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Compare PureRef VS PaintTool SAI and see what are their differences

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PureRef logo PureRef

The simple way to view and organize your multiple reference images.

PaintTool SAI logo PaintTool SAI

Learn to draw in different ways.
  • PureRef Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-10-23
  • PaintTool SAI Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-07-16

PureRef videos

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The Best Free Tool for Artists - PureRef

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  • Tutorial - PureRef tutorial: a free, cross-platform virtual board for artists!
  • Review - PureRef Review

PaintTool SAI videos

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Paint Tool Sai beginners tutorial

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to PureRef and PaintTool SAI)

PureRef

PaintTool SAI

Image Editing
28 28%
Image Editing
72% 72
Digital Drawing And Painting
22 22%
Digital Drawing And Painting
78% 78
Document Automation
100 100%
Document Automation
0% 0
Graphic Design Software
0 0%
Graphic Design Software
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

PureRef might be a bit more popular than PaintTool SAI. We know about 4 links to it since March 2021 and only 3 links to PaintTool SAI. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

PureRef mentions (4)

  • how do u guys organize your visual inspiration/refs digitally?
    I mainly use offline means: organising all my files in a hierarchy of folders and using pureref (which I highly recommend) to make moodboards, and ofc an external hard drive to save backups. The only online means I use is google drive for online backups. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • HELP! So I want to trace this Image(704x702) into a Pixel art (32 x 32 or 40 x 40) but when I resize it, it gets like this (2nd picture) and if I don't, then the pixels are too small, What do i do?
    If you just want the image to be a transparent overlay while you draw 'through the image'(with it being unchanged) you can use something like Pureref(pureref.com) to set the image as always on top + turn opacity down a bit. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Hide user name in menu bar.
    If you can’t get it to work inside of max, I thought of a free easy workaround you could try. I use the software pureref to manage and quickly access reference images. You could just resize an empty pureref window to cover your username. Change the color and opacity to whatever you want, lock the window and switch turn on the transparent to mouse option and you should be good to go! Source: about 2 years ago
  • Hello Reddit! this is my 1st time posting and i'm excited to share some of my sketches with you guys. I like drawing dynamic poses, it's a really fun exercise!. These 4 girls are from reference pics out of Pinterest. Suggestions are welcome :D. Have a great day!
    The high kicking girl on the right is in a PureRef board I keep to practice gesture. Source: over 2 years ago

PaintTool SAI mentions (3)

  • I can't add elemaps/bristles in sai2
    I'm curious, where is your PTS folder? If you put it in c:\program files or c:\program files (x86), it might cause problems. More info here: https://systemax.jp/en/sai/. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Please help! Sai cursor wont appear on main screen with Two displays. Emergency Help asap!
    I would contact Systemax Software, the maker of SAI. Here's their website: https://systemax.jp/en/sai/. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Need some help with a device I connected to my PC
    Where did you download it from? If you didn't get it from https://systemax.jp/en/sai/ then it could be sideloaded malware. Source: about 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing PureRef and PaintTool SAI, you can also consider the following products

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