The main focus is creating new artworks so it isn’t suitable if you are looking for a tool that will also give you photo-editing capabilities. That is down to the fact that there isn’t an extensive number of features. The interface of this paint tool is easy to navigate, so finding the tools and functions you need takes no time at all. It’s useful for adding the finishing touches before saving your piece, as you can soften any hard edges. There is an eraser tool that takes on the properties of the different brushes. This enables you to erase a layer, move it to a different part of the drawing, or lock layers together. Creative capacityĪs well as the main tools for adding color, SAI also has features for adding and editing layers and selecting areas of your artwork. You can adjust the pressure of the brush, so it responds differently to your touch.

Different effects are achieved by using different brushes when drawing, including airbrush, watercolor, and pen. There is also an option to change the luminescence. You can change the appearance of a color by adjusting saturation.

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask and I'll get to them when I'm free.The choice of colors is excellent, which means if you can imagine it, you can create it. Hold Alt + Shift + Left Click (Drag) to rotate 45°ĬTRL / Shift / ALT are the magical keys to tweak rulers. Hold Alt + Left Click (Drag) to rotate the rulers. Special - Hold CTRL + Shift + Alt + Left Click (Drag) the outer control points with the Ellipse rulers to adjust the shape in respect to perspective. Additionally this will adjust the perspective for the Grid ruler. Hold CTRL + Shift + Left Click (Drag) to move the rulers while snapping to an axis. Likewise - Hold CTRL + Left Click (Drag) to move the other rulers around like the Symmetry, General and Grid. (Although I will abuse the hell out of the Symmetry and General Rulers when I need to) There are 4 types of rulers and you can have 1 of each active at any given time, with some rulers taking priority (General Rulers and Symmetry having highest priority with Grid taking 3rd and Perspective last.)Īs helpful as the Perspective rulers want to be, I still prefer using a perspective grid template when dealing with perspective in general. The Icons at the top controls which axis your cursor snaps to ~ So keep that in mind if you're struggling to get the cursor to follow the correct axis. Hold CTRL + Left Click (Drag) to adjust the points on the perspective ruler.

Ruler and grib paint tool sai v2