tips & tricks

for skin artists

this mod was created in order to instantly preview skins from within the game. to do this, you just need to export the skin texture from your software (eg blockbench), like this:

1. go to the .minecraft folder.

2. open (or create) the skin_overrides folder.

   • Directory.minecraft

     • Directoryskin_overrides/

       • …

3. export your skin texture into this folder, naming it [username].[slim or wide].png. for example, if i (oriifu) was testing a slim skin, i would call it oriifu.slim.png, like this:

   • Directory.minecraft

     • Directoryskin_overrides

       • oriifu.slim.png

   Tip

   you can put any username or uuid in the name. you can also omit wide, as it’s the default. examples:

   • steve.png (applies a wide skin to the player Steve)
   • f369e23f-ed67-4f6a-8e79-4a2ca148691a.slim.png (applies a slim skin to me)
   • 6a5acc4839004c169c73bd9c7eb0087e.wide.png (applies a wide skin to rai)

4. to update your skin in game, simply re-export the texture.

   you don’t need to run a command or do a resource reload—the skin will update automagically!

other helpful mods

if you also want to get another player’s perspective, you can use a mod like freecam to separate your camera from your body, or carpet to create fake players (/player [name] spawn) which you can also override the skins of.

freecam get it on modrinth!

carpet get it on github!