Understanding SAI brushes

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A maneira mais fácil de instalar novos pincéis e texturas no SAI é entender como ele PaintTool SAI
funciona. Eu pessoalmente descobri que tutoriais ou guias passo a passo são mais
Entendendo pincéis e
confusos do que úteis. Minha abordagem é explicar como o SAI funciona. Não se
texturas no PaintTool SAI
preocupe, não é complicado!
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COMO ENCONTRAR ONDE O PAINTTOOL SAI ESTÁ INSTALADO NO SEU COMPUTADOR
Localize o ícone PaintTool SAI com o qual você o inicia em seu computador. Ele pode
estar localizado no menu Iniciar ou na área de trabalho. Clique com o botão direito no
ícone e você terá um menu como este. Clique em Propriedades.
https://painttoolsaibrushes.splstc.com/understanding-brushes-textures-painttool-sai/ 1/28
Uma janela aparecerá. Clique no botão Abrir local do arquivo .
Uma nova janela aparecerá. É aqui que seu SAI é instalado com todos os seus arquivos
de sistema. Não é tão difícil, hein?
AS PASTAS DE SAI
As únicas pastas que nos interessam são blotmap, brushtex, elemap e papertex. Se
você abrir qualquer uma dessas pastas, verá que elas contêm arquivos BMP, que são
arquivos de imagem como JPGs ou GIFs.
blotmap e elemap contêm as formas dos pincéis (“mapas”). Existem dois tipos de
mapas que se comportam de forma diferente, razão pela qual são mantidos em duas
pastas separadas. São eles que você escolhe aqui, no painel de pincéis:
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 FILES
We 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 FILE
Double-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 file
For example, the first line in my brushform.conf is:
1,blotmap/Noise.bmp
Where 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, finally…
HOW TO INSTALL NEW BRUSHES AND TEXTURES
Up to this point I assume you’ve understood all previous explanations. Installing is quite
simple:
1. Go to the folder where SAI is installed.
2. 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).
3. Edit the corresponding conf file or files.
4. 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 image
For 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.bmp
Example 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.bmp
You 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 TEXTURES
For 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.bmp
1,papertex/Gritty.bmp
To be continued…
96 thoughts on “Understanding Brushes and

Textures in PaintTool SAI”
FEBRUARY 4, 2015 AT 6:17 PM

CannierChai
n thanks,it helps a lot ^^
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MARCH 3, 2015 AT 3:04 PM

Tenno-chan
Thank you so much for posting this and the
brushes/textures! This helped me so much!
Tenno
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APRIL 11, 2015 AT 5:03 PM

Hansine
YOU LITTERALLY MADE MY *LIFE* THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
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APRIL 22, 2015 AT 7:52 PM

Noa Phoenix
Okay so I followed everything on here but my sai still didn’t
show any new textures or anything. is there a difference if
i’m using windows8 or am I just missing something crucial….
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admin
APRIL 22, 2015 AT 7:57 PM
Hello Noa, it shouldn’t be different. Perhaps if you try doing the opposite, try
removing a texture and see if that modification works.
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APRIL 24, 2015 AT 6:14 AM

Burr
Hey so uh recently I had to update Sai from a 2008 version
to an updated 1.1.etc version, and apparently the .conf files
for both brushtex and papertex vanished. I created new
wordpad documents and wrote the .bmp files in for both,
saving the documents as .conf, but Sai isn’t recognizing
either of them. It’s weird because it’s still recognizing the
brushform file, and any changes I make to it.
Any advice?
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admin
APRIL 24, 2015 AT 12:22 PM
Hello Burr. That’s weird, all of these articles were written with SAI version
1.1.0’s files. Maybe it would help to make a backup, uninstall and reinstall
from scratch?
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Burr
APRIL 26, 2015 AT 12:49 PM
Ah, I found the issue. The respective .bak files for each are gone. Lord
only knows what happened to them. I’ll have to download another
copy, and move the appropriate files over. Thank you for the
assistance.
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APRIL 29, 2015 AT 1:14 AM

jojo
how do I do this on a mac?
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admin
APRIL 29, 2015 AT 3:04 AM
SAI doesn’t work on a Mac, AFAIK.
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Ell
AUGUST 18, 2015 AT 5:31 AM
It does. There is a version for Mac.
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MAY 27, 2015 AT 4:31 AM

