FAQ:I downloaded a third party skin. How do I install it?
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Like other third party assets (e.g., clothes, body parts, or targets), skins are installed in the appropriate data-folder in the home directory. FAQ:Where are my MakeHuman files found (where is my HOME directory)?.
Example paths to the skin parent folder would be:
- Windows: "Documents\makehuman\v1\data\skins" on Windows Vista/7/8/10" or MY DOCUMENTS\makehuman\v1\data\skins" on earlier Windows
- Linux: ~/makehuman/v1/data/skins
Best practice is to create a new subfolder within the skins folder. The name of this folder should be the same as the skin to be installed. Then copy the relevant files, e.g. for example skin_name.proxy, skin_name.obj and skin_name.thumb, to the newly created subfolder.
If downloading from the web rather than using the asset downloader plugin, also see FAQ: I can't download from the user repos, all files are saved as HTML.