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Published: 2009-05-11 03:24:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 92369; Favourites: 928; Downloads: 1198
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This is the first step in coloring for me ?A?;; I mask things. same as last time: I Spell bad, and I'm not always clear, so tell me if it's hard to understand.
And I decided i can't make a coloring tutorial because i can't explain how to do it with words. But i have plenty of speed paints on you tube [link] and if you can't make sense of what I'm doing watching them, learn your program better yourself by playing with it. I can't teach you common sense. :I
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Thank you very much, I'm just starting to use SAI and this is very helpful (:
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this is what i do, but i didn't know this was called masking, haha. *facepalm*
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Nice tutorial!
But I need help in something not so related.
I got 2 files, a lineart and another image, I want to move that image to the lineart, but how?
On photoshop is pretty simple, just need to drag, but didnt figure out in SAI
thanks
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Thanks to r tuto i did this drawing today: [link]
Ofc u see no diff from my other drawings but it saved me around 2-6 hours with masking harassing! Thank you, i really looked everywhere on google for this T_T!
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I can't help but ask this one unrelated question
Can the kind of tablet you use effect the way you draw? Because i do great when i draw on paper but whenever i use a tablet i screw up
But this is an awesome tutorial btw!
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May I ask a question? I have the line art, then I make a folder under it and mask it, just like you did. But when I try to color on it or do anything with it, it says "Cannot apply this operation to selected layer" Help me please. >.<
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just to get things clear for me, you aren't actually trying to color on the folder are you? Cause even if you mask a folder, you need to create layer in that folder to color on.
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Oooooh. Haha whoops. xD;;
Yeah I was. Sorry, my bad.
But thanks. This helps a lot. It'll make my coloring much easier. x3;
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Made perfect sense to me. THANKS SOOO MUCH FOR THIS! It has already saved me so much time. Sai is pretty darn amazing.
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I have a question, when I select with the magic wand, it selects the entire canvas. Do you know why?
Great tutorial though.
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hope this helps...when you use wand you can observe that the detection mode is transparency (strict)
you can change the mode to color difference so it will only select closed lines ..heheh .then try to adjust the level of it ..
i just discovered this yesterday..hope it helps
and if you find some parts not selected in a closed area just use the select tool then select the smaller parts that were not selected by the wand,,
hehehehe.please comment on my works,,it helps me grow
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huh? your tutorial was confusing, I tried it, but it made no sense at all...
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what's the difference between the paint tool SAI you download free and the other one you buy?
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the free one is either a illegal copy or a free 30 day trial
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i see, i have the illegal copy xDU...
thanks for the info btw <3
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Do you have the link for this -cough-illegal-cough- copy of sai? I could only find the trial and it ends tomorrow. >.<
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yes, I have it^^ since I downloaded it from [link] It works without any problem
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Thank you. <333
I don't know what I would have done without it. x3
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you're welcome 
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you never posted the second part of the tutorial.
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i never finished the rest, is why
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Well... you should... do that. :3
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Thank-you for the amaaaaaazingly helpful tutorial!!
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Thanks so much for the tutorials, they're very easy to understand and helpful!
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WELL
I must say this was most helpful, actually.
I've been wondering how to do masking and such.
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umm i was wondering what size do you open your pictures on? for the canvas thingy ><
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for this i was using 3300x5100 o.o/ i think i usually use around that size.
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oh ok thanks so much for replying
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nice tutorial,usually when i use the magic wand it just goes everywhere and not the the pricised place >o< lol
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oh oh I have a question!!
why can't you just color in the base color when you have the magic wand tool select the area already, and then fill in the white spots with the pen tool?
I really don't get the point of masking, heck i don't even know what it means o_O
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if i understand the question right, the answere is :M because it would be too annoying and tedious. Also i would have to color inside the line! are you kidding me *flips over table*
The point of masking is this: [link]
that's what my art looks like with out masks :M
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lol... I usually just use the magic wand and select the area, color in the base and fill in the spots... then for the shading, I just use new layers with the cliping layer thing to the original~~~
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Thank you for making this! I've been curious about the mask button, but I didn't really have any clue how to use it. xD; And you've reminded me to use folders... (I forgot Sai had them, and I've been having issues with cluttered layers.)
This is such a big help, thank you.
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Yay! Thanks again for making these!
I usually am too lazy, so I copy the lineart layer and use the fill tool to make the flat colours... all on one layer @___@
This looks like it wouldn't be too difficult too :3
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very nice! with me just easing into sai stuff this was helpful
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Sai FTW !!
good tutorial i'm waiting for the next part : D
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You know, my colour jobs would be so much easier if I would do this.
Thanks. XD
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