Rex
Hi, I’m not sure if you would know the answer to this
problem I’m having or not, but I’m trying to get a few
elemaps (xShape_HalfRound is the main one I’m trying to
get) and I’ve got the file xShape_HalfRound.bmp itself in the
elemap folder and the brushform.conf has the line
2,elemap\xShape_HalfRound.bmp , but for some reason I
still can’t get xShape_HalfRound to show up in the drop
down menu once I open up Sai. Is there anything I might
have overlooked somehow you can think of? I’m stumped…
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admin
MAY 27, 2015 AT 1:15 PM
Hi Rex, I know for a fact that the BMP image must conform to a certain
“format,” mostly about its color depth, if I remember correctly. Otherwise, SAI
ignores it. Are you using the BMPs I supplied?
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Rex
MAY 27, 2015 AT 9:32 PM
Yes, a few of mine including xShape_HalfRound were originally

missing from my files so I downloaded them from here.
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admin
MAY 27, 2015 AT 9:45 PM
Rex, in order to discard you are editing the right file, can
you temporarily remove a working elemap line from
brushform.conf and see if it’s also removed from SAI? If it

doesn’t, then you are editing the wrong file.
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Rex
MAY 28, 2015 AT 8:51 PM
While I was trying to do this, I noticed that the

drop-down menu wasn’t showing any of the
textures after T alphabetically, so I messed
around a bit and after I rearranged the names so
the few I wanted were near the top, they started
showing up in the menu. I guess I just have too
many or something, but either way I can use the
ones I wanted now, so thanks for the help!
admin
MAY 29, 2015 AT 4:33 PM
You’re welcome, Rex!
MAY 30, 2015 AT 7:10 AM

Akitsuki
Thank you so much for this! But I’m kinda confused though,
I already installed new brushes in the correct folder,
restarted SAI, but some brushes just don’t show up. I added
their names in the conf file too but nothing changes. So I’m
wondering is there perhaps a limit at how many brushes you
can install in one folder. Is it?
Thanks in advance!
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admin
MAY 30, 2015 AT 1:47 PM
Akitsuki, there is a maximum limit, indeed. See the comments before yours of
Rex. I can’t tell how much it is, as I don’t have that many.
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DECEMBER 2, 2015 AT 11:21 PM

lavadragon7
i The textures won’t work for me D: after all my hard work
too. i followed the example so i don’t know whats wrong!
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lavadragon7i
I managed to get Dirt 10-12, Large grain, Rock 10, Sandpaper, and Wave 10-
15
and nothing else has been able to be used on the program. I have checked the
file and all the files are there, but not appearing in SAI no matter how many
times i restart it
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lavadragon7i
IT WORKED I JUST DIDN’T ADD 0’S
SORRY FOR BOTHERING YOU
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DECEMBER 4, 2015 AT 9:42 AM

Andre
Santos Thank you so much!
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rao
thanks a lot!
very useful and informative
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ki
When i open mine in notepad it looks like this
[REDACTED]
and that’s just a portion of it ‘;;0;;
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admin
ki: You are supposed to “unzip” the file you’ve downloaded.
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JANUARY 4, 2016 AT 7:32 PM

Thes
Thank you so much this has been so helpful!!!
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Webadu
Wow, this has been so useful for me! In the beginning, I had
totally messed up(as in, I deleted some folders I shouldn’t
have deleted) from other unclear tutorials and such, but this
was so useful! It was a bit complicated since I’d accidentally
deleted the papertex folder, but I just remade it, and it all
worked out fine!
Now I have a bunch of different things to try out! :)
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JANUARY 19, 2016 AT 7:55 AM

