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. blockbench

   right-click the texture you’re using in the sidebar, and press “save as”. from there, navigate to your skin_overrides folder, naming it [username].[slim or wide]. for example, if i (oriifu) was testing a slim skin, i would call it oriifu.slim, which saves it like this:

   aseprite

   go to file > save as, then navigate to your skin_overrides folder. if you aren’t able to do that, you can copy your ase/png file to the skin_overrides folder instead, then open that in aseprite. you should name your file [username].[slim or wide].png. for example, if i (oriifu) was testing a slim skin, i would call it oriifu.slim.png, which saves it like this:

   gimp

   export (ctrl+shift+E) your texture into the skin_overrides 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:

   other

   save your skin texture into the skin_overrides 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. blockbench

   to update your skin in game, simply save.

   aseprite

   to update your skin in game, simply save. (note that this will save as a png, not ase.)

   gimp

   to update your skin in game, simply re-export the texture (ctrl+E).

   other

   to update your skin in game, simply save 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!