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Preview your skin in 2D and 3D
A quick look at the skin you are working on: the flat texture with part outlines next to the 3D model.
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Step 1: Open Preview
Press 4 on your keyboard (outside a text box) to open Preview. It shows the skin you are working on in the editor.
Left: the 2D Texture with blue outlines around every body part. Use the Zoom slider to make the pixels bigger.
Right: the 3D Model. Left-drag to turn it, right-drag to move it, scroll to zoom and double-click (or Reset Camera) to go back to the start.
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