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"Why are my skin's heads messed up?!"

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Level 60 : High Grandmaster Ghast Rider
Posted 04/30/12 5:55:43 pm
04/30/12
So, I assume everyone reading this has gotten a chance to play with PMC's new skin previewer created by Paril. It's a big improvement over the previous previewer even if there are still some bugs to be ironed out. One thing I've noticed a lot of people complaining about, though, is that the new previewer is displaying the bottom of their skins' heads wrong. In this tutorial I will explain what is going on and how to fix it. 
First, I'll clear up the biggest misconception about this: that it's a glitch. This new previewer does not display the bottom of the head incorrectly. In the 1.9 update, the character model texture got changed. The bottom of the head, hat, hand, foot and torso areas all got 'flipped' or reversed. Apparently they were supposed to be like this all along, and they were actually 'incorrect' up to that point. What that meant for skins is that a skin that showed up normally before this update now showed up with those areas reversed. PMC's new skin previewer uses the updated (current) character model, and correctly shows how the skin will be displayed in-game.

Alright, I know what you're thinking. If all this has changed, why isn't *insert skin-maker program here* showing the skin correctly? It might be hard to believe, but as far as I know every skin making program uses the out-dated character model except for MCSkin3D. What this means is, even if you create a skin that the program shows as correct, it will still be incorrect in-game. 

I know some people with many skin uploads are starting to panic now...but there are easy ways to fix your skin. If you use MCSkin3D (or have been wanting to use it), the latest version (1.4 and beta versions) has a one-click fix for your skins:
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This will flip the offending textures on your highlighted skin. The other way to fix your skins is to use a photo-editing program such as photoshop, Paint.net, GIMP, etc. and manually flip those areas of the skin. Personally, I think the MCSkin3D way is easiest, but these are both easy options that keep you from having to re-draw parts of your skin.

TLDR: Your skins are f**ked up courtesy of Mojang, you'll have to fix them

I hope this has helped you, and please help spread the word of this so that all of PMC's skins can eventually be updated!

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Tags:Skins, Previewer, MCSkin3D, Skinning, Paril, Flipped, Reversed, Bottom, The, Head, Tutorial

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IronHusky
Level 21
Expert Scribe
February 20, 2013, 7:44 am

I blame Paril.
He always somehow has something to do with something...
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Thewolfpackgames
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Journeyman Unicorn
January 15, 2013, 4:29 am

So is it correct on pmc if it shows the bottom backwards?
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the_soup
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January 15, 2013, 9:44 am

No. PMC's previewer shows how it will look in-game. If it shows up backwards here, you need to fix it.
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Thewolfpackgames
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January 15, 2013, 12:18 pm

Ok, I use a skin creator that makes the bottom backwards.
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Zortron
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Journeyman Miner
November 18, 2012, 2:13 pm

Skinheads are always messed up... In fact, all Neo-Nazi groups are, according to the modern social standards, "messed up".
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Xeont
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Expert Demolitionist
June 27, 2012, 8:30 pm

you could just make the bottom of the head backwards...
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Trident3
Level 20
Expert Pixel Painter
June 27, 2012, 8:56 pm

Clever Girl...


And yes, you can do that. That's how I do it.

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Xeont
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July 16, 2012, 3:07 pm

Im a guy???
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Trident3
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Expert Pixel Painter
July 16, 2012, 5:21 pm

Yeah, but you know the meme "Clever Girl", dont you? If not, serach it up! (it is from

Jurassic park)

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LongGirls
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June 19, 2012, 1:01 pm

:( I use skin edit... 
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the_soup
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June 19, 2012, 1:16 pm

Use a photoediting program and manually flip those textures, then
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The_Irock
Level 27
Expert Dragonborn
June 4, 2012, 9:55 pm

Thank you a ton :)
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LongGirls
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Master Wizard
June 4, 2012, 3:33 pm

I had the same problem it messed up my contest skin
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Lokibo127
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Expert Artist
May 6, 2012, 8:29 pm

I tried my skins in game, they worked fine, there was no problems with my head in game.
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Goclonefilms
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Expert Mage
May 5, 2012, 7:36 am

I hate that I can't use the new previewer.
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LilFella
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High Grandmaster Robot
May 2, 2012, 6:43 am

I don't approve of people adding "flipping the bottom faces" as new update log, it completely messes up things for people who have made proper uploads who need those views from their subscribers. Especially so when some people have like 50 skins.
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jzpelaez
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Apprentice Engineer
May 2, 2012, 2:44 am

Did you know that minecraftskins.com also as a latest skin editor so you could edit that into your blog so it does not seem only MCskins 3D is the only thing because its not the only thing thats updated also this happened to every under part of body
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Paril
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Level 61
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May 3, 2012, 1:17 am

Thanks for letting me know. I avoid those sites though because they tend to encourage stealing and uploading of skins which aren't yours.

