SYSTEMAX Software Development - PaintTool SAI (2024)

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PaintTool SAI
Product Overview
PaintTool SAI is high quality and lightweight painting software, fully digitizer support, amazing anti-aliased paintings, provide easy and stable operation, this software make digital art more enjoyable and comfortable.
SYSTEMAX Software Development - PaintTool SAI (2) Details:
- Fully digitizer support with pressure.
- Amazing anti-aliased drawings.
- Highly accurate composition with 16bit ARGB channels.
- Simple but powerful user interface, easy to learn.
- Fully support Intel MMX Technology.
- Data protection function to avoid abnormal termination such as bugs.
Minimum Requirement
Computer PC/AT (Not virtual machine)
OS Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10/11
Platform 32bit
CPU Pentium 450MHz or later (require MMX support)
System Memory(RAM)
XP ... 256MB
Vista or later ... 1024MB
HDD 512MB free space
Graphics Resolution 1024x768, "32bit True Color" screen
* Does not support high DPI monitor
Support Device Wintab compatible digitizer with pressure support

Download & Installation
You can download "PaintTool SAI" from below links. This software has 31 days trial period. You can use this software with full function without fee during the first 31 days. (CAUTION: This software disable the file open/save functions immediately when 31 days trial period expired. It means that you lose the painting from the last save point.)
If you'd like to continue using this software after the 31 days trial period expired, you need to purchase the "Software License" from this site.

Before downloading the software, you should accept the license agreement linked below. Downloading this software signifies your agreement to the "Software License Agreement". And this agreement is adapted to previous beta release of this software too.

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Important Notification
This software requires basic knowledge about Windows operation. Especially, basic knowledge about the following are indispensable.
  • Concepts and basic operations of file downloading by web browser.
  • Concepts and basic operations for file and folder management on Windows.
  • Concepts and basic operations for Windows application.
We cannot provide support for basic knowledge about Windows operation.Please do not buy the license for this software if you do not know basic knowledge about Windows operation.

Installation Note:
The full installer of Ver.1.2.0 or later will install SAI Ver.1 into "C:\PaintToolSAI" in default settings. You can preserve brushes, textures, swatch and license certificate through which of following way.
- Overwrite Ver.1.2.0(or later) to Ver.1.1.0 folder by installer of update files only.
- Copy all folders, *.conf files, *.ssd files, *.slc file from Ver.1.1.0 folder to Ver.1.2.0(or later) folder.

CAUTION 1:
On Windows Vista or later, please do not install SAI Ver.1 into "Program Files" folder because SAI Ver.1 may malfunction due to UAC.

CAUTION 2:
SAI Ver.1 does not support high DPI monitors, and Windows 10 does not apply DPI scaling for SAI Ver.1. If you use SAI Ver.1 with a high DPI monitor, you have to change the screen resolution less than about 1920x1200.

CAUTION 3:
WinTab drivers for N-trig pen tablet(e.g. The WinTab driver of Microsoft Surface) does not support WinTab API specification strictly. SAI Ver.1 does not work correctly with WinTab drivers for N-trig pen tablet in the default setting.
It may work with WinTab drivers for N-trig pen tablet if you change "TabletMouseSimulation" to 1 from 0 in "misc.ini" in SAI's program folder.

SYSTEMAX Software Development - PaintTool SAI (5) PaintTool SAI (Full installation) (Ver.1.2.5, 32bit, Installer, 2016-04-25, 2.4M)
For new users, all required files of PaintTool SAI are included in this installer. In the first time, SAI will automatically start setup process, this will take a few minutes. SAI will start without setup process from the second time.

SYSTEMAX Software Development - PaintTool SAI (6) PaintTool SAI (Update files only) (Ver.1.2.5, 32bit, Installer, 2016-04-25, 1.2M)
This installer contains minimum update files for previous version users, you can use this update overwriting all extracted files to the existing application folder.

SYSTEMAX Software Development - PaintTool SAI (7) Update History


In Using The Software
For any items, tooltip with simple description will popup, or pressing F1 key with pointing items shows help documentation about pointed items.
If you couldn't get answers for your question by these tooltips or help documentation, please read FAQ linked below carefully.

SYSTEMAX Software Development - PaintTool SAI (8) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PaintTool SAI

Development Room
Beta version of PaintTool SAI will be distributed in the following page if it is available.

Development Room 2024-08-14 The technical preview version of SAI Ver.2 is released.


