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The easiest way to install new brushes and textures in SAI is to understand how it works. I’ve personally found that tutorials or step-by-step guides are more confusing rather than helpful. My approach is to explain how SAI works instead. Don’t worry, it’s not complicated!HOW TO FIND WHERE PAINTTOOL SAI IS INSTALLED ON YOUR COMPUTERLocate the PaintTool SAI icon with which you launch it on your computer.

It can be located on your Start Menu, or your desktop. Right click on the icon and you’ll get a menu like this. Click on Properties.A window will appear. Click on the Open File Location button.A new window will appear. This is where your SAI is installed with all its system files.

Not that difficult, huh?THE SAI FOLDERSThe only folders that interest us are blotmap, brushtex, elemap and papertex. If you open any of these folders you’ll see they contain BMP files, which are image files just like JPGs or GIFs.blotmap and elemap contain the brushes shapes (“maps”). There are two types of maps which behave differently, which is why they are kept in two separate folders. They are the ones you choose here, on the brush panel:brushtex contains brushes textures. A brush can have a certain shape and it can have a texture.

For example, a simple circle brush shape can have a “dirt” texture. They are the ones you choose here, right below the brush shape:papertex contains paper textures. Unrelated to brushes textures, these are textures you apply on a layer.

On SAI they can be chosen on the Layers panel:THE SAI CONF FILESWe are only interested on these configuration files: brushform.conf, brushtex.conf and papertex.conf. What are these files? They are lists of the things we described above. SAI handles three things: brush shapes, brush textures and paper textures, remember? Well, these three files are the master lists of those.brushform.conf – Like its name says, this file contains the list of brushes forms (i.e. shapes or maps).brushtex.conf – This file contains the list of brushes textures.papertex.conf – Pretty straightforward, right? This one has the paper textures.HOW TO EDIT A SAI CONF FILEDouble-click on a conf file to edit. Notepad should open with the file contents.If that doesn’t work then right-click on the conf file you wish to edit.

A menu will open. Try these methods, in order, until one works on your computer:. If there’s an “Edit” menu item, click it. Notepad should open with the file contents. If there’s an “Open with” menu item, click on it.

If a submenu opens, choose “Notepad” from that submenu’s items. If there’s an “Open with” menu item, but a new window appears instead, choose “Notepad” from the list of programs.Sorry if I didn’t provide screenshots at this point.Now you should have a conf file open, which looks like this:Each line describes an item on SAI’s lists and refers to an image file located in the folders. Each line must follow this format:number,path to the BMP image fileFor example, the first line in my brushform.conf is:1,blotmap/Noise.bmpWhere blotmap is the folder and Noise.bmp is the BMP image file we’re referring to.Now, about that number, it follows this simple rules:. For brushtex.conf and papertex.conf, the number is always 1. No worries there. For brushform.conf, the number is 1 for blotmaps and 2 for elemaps. Remember we wrote before there were two type of brush maps?So, finallyHOW TO INSTALL NEW BRUSHES AND TEXTURESUp to this point I assume you’ve understood all previous explanations. Installing is quite simple:.

Go to the folder where SAI is installed. Copy or uncompress the new brush or texture image files on the folders specified by the brush or texture author (i.e. Elemap, blotmap, brushtex or papertex).

Edit the corresponding conf file or files. Restart SAI (quit and open it again).Usually you’ll download a brush or texture from a source and the author will try to explain how to install them. And usually the part where everything gets confusing is in editing the conf files. If the author provides a conf file, always remember you should never overwrite yours with it. You’re expected to append its contents to your own conf file.CONF GUIDELINES FOR BRUSHES:Each BMP file should now be added as a new line on brushform.conf in the format we described previously:number,path to BMP imageFor Brushes, there can be two types: a blotmap or an elemap. If the file is a blotmap, put a number 1. If the file is a elemap, put a number 2.If you weren’t told what type it is, open the BMP file and compare:So, for example, I downloaded a Coconut brush and I was instructed to save it on blotmap.

