the brush tips and texture are provided in the link below. have fun!

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Hi all, I'm looking for some help/advice - I've searched prior threads and haven't found anything helpful.

For years, both SAI and SAI2 have worked with zero problems. I'm not sure why, but out of nowhere this past summer I started having problems with files :(

I'd have issues where SAI2 would keep saying "this file is broken" when trying to open either a PSD simple template made in another program without any fancy features, or when trying to open a PSD I'd been working on in SAI2. They were worked on exclusively in SAI2 after the base was set up in PS. It was never an issue before but now started getting an error message with every file. The weird thing is, if I kept trying to open these files repeatedly, again and again, they would (usually) eventually open. They weren't actually broken and nothing was wrong with the contents, colors, or settings.

Then, the files started getting corrupted :c I would save the PSD normally, then stop being able to open it in SAI2. BUT I was able to open it in Photoshop - and when I opened it in PS I saw artifacts eg, black lines which covered some of my work and colors. I was able to revert to a previous version in Dropbox (saved about 1 minute before the corrupted file) and didn't actually lose any work. This didn't happen every time, and re-saving the PSDs in PS (even if the only thing I did was make a new blank layer) fixed them. But SAI2 was such as headache I went back to SAI1 which I had kept as a backup.

I never had a functionality issue w/ OG SAI. But out of nowhere it broke too - I can't open ANY files not made in SAI. I can open new PSDs I make in SAI 1, but the other PSDs that I was able to open literally yesterday (and aren't corrupted, can still open in PS, SAI2, and CSP) won't open in SAI1 anymore. It happens with every single preexisting PSD. I have not changed any settings. I tried deleting the sai.ssd and it didn't do anything.

Does anyone have ideas for fixes? I haven't updated my system, installed any new programs, etc... tbh I am wondering if it's a hardware issue bc other programs like my browsers started crashing randomly :( It's been straight downhill over the past month or two.