About Scan2Skin 3D and Z Farm Technologies

Who makes Scan2Skin 3D, what it does with your photos (they never leave your device), what it does not do, and how to contact us.

Updated October 12, 2026

Scan2Skin 3D turns photos of a person into a pixel-block player skin: the face drawn as pixel art, and the clothes, hair, glasses and headphones read from the photos. The skins work with Minecraft: Java Edition and Bedrock Edition. It is made by Z Farm Technologies, a small independent developer, and runs as an app for iPhone and Android phones and on this website.

What it does

• Takes five photos of a person: front, both sides, back and a face close-up, with an outline to line up with and a check on every photo.
• In the apps, two more ways to take them: scan yourself, with spoken cues, and on Android phones with ARCore depth, a walk around the person. The website uses guided photos, from the camera or from photos already taken (five, or a single front photo).
• Reads the colors and shapes from the photos and draws a 64 x 64 skin in Classic and Slim, in a couple of seconds. In the apps, Pro adds HD skins (128 x 128) for Bedrock Edition.
• Two layers on request: with ten photos (jacket off, then on), the jacket goes on the outer layer so it can be taken off in the game.
• Free fixes for the skin tone, the hair tone, the clothes' vibrancy, the hood and the hat shape (no hat, beanie, cap, visor or a brim all around), and choices of head coverings, garments and shoes from around the world.
• A pixel editor, with a beard you trim to shape and jewelry and decoration stamps: part of Pro in the apps, free on this website.
• Downloads as a PNG for Java Edition and as a skin pack for Bedrock Edition.
• Free in the apps, with one short video ad to export a skin and now and then one before another skin. Pro is a one-time purchase through the App Store or Google Play: no ads, the pixel editor, the stamps and HD skins.

What it does not do

• It uploads nothing. The photos are analyzed on your phone or in your browser and deleted when the capture ends. There is no server that sees them.
• No accounts, no sign-in, no analytics, and no face or body measurements kept.
• It never guesses religion, culture or gender from photos. Head coverings and garments are offered for the person to choose, never assumed.
• It is not a game, and it is not made by or affiliated with the makers of the game.

Privacy in one paragraph

The face and body analysis runs on Google's MediaPipe models on the device itself. Only the finished skin is kept, under My skins, on your device: in the app's own storage on a phone, and in this site's storage in your browser on the website. The website shows ads from Google AdSense and the apps show ads from Google AdMob, all non-personalized and requested for child-directed treatment, and none in the apps with Pro. The details are in the privacy policy and the terms of use.

Why we made it

Drawing a skin of yourself pixel by pixel is fun, but hard to get right: a face of 8 x 8 pixels does not leave much room. We wanted a tool that gets the colors and proportions right from a few photos and leaves the fun part, the fixing and decorating, to you, without sending anyone's photos anywhere.

Contact

Z Farm Technologies, z.farm.technologies@gmail.com. We read every message: questions, problems, a skin that did not come out right, or a garment we should add. We reply within 30 days at the latest, usually much sooner.

See also the FAQ, the news, the phone app and the help.