Now you should have a conf file open, which looks like this:Įach line describes an item on SAI’s lists and refers to an image file located in the folders. Sorry if I didn’t provide screenshots at this point. If there’s an “Open with…” menu item, but a new window appears instead, choose “Notepad” from the list of programs.If a submenu opens, choose “Notepad” from that submenu’s items. If there’s an “Open with…” menu item, click on it.Notepad should open with the file contents. If there’s an “Edit” menu item, click it.Try these methods, in order, until one works on your computer: If that doesn’t work then right-click on the conf file you wish to edit. nf – Pretty straightforward, right? This one has the paper textures.ĭouble-click on a conf file to edit. SAI handles three things: brush shapes, brush textures and paper textures, remember? Well, these three files are the master lists of those.īnf – Like its name says, this file contains the list of brushes forms (i.e. shapes or maps).īnf – This file contains the list of brushes textures. What are these files? They are lists of the things we described above. We are only interested on these configuration files: nf, nf and nf. On SAI they can be chosen on the Layers panel: Papertex contains paper textures. Unrelated to brushes textures, these are textures you apply on a layer. They are the ones you choose here, right below the brush shape: For example, a simple circle brush shape can have a “dirt” texture. A brush can have a certain shape and it can have a texture. They are the ones you choose here, on the brush panel:īrushtex contains brushes textures. There are two types of maps which behave differently, which is why they are kept in two separate folders. If you open any of these folders you’ll see they contain BMP files, which are image files just like JPGs or GIFs.īlotmap and elemap contain the brushes shapes (“maps”). The only folders that interest us are blotmap, brushtex, elemap and papertex. This is where your SAI is installed with all its system files. Click on the Open File Location button.Ī new window will appear. Click on Properties.Ī window will appear. Right click on the icon and you’ll get a menu like this. It can be located on your Start Menu, or your desktop. Locate the PaintTool SAI icon with which you launch it on your computer.

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