It will automatically find all the added brushes and load them. Then launch the 'start-sai' application by clicking on its icon.

If you have the latest version of SAI installed on your computer, then copy the new brushes to the appropriate folders of the Paint Tool Sai editor: blotmap and brushtex.

How to install brushes in Paint Tool Saiĭownload the selected brushes and unzip them. Brushes are suitable for all versions of the program. They can be found on the Internet in the public domain and downloaded to your computer. and if the brush needs a certain brush set (like the BMP we installed) you’ll find that setting name under where it says “(simple circle)”.In addition to a set of standard brushes, there is also an additional one. you can also double click the brush to change its name. all you have to do is adjust the settings to the brush you are wanting to use. like maybe it’s size is 30, min size is 0, perhaps blend is set to 20, dilution to 50, etc etc. this is where you will then make the changes you may see on the brush you want to install. but for example lets say your new brush is in fact a ‘brush’.Īnd you’ll see that after you create the new brush that it is automatically set to the ‘brush’ default settings.

you can usually tell what kind of brush it is based on those little brush symbols under the names and what options it gives you when you make a new brush. Right-click on a blank square in your brush window and select what type pf new brush that you would like to make. Now, if your brush doesn’t have a new BMP that you need to add, then we can move on into the modification point. be sure to save this after you are finished!! i literally just copied and pasted and then wrote in the brush BMP name. but basically to add the new BMP you’ll have to write it in much like i have will all these extra brushes. nf (right click and make sure to open it with notepad) and you’ll see a list of brushes that are currently installed into your SAI. it’s usually in BMP format and you can just drag and drop it in. elemap is where you will place any specilised brush shapes that may be needed for your installed brush. Its a little complicated but installing brushes into SAI can be easy when you understand how the brushes in SAI work with the SAI folder.

Installing custom brushes sai