MC-ENGINE guides

Step-by-step tutorials with screenshots for every tool and option. Search the guides for any tool — small typos are fine.

Step-by-step guides

How to make a Minecraft skin: your first skin in 5 minutes — From an empty editor to a skin you can wear in Minecraft: pick a model, choose colours, paint, check it in 3D and download it.
Minecraft skin editor tools explained (with shortcut keys) — What each button in the tool strip does — pencil, eraser, bucket, shapes, select, move, shade, noise, gradient, stamps, mirror and zoom — their settings (tolerance, replace colour, gradient bands, free select) and their keyboard keys.
The top bar: 2D / 3D view, HD size, undo and model — Switch between 2D, 3D and side-by-side, make HD 128×128 or 256×256 skins, undo / redo, compare before and after, and change the background.
Minecraft skin layers: base, overlay (hat & jacket) and body parts — Paint hats, jackets and sleeves on the second layer, lock painting to one body part, hide parts in 3D and use extra paint layers.
Colours, brush size, opacity and palettes — Pick colours, use shades of your colour, save your own palettes, build a palette from the skin or from any picture, and import .hex / .gpl files.
Image to colour palette: get the colours of any picture — Load any picture as a reference image and turn its main colours into a palette you can paint with — perfect for matching a character, a logo or a photo.
Side panels: symmetry, drafts, history, templates, cape and more — Copy a limb to the other side, load starter skins and clothing, add face stamps, use a reference picture, find hidden pixels, adjust colours, keep drafts and make a cape.
Make the editor yours: toolbar, tips, panels and layout — Hide and reorder tools, show tool names, change shortcut keys, replay the editor tour, show part names, hide the side panel and resize or reset the panels.
How to make an HD Minecraft skin (128x128, 256x256 or 512x512) — Switch the editor to 128x128, 256x256 or 512x512 for more detail, paint or import in HD, and learn where HD skins work in Java and Bedrock.
How to get a Minecraft skin from a username — Load any Minecraft Java player's current skin (and cape) by their username, then edit it, remix it or download it.
Minecraft skin template explained (64x64 layout) — What every part of the flat 64x64 Minecraft skin template is — head, hat, body, arms, legs and their outer layers — and how to start from a blank template.
Image to Minecraft skin: upload any picture or skin PNG — Upload a skin file or any picture (PNG, JPG, WEBP, BMP, GIF). The size is detected for you; pick Java or Bedrock, the size, Steve or Alex and a name, then open it in the editor.
How to fix a broken or old Minecraft skin — Place each face of a picture onto the right part of the skin, one face at a time — perfect for wrong, stretched or old 64×32 skins.
How to make a Minecraft skin from a photo or image — Turn one photo — or separate front, back, side and top photos — into a skin, with colour, pixel look and background removal. Nothing is uploaded.
Pose your Minecraft skin and make renders & videos — Use pose presets or drag each body part, then take screenshots or record cinematic videos with Capture Me.
How to put a custom skin in Minecraft Java & Bedrock — Choose Java or Bedrock on the Upload / Export page and download: a PNG for the Java launcher, or a .mcpack that Bedrock imports on phone, tablet and Windows.
How to make a Minecraft skin GIF or video (4 ways) — Every way to animate a skin on MC-ENGINE: a quick walking / turning GIF or video of your skin or anyone's public skin, a posed cinematic video with Capture Me, still PNG renders, and recording longer clips with your own screen recorder.
Share skins with the community — Create an account, publish skins to the gallery, and download, rate, favourite, collect, comment on and remix other people's skins.
Publish skins and manage My skins — Every option when you publish — name, keywords, who can see it, thumbnail, custom link, group — and how to edit, sort, hide or delete your skins later.
Your profile: photo, banner, links, badges and security — Set your profile photo and banner, name, bio, pronouns and location, add social links, pin your best skins, choose who sees what, turn on 2FA and collect badges.
Events: skin contests — enter, vote and win — Join themed skin contests: enter your skins, vote for your favourites, follow the live ranking and win the Contest Winner badge.
Favourites, collections, notifications, reports and the weekly leaderboard — Find your favourite skins and collections, read your notifications, report a skin, comment or profile, and see who tops the weekly leaderboard.
Layouts, themes and fonts — Arrange the site your way (Classic, Unique, Darkness), choose a colour theme and switch between the Minecraft font and a normal font.
Keyboard shortcuts — Every key for the editor and for moving between pages — and how to change them to your own keys.
Convert Minecraft build files — Turn a build into .schem, .litematic, .nbt or .mcstructure — free, in your browser, nothing uploaded.
Preview your skin in 2D and 3D — A quick look at the skin you are working on: the flat texture with part outlines next to the 3D model.
How to make a Minecraft skin on your phone (Android & iPhone) — The editor, Repair and Custom Pose have phone versions. Here is how the phone editor works.

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