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Free editor to create new skins for characters used in popular sandbox video game

Free editor to create new skins for characters used in popular sandbox video game

Vote: (444 votes)

Program license: Free

Developer: Patrik Swedman

Version: 3.7

Works under: Windows

Also available for Mac

Vote:

Program license

(444 votes)

Free

Developer

Version

Patrik Swedman

3.7

Works under:

Also available for

Windows

Mac

Pros

  • Customize the look
  • Tools provided
  • Free

Cons

  • Creating a skin can be hard

Minecraft SkinEdit allows you to create skins for the game that you can enjoy alongside the original.

If you have MineCraft on your computer and you are not happy with the overall skin, you have the ability to change it using Minecraft SkinEdit. The graphics editor is free to download and allows you to make changes as you desire. MineCraft is a game that allows your imagination to run free, so why not consider the use of a skin so that you can build a world that suits your tastes?

When you begin creating the skin, you may find that that the options are overwhelming. You have a color palette to work with as well as a variety of editing tools. There is a live preview, allowing you to see all of the changes that you have made prior to going live with it. Nothing is permanent, which makes it easier to make changes every step of the way until you are 100 percent happy with the skin that you have created.

There are different brushes, shading effects, burning, dodging, a flood fill feature and much more. There are also undo and redo buttons, allowing you to fix a mistake quickly. All of these tools are going to help you transform the skin to look the way that you wanted to look.

Minecraft SkinEdit can be difficult to work with and you may not be happy with the design that you have created. Even though there are many options available to you, it can be difficult to make an impressive skin. If you are artistically inclined, however, using the program will be no problem at all.

Even if you are not an artist, it can be a lot of fun to work with the program and create a new skin. Even though it may not be the best looking one, you can take pride in the fact that you created it on your own and that it is more personalized than what MineCraft provided you in the first place.

The download is less than a megabyte, so you don’t have to worry about it taking up a significant amount of your hard drive. There are no system requirements for you to make the download and you can use the program on virtually every version of Windows. As soon as you download, Windows will prompt you to install and from there, it will be easy to figure out what you need to do in order to create a skin.

If you have Minecraft, Minecraft SkinEdit is the next sensible download for you so that you can allow your imagination to run free, just as much as you allow it to run free within the game. Even though the program does not make it easy to create stunning skins, it does provide you with the option to personalize – and sometimes that is all that matters.

Pros

  • Customize the look
  • Tools provided
  • Free

Cons

  • Creating a skin can be hard