-P
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glutenusmax
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May 1, 2012, 9:17 pm

my skins are f***ed courtesy of Mojang <3
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Creeper Hugs U
Level 27
Expert Pixel Puncher
May 1, 2012, 7:52 pm

*sigh* I couldnt be bothered fixing my skins :/
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Mr. Barrelroll
Level 26
Expert Lava Rider
May 1, 2012, 2:34 pm

Thanks for clearing that up! By the way, do you know why the new previewer keeps crashing on me?
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Paril
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May 3, 2012, 1:18 am

The new-new previewer is now in WebGL - it shouldn't crash like before.
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the_soup
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May 1, 2012, 2:57 pm

My only suggestion would be to make sure you have the latest version of Java installed
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big_butcher
Level 29
Expert Creeper Hugger
May 1, 2012, 8:34 am

if parts are flipped on the previewer it is correct, the old previewer lies :P

also, am i the only one who resently cant see the preview???

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SuperAdamGalaxy
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May 1, 2012, 8:16 am

Great post!!
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the_soup
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Level 60
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May 1, 2012, 8:37 am

thanks!
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Meldorn
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Expert Unicorn
May 1, 2012, 7:55 am

Thanks for the information. I hadn't noticed. Are they going to change it back? They do realize that millions of the skins that people have made are all wrong now, right?
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the_soup
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May 1, 2012, 8:37 am

Nope, they're not going to change it back...like I said to them it's 'corrected' now while before it was 'incorrect' >.<
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Greenbeans51
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May 1, 2012, 6:04 am

One huge problem with this is that it often crashes my google chrome -_-
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the_soup
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May 1, 2012, 8:36 am

Do you have the latest version of Java installed?
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Dawnwhisker
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May 1, 2012, 3:11 am

Go to Perils forum. It says at the top in bold letters what happened.
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the_soup
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May 1, 2012, 5:01 am

I wrote this because many people were ignoring that and asking him why their skins were 'messed up'
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DrThresh
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May 1, 2012, 1:32 am

Takes a blog like this to tell everyone what happened to Minecraft, was it, 5 months ago? lol

I think what concerned me most is that no one ever noticed it in game, then again, who else is looking at the skin you're wearing, but other people. Still told people exactly what you said lol

Shun the non believers! Shun!
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the_soup
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May 1, 2012, 5:05 am

I know...I sorta shudder to think how many people there were walking around with unintentional beards
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Roxthesox
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May 1, 2012, 12:40 am

This has been bugging me for the longest time, thank you very much Soup. If I hadn't already subscribed, well I'd subscribe. 
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the_soup
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May 1, 2012, 5:05 am

heh, thanks
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NorthenerSouth
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April 30, 2012, 9:02 pm

I used SkinEdit before this, but you've convinced me to get MCSkin3D.
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the_soup
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April 30, 2012, 9:11 pm

I hope you like it!
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gooberdaddy
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April 30, 2012, 7:34 pm

A little picky thing to notice, but you spelled MCSkin3D wrong in the 2nd paragraph. You spelled it "MCSkine3D" :)
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the_soup
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April 30, 2012, 7:37 pm

whoopsie! 
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gooberdaddy
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May 1, 2012, 5:39 am

:P
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ChibiAssassin
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April 30, 2012, 5:27 pm

OH sooooooooo thats why my skins look like that
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the_soup
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April 30, 2012, 5:33 pm

Yup! :)
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Happybandaid
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April 30, 2012, 2:51 pm

Once again, Paril and The_Soup save the day.
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the_soup
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April 30, 2012, 2:55 pm

*gets on horse*
*rides into sunset*
*leaves Paril with donkey*
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ThunderHooves
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April 30, 2012, 3:24 pm

Diamond just for that.
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the_soup
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April 30, 2012, 3:25 pm

haha thanks
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Happybandaid
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April 30, 2012, 3:00 pm

Hehe.

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