PaintTool SAI

Common Brush Parameters

1. Drawing Mode
Select drawing composition mode.

Normal Drawing color changes gradually to selected color, this is standard painting mode almost all paint software.
Vivid Drawing color become more vividly.
Deep Drawing color become more deeply and darkly.
Multiply Drawing color changes gradually to multiply of selected color and the canvas color.

2. Brush Edge Shape
Control brush edge fading shape.

3. Brush Size
Control brush size, the slider size unit can be changed by the button left side of this slider.

4. Minimum Size
Select minimum brush size in minimum pressure.

5. Brush Density
Select brush drawing density.

6. Brush Shape
Select brush circle shape, excepting [simple circle], each shape specific attribute can be controled by the right side slider.

Name Shape Slider Affection
Blot Blotted ink like shape. Control blot amount
Blot & Noise Finely blotted ink like shape.
Round Brush Round painting brush like shape. Control fiber thickness
Flat Brush Flat painting brush like shape.

7. Brush Texture
Control the effect that brushes are affected by canvas surface grain with texture. The right side slider controls the grain strength.

8. +/- Advanced Settings
Show/Hide advanced settings described below.

9. Quality
Set drawing and blending quality, large value become more smooth but more slow.

10. Edge Hardness
Set brush edge hardness, this parameter almostly for small sized brush set more clear or more soft looks.

11. Minimum Density
Set minimum drawing density for minimum pressure.

12. Max Dens Prs.
Set maximum pressure for maximum drawing density.

13. Hard <->Soft
Adjust response for pressure support.

14. Press:Dens
Set brush density is affected by pressure, lower pressure become lower density.

15. Press:Size
Set brush size is affected by pressure, lower pressure become smaller brush.

16. Press:Blend
Set blending amount is affected by pressure, lower pressure gives more canvas color remained.

17. Brush Size Lists
You can select brush size from sample shape listings.

(*) Notice : All of tools don't always support these all parameters, some parameters aren't controllable in some tools.