Purchasing Software License
After the 31 days trial period expired and if you'd like to continue using PaintTool SAI, you need to purchase a "Software License".

"Software License" is shipped as digital certificate. When your order is completed, you will receive download password for your
software license certificate, and you can download your software license certificate from "Download Software License Certificate" page linked below.

if you downloading and installing your software license certificate to your SAI's program folder, you will remove trial limitation of SAI in current version 1.x.x, and you can use this version software without any trial limitation.

(This license include for all minor upgrade in current version 1.x.x, and not include major upgrade fee like ver.1.x.x to 2.x.x. Exceptionally, we will release SAI Ver.2 as free upgrade because we have canceled the improvement of SAI Ver.1.).

Important Notification
This software requires basic knowledge about Windows operation. Especially, basic knowledge about the following are indispensable.
  • Concepts and basic operations of file downloading by web browser.
  • Concepts and basic operations for file and folder management on Windows.
  • Concepts and basic operations for Windows application.
We cannot provide support for basic knowledge about Windows operation.Please do not buy the license for this software if you do not know basic knowledge about Windows operation.

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Purchase Summary
Product PaintTool SAI Ver.1 / Software License
License period No limitation in using this major version (for Ver.1.x.x)
Price 5500JPY (Include sales tax) per 1 software license.

The product is priced at JPY (Japanese Yen). PayPal and AXES Payment will exchange your currency to JPY automatically. However, the exchange rate always changes. Please confirm the accurate price through the following service if you need.
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Payment methods Credit Card (VISA / MasterCard / JCB)(Serviced by AXES Payment Co.,LTD.)
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Shipping method Email (Include information for software license certificate downloading)
Delivery date As soon as we confirm your ordering and payment.
Return Policy Software License is not returnable, before purchasing please evaluate this software carefully.

When The Email of Your License Information Does Not Arrive
If the email does not arrive to you, the cause is probably one of the following.

- The email arrived to your mailbox but it was isolated into SPAM mail folder.
Please see the SPAM mail folder.

- The email is delaying.
Email sometimes obtain a delay with some network problem. Please try to wait few hours.

If the email of your license information does not arrive to you at all, please try to reissue the email from the following page.
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FAQs

Is PaintTool SAI still good in 2024? ›

Sai is absolutely amazing for digital painting. It is so responsive to the pressure and movement of the pen and it's great. Once you get the hang of it, it isn't hard to use at all and you make amazing paintings.

How to get PaintTool SAI for free? ›

There is a free trial of the program available for 31 days, which lets you access all features. After that, you can obtain the license for SAI with a one-off purchase. If your focus is drawing and painting, this program has plenty to offer.

Who owns PaintTool SAI? ›

SAI or Easy Paint Tool SAI (ペイントツールSAI) is a lightweight raster graphics editor and painting software for Microsoft Windows developed and published by Systemax Software. Development of the software began on August 2, 2004, and the first alpha version was released on October 13, 2006.

Is PaintTool SAI one time purchase? ›

You could use Painttool SAI free of cost, for the first 31 days of your purchase that lets you to use all of its features and functionalities without any hinderance. You could continue using this service by paying $52 in transaction fees. This is a one-time buy.

Should I use PaintTool SAI? ›

I would say it is worth it, both for beginners and experienced artists. I also have CSP and Procreate and I still prefer SAI, I always end up coming back to it after trying other programs. It's so comfortable and fast.

Is Sai better than Sakura? ›

Sakura can tank the counterforce of her own gargantuan strength, which is easily Mid—Kage level via surpassing Tsunade. Sai doesn't have ANY AP feats on that level. He could keep attacking Sakura for hours and not do any damage. Sakura destroys Sai.

Is Sai actually strong? ›

As a member of Root, Sai is a highly capable shinobi, who is trained in the organisation's kenjutsu. Being said to be strongest Root member of his generation, Danzō had enough faith in Sai's abilities to task him with single-handedly killing Sasuke.

Is PaintTool SAI on mobile? ›

As far as device support goes, PaintTool SAI supports Windows, Android, Linux, Mac, iPhone, and web-based devices.

Is PaintTool SAI on Mac? ›

Popular programs such as Adobe® Photoshop® or Systemax Paint Tool SAI are often utilized together to allow artists to maximize their creativity. However, the downside to Paint Tool SAI is that it can only be run on Microsoft Windows®, thus forcing Mac® users to find alternative solutions.

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