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How to: Remove White Head (Skin)

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How To: Remove White Head



Recently I have noticed that many people seem to have a problem where the head of their skin in the previewer is solid white. So I decided to lend a hand to those who don't know what the cause of this problem is and how to fix it.

Cause:



The cause of the problem is the use of programs that do not support transparency such as Paint. This makes the part where the hat is supposed to be white and when you upload it PMC thinks that since it's white there that you wanted a white hat so it puts it there.

Fix:



To fix this you need to take your existing skin and open it in a program that supports transparent backgrounds such as Paint.net. Then you take the Magic Wand tool and select an area that is white. Then you press CTRL+X to cut the area making the background transparent. Continue to do this until all the white areas are transparent.

I really hope this helped you!
I will be making more tutorials in the future!
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Update #1 : by ElderJohn 05/20/2012 2:50:22 amMay 20th, 2012

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01/19/2016 1:47 pm
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dinosaur202
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on mine the skin is totally white but ppl see it on actual minecraft its like on mineimator i cant use my skin cause itll be white
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06/28/2013 10:53 pm
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TehJay
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What's the magic wand tool?
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05/23/2012 9:02 pm
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GigaPerson
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Thank you for this blog, although I am not using it for making skins, I now have a free way to edit my texture pack! :P
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05/23/2012 10:16 pm
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ElderJohn
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What were you paying for it?
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05/24/2012 5:23 pm
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GigaPerson
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Nothing, I had absolutely nothing, I tried using Paint, but it had no transparency :(
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05/22/2012 7:59 pm
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Darkrai48
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Hey the example skin looks really cool, despite the white head, is it one you actually made?
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05/22/2012 8:10 pm
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ElderJohn
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It's actually somebody I helped out that had the problem (Where I got the idea for the tutorial) www.planetminecraft.com/skin/blue-man-updated/
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05/21/2012 11:13 am
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ced_der
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Or in just one sentence:

Make the white surfaces transparent with a drawing program that can handle transparency... :D
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05/21/2012 4:44 pm
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ElderJohn
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300 characters minimum. I also like to do good blogs. :D
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05/23/2012 6:03 am
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ced_der
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oh, didn't know that, sry :D
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