Also you can change or switch Primary and Secondary color on this panel or make the color transparent. There we have Selection, Lasso, Magic Wand, Move, Zoom, Rotate, Hand and Color Picker. Our first set of tools is all about selection.
After you've achieved a nice result, you can apply this color on your artwork or clean the Scratchpad and start over. Scratchpad is a place where you can mix any kind of colors without worries, because it won’t affect your main canvas. I usually save colors I use the most and skin tone colors. Right click on a swatch and choose Set, and this color will be saved in the To do that, first make sure that you've selected the desired color, and then Swatches are a place where you can save all your favoriteĬolors. Values, which can be very helpful if you start drawing with the grayscale first Hue, Saturation and Value, so that moving this slider you can change theseĬolor Mixer in this program uses grayscale to change To manipulate colors on the Color Wheel, changing their hue and value. You can find out more about colorĬombinations in color theory. Using this palette you canĮasily work with primary, complement and other color combinations. We’ll look at each of them now.Ĭolor Wheel is an organization of color hues around aĬircle that shows how colors relate to each other. Get to Know Your Color PanelĪll Palette types can be accessed from the top bar of the Color and Tool Panel or in Window (W). Flipping the canvas gives you a fresh view of your artwork and helps you to find possible mistakes. The Reset button returns the view and rotation to default.
Rotating the canvas can help when you're drawing from some difficult angles. You can use this step more than 10 times, so you'll have no worries when something goes wrong. Step back can assist when you want to go back from the recent action. Further controls are available through the Quick Bar at the top. You can change their location in the Window (W).
In Paint Tool SAI you have two main panels to work with: the Color and Tool Panel on the right and the Layer Panel on the left.
Also you’ll learn more about all its panels and tools, how to modify tools to suit your needs, and some tricks. This tutorial is a basic guide which will be useful both for beginners and for people who want to learn more about the potential of Paint Tool SAI. Paint Tool SAI is a lightweight, Japanese digital painting program which is very popular among artists due to its simplicity and vast range of tools.