I didn't find anyone who offered a tutorial on the smoother, more gradient blur and I spent about an hour searching and testing until I found what worked for me. The problem is that most of the settings I found were like the Example Blur and that just isn't my style. The most important brush I lost was my blur brush and lord knows I forgot entirely how to set it up so I went on a google search for those with a blur setting to share with others. Watch the video below to learn how to recreate the Blur Tool in PaintTool SAI Version 2.TL DR I swapped laptops recently and had to redownload Sai 2, thus losing all of my settings and specialty brushes. Unfortunately, this tool was not integrated with Version 2, but the good news is you can recreate it! The Blur tool was a featured tool in PaintTool SAI version 1. Here is a close-up of my final layers and their opacities.Įnjoy! Method 3: Adding Blur with the Blur Tool Step 7: Repeat these steps as many times as required, adjusting the opacities of your layers as needed to get your desired motion blur effect. Step 6: Reposition the layer so it slightly offsets the target layer. Step 5: Change the opacity of the layer to 25%.

Step 4: Place your copied layer UNDER your target layer. Step 2: Select the target layer you would like to create a motion blur with. Make sure to check Preview so you can see your edits live.Įnjoy! Method 2: Use Opacity Layers to Create Motion BlursĪlthough PaintTool SAI does not have a native feature to create motion blurs, you can manually create the effect through strategic uses of opacity layers. Step 3: Click on Filter and then select Blur. Step 2: Select the Layer you would like to Blur in the Layer Panel.

This feature is located in the Filter dropdown menu and lets you add a Gaussian Blur to a target layer.įollow the steps below to add blur in PaintTool SAI. PaintTool SAI has one native feature to add blur to an image. Method 1: Adding Blur with Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur Unfortunately, this tool was not integrated with Version 2. PaintTool SAI Version 1 includes a Blur tool.Use multiple opacity layers to simulate a Motion Blur in PaintTool SAI.Use Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur to add a blur effect to your drawing.Method 3: Adding Blur with the Blur Tool.Method 2: Use Opacity Layers to Create Motion Blurs.Method 1: Adding Blur with Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur.

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