPORTANT NOTE: To use the textures they have to be used with the regular brush in Sai, meaning that while the texture can be made crisp the edge of the brush still sadly has some fading to it.

Feel free to ask me questions and let me know if you find some mistake. PaintTool SAI Pencil brush settings for sketching. The brushes aren't meant to be used as a slap on and done tool. USING PAPERTEXTURE Paper texture is a great way to add a grainy quality to your art and diminish the. It's more to have the pattern cover a large area then to go back and smooth it out as need be. So you'll have to erase and nudge the pattern around as needed when working on any art projects.Įdit: Added a few more textures to the files and updated the Sai v1 install instructions to match them.