Becca
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. 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 <3
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pandapanda
I had the same problem and I’ve just found a solution. The problem was that I
edited the new textures in Sai, which saves them as .bmp with 2^24 colors. It
has to be only 2^8. I couldn’t find this setting in Sai, so I opened the texture
again with MSPaint, which has the option to save it as .bmp with 2^8 color
depth. I hope it will work for you too, if it’s still relevant :)
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NicaArts
JULY 21, 2018 AT 8:52 AM
I. LOVE. YOU!!! I’ve been spending easily a couple hours trying to

figure out why I was having this issue, and no deviantart tutorials
addressed this, but your comment did. BLESS YOUR ABSOLUTE SOUL
IT WORKED I LOVE YOU
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Rebecca
Hey! 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,

http://xxlost.com/material/sai01.html
Any ideas as to why my brushes wont stay deleted?
Thank you so much for your time!
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admin
JANUARY 26, 2016 AT 11:50 AM
Sounds to me you are editing some other configuration file or maybe you have
duplicates entries. Try leaving just ten or so to find out.
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fading_kath
it didn’t work :'(
i followed the steps and saved, but when i open sai there are
no new brushes. and the data in the files looks now a little
bit different.
i hope i don’t have to uninstall sai
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admin
fading_kath: Can you explain how are they different?
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APRIL 6, 2016 AT 11:34 AM

OceanNightL
ight Everything worked except my brushtext folder additions,
they show in the folder but not in the program, any tips?
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OceanNightLight
APRIL 6, 2016 AT 11:42 AM
I went back and fixed a couple things and now it is working perfectly! Thanks
so much for explaining all this!
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APRIL 7, 2016 AT 12:40 AM

Jenny
Thank you so much for posting this! It was super helpful and
easy to understand.
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JUNE 7, 2016 AT 3:24 PM

Hey...
Does anyone know if you can install textures and things on
the free version of Paint Tool SAI?
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admin
JULY 18, 2016 AT 2:03 PM
I think you mean the Trial, which actually is the same application, which
means the answer is yes, you can install textures and brushes on that
“version” too.
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JUNE 18, 2016 AT 9:09 AM

Sig
one awesome helpful post! keep it up man!! amazing!
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JULY 17, 2016 AT 1:50 PM

Carol
Thankyou so much for this. It helped so much. I don’t what I
would do if you didn’t make this. It was really easy to follow
too!. thankyou thankyou! aaaaa
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JULY 19, 2016 AT 3:36 AM

Dennis
Ty man this really help me out alot :D
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Silver
Shadow Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! My laptop recently
went through an update and for some reason all the files
were there but they wouldn’t show up in sai. It turns out the
update altered the structure of the files and I was able to go
into notepad and manually correct the files! It was very
helpful and I appreciate the help very much. Much luck with
any art!
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Naomi
Hi, I’m pretty new to SAI, and I think I followed what you
were saying up until you got to the actual “How To Install
New Brushes and Textures” part where you lost me. I don’t
really know what you mean when you say “Edit the
corresponding cons file or files” in number three, and am
very unclear about exactly /how/ to transfer the texture files
etc. /into/ the SAI program. Your help with this would be so,
so greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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admin
Naomi: The step three you mention refers to the previous explanations of the
SAI Config (“conf”) files and how to edit them (titled: “THE SAI CONF FILES”
and “HOW TO EDIT A SAI CONF FILE”).
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Liz
Hello! I have a small dilemma that I’m not sure how to fix.
While I was adding brushes and textures, I noticed that the
Bristle and Flat Bristle (which were included in the first place
when i downloaded it) suddenly wont show and I’ve deleted
some lines and even retyped the two brush lines but still no
results. Is there any way I can fix this?
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Liz
Wait. I think I accidentally overwritten the two original brushforms with the
new ones…
Can I somehow revive the original ones, or…?
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FEBRUARY 21, 2017 AT 11:18 AM