The line I should add to brushform.conf is:1,blotmap/Coconut.bmpExample 2, if I downloaded a Fly brush and it’s an elemap, the line I should add to my brushform.conf is:2,elemap/Fly.bmpYou can add this line anywhere you want in the list. I usually move a brush to the top when I use it frequently and becomes a favorite.CONF GUIDELINES FOR TEXTURESFor brush textures, copy or uncompress the files on the brushtex folder. For paper textures, put the image files on the papertex folder. Then add new lines for each new image on brushtex.conf for brush textures or papertex.conf for paper textures. Examples:1,brushtex/Noise 3.bmp1,papertex/Gritty.bmpTo be continued.

I have a really weird problem. I followed all of the instructions correctly and put the correct textures in the correct spots. The format/coding is all correct and the same as the other brushes and textures. The drop down menu RECOGNIZES them. HOWEVER for some weird reason the texture brushes doesnt show. Its just like having the simple circle on. I’ve tried redoing all of the steps and the same.

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I save them under.bmp and everything. But it will only give me a simple circle line and not a texture one. I dont know how to fix it. Im trying to download a different type of noise and a rock texture but it doesnt show in the canvas.

I hope someone has a clue how to help. Thanks for reading. Your tutorial is super helpful, so thank you! But I’m wondering if you can help me out with a bizarre problem I’ve had recently. I’ve installed textures and brushes into SAI before with no problem but I have too many! I know SAI will only show a limited amount in the drop down box, so I decided to delete some of the ones I didn’t use.I erased the names from the brushtex configuration file and saved it (though i didnt actually delete the images from the other folder incase i wanted to use them again), but the names restored themselves? So I can’t get to the new textures because I have too many of the old ones!The textures are from this site,Any ideas as to why my brushes wont stay deleted?Thank you so much for your time!

If anyone can, please help.This might be a long comment, but PLEASE READ!When I try to open the conf file for brushtex, it shows 2 picture, they are grayscale and they show different textures, but at the beggining, it says that there are going to be 2 jpeg picture thing.I want to download Flat Bristle.I have Notepad, is that what I am supposed to be using?Also, when I open the brushtex file, Notepad doesn’t openSo, please answer questions like this, (so it is easier;p)1A. Question blah blah blahYour comment: 1A. Answer blah blahSo, here are the questions:1. Am I supposed to be using Notepad, if not, please tell me what to download2. Can someone send me a link to the Flat Bristle texture?

I wanna make sure I have the right one, which I think I have?3. Are the textures online supposed to look like FlatBristle.bmp? If not, please tell me what they are supposed to be like, cause in the directions, notepad is supposed to open up code stuffThank you SO much if you reply, I appreciate you time.:).

Micro: I’m afraid I don’t quite understand you. Anyway, I’ll try to answer the best I can.Notepad is OK and should be able to open the “.conf” files. You might want to try opening Notepad first and use its Open File menu option to open your.conf file.Don’t try to open the “.bmp” files with Notepad as they are image files and Notepad is a text file editor.

That’s why you’re getting that “code stuff.”You can get the “flatbristle.bmp” file inside this ZIP file:Download that file and uncompress it. Okay, a few questions: I am looking at my Notepad with the conf.

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Files open and somehow when I moved the files of the new brushes over to the program’s files, it filled all the brushes in for me. Was this supposed to happen or did I do it wrong?Also, I am noticing that about half of my brushes on the Notepad say “em.bmp” and the other half of them say “.bmp”. Is there supposed to be an “em” before the “.bmp”? I thought maybe it was just from the brush name but I looked at your Notepad on the screenshots and the same brushes you have do not have an “em” before the “.bmp”. I really don’t want to waste a lot of time removing the “em’s” and having to add them back on. Please reply quickly because I want to be able to use my new brushes ASAP!