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EDIT 2: Some people have noted that their SAI does not do this. It is because it is not an updated version of SAI that supports transparency. There used to be a journal/ link that I had in the comments which led to a Transparency-supporting SAI, but this link is now down. I do not have a new link; please research and find a transparency-supportive SAI by your own means.ΒMy first tutorial lolol //fail
A lot of people have been asking me how to do transparent backgrounds in Paint TOOL SAI. There weren't any tutorials on dA that seemed to be as simple as how I did it (there were barely any in the first place so.)
If you have some trouble understanding the summarized pictures, here's some more info on it.
Basically, in SAI everything you draw is automatically "transparent". When you save as JPEG, which doesn't support transparency, everything "transparent" is turned to white, like how you see it when you are drawing in the program.
Adding a new layer underneath and making it a different color allows you to see things you missed, preferably the whites. Let's say that when I added the yellow, Casey's white hoodie turned yellow also. That means I need to go in and color it white or else it will become transparent as well.
Saving it as 32bpp makes all the areas you didn't draw on turn transparent.
Some tutorials say that you have to merge all your layers into 1. That is not true. I could have had 3 or 4 layers on that Casey picture, it doesn't affect transparency.
I hope you guys find this helpfull!
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no need to name call. I was looking for the same thing and checked the description - it leads to a 404
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www.google.pl/webhp?sourceid=c⦠not that hard, is it?
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You can try to download this version www.dropbox.com/s/qa983ux8zk57β¦
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thank you for putting the link up qwqq save me a lot i needed this for a shimeji qwqqq
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OMG THANK U SO MUCH I LUV U FOR THIS THANKZZZZZ XD
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Thank you so much for this! It worked, even on Manga Studio 5 (though, of course, there was no pop up). But it worked, and I couldn't be more thankful! <3
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Yeah, one thing, whenever i try to go to the journal, it says error 404 page not found, welp, shite balls xD
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OMG OMG THANK YOU THANK YOU I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE WHO TAUGHT ME THIS
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I have been using Sai for ove a year and now I learn this thank you
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omg thank you so much for this tutorial!!
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Thank you so much for this, I was wondering what exactly I was doing wrong when it wasn't saving as a transparent vector, ahah
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Thanks A Bunch! This Really Helped.
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sorry if it bugs you or something but the link with why the window doesn't pop up doesn't work >~>
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Hey, I know not to comment that its not popping up butttt your link to the journal doesnt open :> Loves me
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That "Paint Tool SAI and Transparent .PNG" link is saying it's unavailable
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it doesn't pop up for me ;;
and when i try going to the journal it just says "404 not found"
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Thank you!! This was really useful~
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when i got to export it the window doesen't show up..
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same, it just saves for me
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Thank you, I found this really helpful! Β Β :3 Β Β
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This is a really awesome tutorial, but for some reason, the white background that I wanted to be transparent on one of my drawings still shows up opaque. I have read the tutorial and made sure that I've done everything right, and I did. I'm not sure what I ended up doing wrong. Do you have any ideas (if not that's ok) btw I did remember to save it as a .png and 32bppΒ
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Thanks for doing this, it was very helpful!Β Β
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Β‘MuchΓsimas gracias!! No sabes cΓ³mo me ayudΓ³.Β
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did it like you showed here and i had the option to save as png and it didn't work
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It was such a struggle before Thank you! Β Β
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whats the latest version of sai? and where can i get it?
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Β You can find SAi on:Β www.systemax.jp/en/sai/
Β You do get a free trail for 30 days(?). But you will need to pay when it's over. c:'Β
Β That is, if you want to get the full version. Than you just need toΒ purchase it software... Or you can always look for the free link.
Β I got mine from one of the site. Can't remember where you can get it now. But do try the free trail version to see if you like the software.
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Very simple and great tutorial!! Thank you <:
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I tried this, it worked the first time but I tried to save another image and it didn't word, weird
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Thank you so much for making this! It was very helpful, and now I've just made my first transparent background thanks to you~! ^o^/
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I used to be able to do this but now the window doesn't show up with the pixel format options when i try to save
So confused, anyone have any ideas? o3o'
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Mine does not show up too qwq
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I downloaded the newer version and it works now
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Oh, okie, I'll try that too >w< Thanks :3
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This tutorial made it super easy. Thanks!
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The journal is the description sends me to the error page "404 not found"
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The journal wont come up for me >:
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Whaaaaat? This makes it look so easy! This was so easy to understand, thank you very much! ;w; I'm going to try this out. <3
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Okay I have version 1.2 and this window does not appear,
also when I will make colored layer invisible it says "Saving caNvas failed"
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Okay, I have 1.1.0 (which, according to the tutorial listed, is the minimum version to make transparent backgrounds) but I still don't get PNG options.
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