Minecraft Skin Editor | PMCSkin3D (2024)

Depending on the selected brush you can change it's color, opacity, size, mode and more. The options will appear below the brush modes.

Different brush types and modes will provide different options. Best way to learn is to experiment.

Click the current color to open the color picker.

You can use the color picker tool to select colors directly from your skin.

You can also change the current color by selecting one from a color palette. More on color palettes later.

The Magic Wand brush is useful when your skin is already painted and you want to change specific details. It allows you to paint / replace colored pixels that are similar and in close proximity to each other.

Unique magic wand options

1. Wand Select By : Changes the way the wand selects pixels on your skin
2. Threshold : Smaller the threshold the pickier the selection is. If you're trying to select a specific color, keep the threshold low. If you want to select a greater variety of pixels, increase the threshold.

At anytime, if you like the settings of a brush, you can click the add_circle icon in the brush list to save it as custom brush for reuse in the future. For example, you can save a 5x5 red triangle brush rotated at 180 degrees. The brush will be saved for you to use over and over again.

While a custom brush is selected, use the brush actions icon to change it's name, delete or export it as an image.

You can import images to be used as custom brushes! For example, you could create a single dragon scale in your favorite pixel art program, import it as a PMCSkin3D brush and use it to scale your entire skin!

Here we imported the Minecraft heart icon as a custom brush!

Mirroring allows you to paint in one place and automatically mirror your strokes.

Surface mirroring allows you to paint across the X and or Y axis of a single surface.

Mirroring Across Limbs allows you to paint both limbs at the same time!

These options allow you to change the way your brush stroke applies to the skin.

• Constant : Paint pixels at a constant state even when you overlap the current brush stroke.
• Builds Up : Paint pixels that build up color when you overlap your current brush stroke. Only noticeable when using opacity or HSL mode.

• Wrap Model : Brush strokes are allowed to move to other sides.
• Surface Lock : Brush strokes that start on one surface will not wrap onto the neighboring surface. For example, if you start a brush stroke on the face surface, it won't accidentally wrap onto the sides or chest.

Smooth mode allows you to paint solid pixels of color. You can change the color and opacity. Depending on the selected brush you may also see size and rotation options.

Noise mode allows you to paint pixels that automatically vary intensity as you paint to create texture. You can change the Noise Intensity value to increase or decrease the effect to suit your needs.

HSL Shift Mode allows you to paint pixels that shift Hue, Saturation & Lightness. This mode is useful when your skin is already painted and you want to change it's color, add texture and shift existing pixel HSL.

Use Clone Mode to copy existing pixels and paint them to other parts of your skin. For example, you could copy one side of the head, rotate 180 degrees, flip the X-axis and paint the other side.

Tutorial : How to use the clone tool

Use any brush type in Eraser Mode to remove / reset pixels on your Minecraft skin.

On the Color Palette pane, click the actions icon in the upper right then Create new palette....

To add colors, click the icon in the bottom left. To remove colors, click the icon in the bottom right.

If you have a color palette file, you can import the colors into the current color palette. You can even import images as palettes!

First, create a new custom palette. (see above: How to create a custom color palette)
Next, on the new custom palette pane, click the actions icon in the upper right and click Import palette...

The color palette colors can be increased or decreased in size using the and buttons in the lower left.

The color palette pane is positionable. Click the header and drag to position it.

The color palette pane is resizable. Each palette saves your personal size settings.

• Pane horizontal sizing is accomplished by hovering over the right edge of the pane, clicking and dragging.
• Pane vertical sizing is accomplished by hovering over the bottom edge of the pane, clicking and dragging.

The color palette pane can be compact or full size. Useful when your done adding colors and just want a minimal interface while working on your Minecraft skin.Click the button in the upper right of the pane and select "Compact Mode".
Once compact, you can always go back to "full size display".