Help: make a skin for Minecraft from photos of a person

How Scan2Skin 3D turns five photos of a person into a pixel-block skin, how to take the photos, fix the result, and use it in Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.

Scan2Skin 3D makes a pixel-block player skin from photos of a person: the face drawn as pixel art, the clothes, the hair, glasses and headphones read from the photos. The skins are compatible with Minecraft: Java Edition and Bedrock Edition. It runs as an app for iPhone and Android phones, and on this website, and the photos never leave your device. About the phone app.

Sections

• Getting started with Scan2Skin 3D
  Scan2Skin 3D turns photos of a person into a pixel-block player skin. What the app asks the first time, and why.
• How to take the photos for a skin: guided photos, a walk-around, or a self-scan
  Five views make a skin: front, both sides, back and a face close-up. Take them with the guided camera, by walking around the person, or on your own with the self-scan.
• Two-layer skins: a jacket, hoodie or coat you can take off in the game
  Photograph the person with the jacket off and then on, and the skin gets the jacket on its outer layer, which the game's own settings can hide.
• Photo checks and retake hints: what each message means
  Every photo is checked before it counts: one person, the whole body in the frame, the right view, and eyes that can be read. The hints say what to change.
• Your skin: quick fixes, Classic or Slim arms, My skins and the pixel editor
  Fix the skin tone and the clothes' vibrancy, pick Classic or Slim arms, keep skins under My skins, and paint any pixel in the editor.
• How to use your skin in Minecraft: Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
  Step by step: upload the PNG in the Java Edition launcher's Skins tab, or import the skin pack or the PNG in Bedrock Edition's Dressing Room.
• Ads and Pro: what is free and what an ad unlocks
  The apps and the website are free. On the website a skin's downloads are free; Pro in the iPhone and Android apps is a one-time purchase with no ads.
• Privacy: your photos never leave your device
  The photos are analyzed on your phone or in your browser and deleted when the skin is made. Only the finished skin is kept, and only on your device.
• Make a skin in your browser: what the website does differently
  The same skin maker in your browser: guided photos with a self-timer or from your phone, one layer or two, and downloads for Java and Bedrock. Nothing is uploaded.

Beyond the app

Step-by-step guides for putting a skin on Java Edition, Bedrock Edition and consoles, tips for photos and patterns that make good skins, and free example skins to download.