Sarah
Thanks for the help, but I’m still puzzled by something. A lot
of people who purchased Paint Tool SAI have been known to
have tools like ‘Oil Waste’, ‘Inkpon’ and many more. These
tools apparently came with their installation and yet I don’t
have these tools. I’ve tried searching on the original website
for answers but I have never been able to find any. Do you
know if these tools need to be accessed by downloading a
different file or are they somewhere in my SAI folders?
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admin
Sarah: You’re not the only one. I purchased SAI from Systemax itself in 2011
and, like you, I’ve stumbled with artists having other brushes in their default
installations. There are no extra download packs from Systemax nor extra
brushes in other folders. If their copies are indeed legitimate, I cannot explain
how this is so.
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APRIL 12, 2017 AT 12:48 AM

Gabriel
Muchas gracias me sirvió de mucha ayuda <3
Sentí esto de los Bushes muy difícil asta que encontré este
blog, de nuevo gracias <3
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MAY 16, 2017 AT 2:33 PM

OdinOddly
This is possibly one of the clearest, most useful not-quite-
tutorials I have ever encountered. Thank you beyond words
for your help!
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admin
MAY 16, 2017 AT 2:59 PM
Thanks, OdinOddly! Glad you found it useful!
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MAY 24, 2017 AT 3:39 PM

Nisrine
YOU SAVED MY LIFE omg I’ve been trying to install these
new brushes for months now and I always ended up failing…
It finally workes ;_; You’re an angel rhfoprzhgieh THANK
YOU !
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JUNE 8, 2017 AT 7:59 PM

Micro
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

open…
So, please answer questions like this, (so it is easier ;p)
1A. Question blah blah blah
Your comment: 1A. Answer blah blah
So, here are the questions:
1. Am I supposed to be using Notepad++, if not, please tell

me what to download
2. 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 stuff…
Thank you SO much if you reply, I appreciate you time. :)
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admin
JUNE 8, 2017 AT 8:18 PM
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 “flat_bristle.bmp” file inside this ZIP file:
http://painttoolsaibrushes.splstc.com/files/elemap.zip
Download that file and uncompress it.
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JULY 2, 2017 AT 2:38 AM

Danya
Wazwaz I hope someone can reply quick
But I’m more of a visual learner so all this reading and

following has me lost.
But I understood everything up until this:
“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.”
I don’t exactly understand WHAT I am actually clicking or

doing and it’s really frustrating. I’ve tried to find videos but
I’ve found none :<
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admin
JULY 2, 2017 AT 3:18 AM
Danya: Sorry if this is too confusing for you.
This is not meant as a quick guide, but rather a “slow” guide. Clearly, you
haven’t understood up to the point you quote. I ask you to read again from the
start with patience or maybe try some other guide. Sorry if this is not helpful.
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Danya Wazwaz
JULY 4, 2017 AT 4:13 AM
It’s alright, thank you!
I found a video that did it a simpler way and it worked, but thank you
for helping :)
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JULY 5, 2017 AT 11:04 PM

Gina
Okay, a few questions: I am looking at my Notepad with the
conf. 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!
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admin
JULY 5, 2017 AT 11:19 PM
Gina: About the .conf files, it seems to me by copying the new brushes you’ve
overwritten your .conf files. Please verify your old brushes are still there.
About the “em.bmp” thing, the names in the .conf should match the names of
the brushes images files. If your files are named “em.bmp” then keep them
that way.
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JULY 7, 2017 AT 12:59 AM

Cliff
I can’t install your brushtex and I have followed the guild
and everything. What am I doing wrong and is there a limit
to how many brushtex I can have????
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admin
JULY 7, 2017 AT 1:57 PM
Cliff: I need you to be more specific to help you.
Yes, there is a limit, tho I don’t know what the exact number is.
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 AT 4:29 PM

Cynnamon
Sodah Oh my god, thanks so much! This was sooooo easy, and now
I’ve got a bunch more cool things <3 Ilysm
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OCTOBER 6, 2017 AT 7:17 PM

