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Master the Layer Panel: Reorder, Hide, Recolor and Fade Pieces

Every piece you add in Skin Creator becomes its own texture layer. Learning the layer controls is the key to clean designs, like a jacket that sits over a shirt or a scarf that shows above a collar.

Arrange Your Layers

Open the editor from the title screen or the pause menu. Add a few pieces from the library on the left. They appear as layers in the panel on the right.

  • Stack and reorder: Move a layer up or down to change what covers what. If your shirt hides your jacket, move the jacket above the shirt.
  • Hide: Turn a layer off to see your skin without it. This works well for comparing two hairstyles or checking what an outfit looks like without its outer layer. Hiding keeps the piece in your design, so you can bring it back later.

Recolor and Adjust Opacity

  • Color: Select a layer and change its color in the controls on the right. This only changes that one piece, so you can recolor shoes without touching trousers.
  • Opacity: Lower a layer's opacity to make it partly see-through. This is useful for subtle effects like light makeup, shading or a faint pattern over clothing.

Experiment Safely

Watch the real-time preview as you work. If a reorder or color change ruins the look, press undo to step back one change at a time. When the layers look right, click Apply to upload the skin, or export it instead.