Autumn
Oh my goodness, I have been trying to find out how to add
my own or extra brushes for years. I have scoured the web
for hours and hours, without result until I read your website.
You don’t know how happy I am, I almost want to cry. Thank
you so much, your admiration will be on my lips more
months.
– Autumn
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Autumn
OCTOBER 6, 2017 AT 7:17 PM
For months, not more months, haha.
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Ash
Is it possible to add brushes that aren’t BMP files? I
downloaded some Photoshop brushes that are ABR files and
I don’t know how I’d add them to SAI.
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admin
No, SAI is unable to read Photoshop’s brushes (ABR files).
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MAY 17, 2018 AT 3:05 AM

Emma
thank you so much for taking time to explain this, really,
your a saver!
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Hadriel
Hey! I was wondering if it was okay if I… kind of…

“overwrote” the .conf files? There’s no other way for me to
edit them, so what I would do is create a new .conf with the
same name and then delete the old one. Thank you for your
help!
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admin
Hadriel: No problem with that, the end result would be the same. Just do it
with care.
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JULY 9, 2019 AT 6:26 PM

CubeMatrix
(@TheCube This is GREAT! I bought SAI through Steam, but it came
Matrix) incomplete.
Your files fixed this problem.
Thank you VERY much!
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JANUARY 23, 2020 AT 10:08 PM

Ellen
Hi, I’ve edited the conf files manually but I was denied
permission to save these as .conf files in the Paint Tool Sai
folder. It says I need administrator permission, although I
have full privilige to download anything on my computer?
I get the following message when I try to save the file as a

conf file, and with a different name than the original one:
https://imgur.com/ifCtAsj
Hope you’re still around to answer. If you don’t know

anything about this issue, I’ll assume this guide is outdated?
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admin
JANUARY 24, 2020 AT 12:17 AM
Hi Ellen,
It’s weird. Are you sure your user is an Administrator? Sorry if I can’t be of
much help.
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MARCH 4, 2020 AT 3:52 AM

Rachel
Hi there! I downloaded everything and did everything
correctly. The brushes like “Fine_round” and such aren’t
showing up. It stops with “untitled”. I’m using this with Paint
tool sai 2. Not the original. Is that the issue? Thank you!
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admin
MARCH 4, 2020 AT 7:01 PM
Hi Rachel, it must be, since these articles were written for version 1 of
PaintTool SAI.
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MARCH 19, 2020 AT 3:43 PM

Valennina
AAAA thank you so much for this!!! this is really helpful ldjf
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JUNE 28, 2020 AT 4:03 AM

Larissa
Dear, please never put off this blog because I got attacked
by viruses and ransoms and had to reboot my system and
only because of this blog I was able to recover my brushes
and extra archives for SAI. You made an amazing job here.
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Aquabubbly
Hello! Thank you for the super useful guide, helped me
understand how this is supposed to work really well.
However, I’m having the following issue:
I have no files with the .conf extension, instead, I have both

brushform NotepadX and brushform.conf.bak, which I have
no app with which to open. Is it supposed to be that way and
I just need to download something to be able to open .bak
files with? I’m completely unfamiliar with the extension.
I tried editing the notepadX file, hoping to use some brush

forms I downloaded from Gumroad (elemaps, I unzipped, put
them in the correct folder, wrote them as separate lines
using the 2,elemap\[file name].bmp format and everything),
but they are not showing up at all when I reopen my sai
program.
Could you provide any help? Thank you! :)
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admin
Hi Aquabubbly, the .bak file sounds like a backup file to me. It’s definitely not a
SAI file. Regarding the “brushform NotepadX”, it’s hard to tell what that is
without looking at your screen. Maybe, maybe it’s indeed the conf file but
associated with the program NotepadX. I’m sorry I can’t be of much help.
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Aquabubbly
Hey, thank you for replying!
I think the brushform NotepadX is similar to a .txt file, but opens

using the NotepadX app unless specifically opened with regular
Notepad.
Thanks for all the other info!
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Nicolle
Hello, I really hope this is still active because I am quite
frustrated. I have been trying to import Sai brush textures
for about a week now, with no luck. I have unzipped the bmp
textures in the corresponding brushtext file, typed every
texture with the correct format, reopen Sai and they are not
in my drop down menu. The only textures I have are “(no
texture)” “(paper textures)” “paper” and “canvas”. These
were my default textures when I downloaded the program.
In my brushtext notepad I have:
1,brushtex\Paper.bmp
1,brushtex\Canvas.bmp
1,brushtext\Smear.bmp
I have experimented with removing some of these. When I

remove paper.bmp, the “paper” texture goes away from my
drop down menu, but when I remove Smear.bmp, nothing
happens. I would love some help with this please. You can
contact me via
Email: Michimu@outlook.com
Discord: Creamin’#2726
Thank you for reading my message.
Nikki.
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admin
Hi Nicolle. From your description, it seems the problem is in Smear.bmp. If you

add one of the paper textures available on this site, does it work?
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Nanara
Hello, I had just downloaded the brushtext file and it seems
like none of them are appearing. I had checked to see if the
case was that I had too many brush textures so I took half of
them out but kept the dirt ones in. Still, they did not show
up in the drop down menu. Can someone please help with
this?
If it at all helps, I had first installed this brush pack here

before finding this site:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9Smej6BZlxyVGFySHBNbzN1a0k/edit
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BodaciousBird
I understand all of the instructions in this until a certain
point and I am very confused. the section “HOW TO EDIT A
SAI CONF FILE” explains how to open notepad and what
each of the files should look like but other than this there’s
no actual instruction on how to edit? I open it in notepad,
and then…? I thought maybe I had to edit the files so they
are in the proper format but all of my files already look to be
in the proper format. I’m very confused on what I’m
supposed to be doing in this step and I’ve already reread it
several times while sobbing so maybe you can help me out?
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admin
Hi BodaciousBird, what are you trying to accomplish? Install a new brush or

texture?
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MAY 19, 2021 AT 10:02 PM

Carli
Hello! Not sure if you guys are still active on this website, but
I’m having the same issues as someone else who
commented, “Nicolle”. Everything went smoothly when
downloading the files; I unzipped them, moved them to the

correct folders, then edited the .conf files and put the new
textures in to match the original ones already in there. Yet,
when I open SAI, they never appear in the drop-down menu.
I’m not sure what the issue can be – I’ve retraced all my
footsteps and made sure I did everything step-by-step, yet
the new textures still won’t appear on SAI. So sorry to be
bugging you guys, hope you’re doing well, and your brushes
look amazing from what I’ve seen!
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admin
MAY 20, 2021 AT 2:24 PM
Hi Carli, are you using version 1 of Paint Tool SAI? This won’t work for version
2.
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MAY 22, 2021 AT 11:50 AM

lorena
Hello,
Is there a limited number of brush textures one can have on

PTS? I copied all the bmp files in the folder and edited the
brushtext.conf but when I open the program, my drop-down
list stops just in the middle of my actual list (at Fabric 06).
Thank you.
Reply
admin
MAY 24, 2021 AT 3:41 PM
Hi Lorena, that’s a good question! I don’t know what the limit is (if any).
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JULY 6, 2021 AT 12:33 AM

Jay
Hi!
Thanks for the helpful tutorial it made things less daunting. I

still don’t quite understand what we are meant to do with
the conf files (Ive read the part on that a few times too). Are
we meant to extract and save them in a particular place to
make them work? Ive edited them and had none of the extra
brushes and textures show up to use no matter how many
times I’ve restarted the program.
Reply
admin
JULY 6, 2021 AT 2:44 PM
Hi Jay, you have to edit the conf files in place, no need to move them. I should
note, these instructions are for PaintTool SAI 1, maybe you’re working with SAI
2 instead?
Reply
Jay
JULY 8, 2021 AT 9:42 PM
Ah, yes I edited the conf files BUT you’re right I’m using SAI 2. Does
this mean they are incompatible? Or are there another set of
instructions for SAI 2?
Reply
admin
JULY 8, 2021 AT 10:37 PM
Oi Jay, eu não uso SAI 2 e, tanto quanto eu posso dizer, eles

são realmente incompatíveis.
Responder
Jay
9 DE JULHO DE 2021 ÀS 10H35
Atualização para quem tiver o mesmo problema!
Tenho que funcionar! O SAI 2 e todos os arquivos

associados a ele devem estar dentro do arquivo
original de desenvolvimento do software
SYSTEMAX > arquivo SAIv2. Quando iniciei o SAI 2,
depois de tentar isso, todos os pincéis
apareceram e estavam no lugar e em
funcionamento.
Obrigado pelo seu tempo! Espero que isto ajude

alguém.
administrador
9 DE JULHO DE 2021 ÀS 21H33
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12/06/22, 20:16 Entendendo pincéis e texturas no PaintTool SAI | Pincéis PaintTool SAI

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THE SAI CONF FILES

We are only interested on these configuration files: brushform.conf, brushtex.conf and

brushtex.conf – This file contains the list of brushes textures.

HOW TO EDIT A SAI CONF FILE

Sorry if I didn’t provide screenshots at this point.

number,path to the BMP image file

For example, the first line in my brushform.conf is:

Now, about that number, it follows this simple rules:

» For brushtex.conf and papertex.conf, the number is always 1. No worries there.

HOW TO INSTALL NEW BRUSHES AND TEXTURES

1. Go to the folder where SAI is installed.

CONF GUIDELINES FOR BRUSHES:

number,path to BMP image

For Brushes, there can be two types: a blotmap or an elemap.

» If the file is a blotmap, put a number 1.

CONF GUIDELINES FOR TEXTURES

96 thoughts on “Understanding Brushes and

FEBRUARY 4, 2015 AT 6:17 PM

MARCH 3, 2015 AT 3:04 PM

APRIL 11, 2015 AT 5:03 PM

APRIL 22, 2015 AT 7:52 PM

i’m using windows8 or am I just missing something crucial….

APRIL 24, 2015 AT 6:14 AM

APRIL 29, 2015 AT 1:14 AM

SAI doesn’t work on a Mac, AFAIK.

It does. There is a version for Mac.

MAY 27, 2015 AT 4:31 AM

Yes, a few of mine including xShape_HalfRound were originally

brushform.conf and see if it’s also removed from SAI? If it

While I was trying to do this, I noticed that the

You’re welcome, Rex!

MAY 30, 2015 AT 7:10 AM

DECEMBER 2, 2015 AT 11:21 PM

IT WORKED I JUST DIDN’T ADD 0’S

SORRY FOR BOTHERING YOU

DECEMBER 4, 2015 AT 9:42 AM

DECEMBER 26, 2015 AT 8:34 AM

very useful and informative

DECEMBER 30, 2015 AT 7:53 PM

and that’s just a portion of it ‘;;0;;

ki: You are supposed to “unzip” the file you’ve downloaded.

JANUARY 4, 2016 AT 7:32 PM

JANUARY 10, 2016 AT 5:56 PM

Now I have a bunch of different things to try out! :)

JANUARY 19, 2016 AT 7:55 AM

I. LOVE. YOU!!! I’ve been spending easily a couple hours trying to

JANUARY 26, 2016 AT 7:07 AM

I erased the names from the brushtex configuration file and

The textures are from this site,

Any ideas as to why my brushes wont stay deleted?

Thank you so much for your time!

FEBRUARY 5, 2016 AT 7:53 PM

i hope i don’t have to uninstall sai

fading_kath: Can you explain how are they different?

APRIL 6, 2016 AT 11:34 AM

APRIL 7, 2016 AT 12:40 AM

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JUNE 18, 2016 AT 9:09 AM