You don’t need to back out to Character Maker every time you want to swap a top, fix a broken pattern, or check how an outfit looks half undressed. Studio has its own character editor with everything you need for clothing, and it saves changes straight back to a card or a standalone outfit.
1. Open the Clothes tab
Select the character in Studio and press Shift+D. This opens the Studio Character Editor, the same maker interface used during character creation, layered over the scene so you never lose your camera position or lighting setup.
Inside it, go to the Clothes tab. From there you can swap individual pieces (top, bottom, underwear, socks, shoes) or change the color and pattern on anything the character is wearing, the same as you would in Character Maker.
2. Clear a stuck pattern or overlay
Two common clothing glitches both get fixed in the same place:
- A piece loads with a broken red-and-black striped placeholder instead of its real pattern. Open the Clothes tab’s Color section for that item and clear or reset the gradient setting.
- A top, inner top, or bottom goes fully invisible after you add or clear a skin or clothing overlay. This almost always means “Hide base texture” got left checked in the item’s Overlay menu. Uncheck it and the mesh reappears.
3. Preview half-removed states with gravure mode
Press G to enter gravure mode. This lets you toggle any piece of clothing between its normal and half-removed state right in the scene, instead of guessing how it’ll look or jumping to the save screen to check.
You can also force a specific piece into its half-removed state: select the item, press G, then click the half-state option for it. This is the fastest way to pin a “just undressed” look for a screenshot or a shot in your recording, rather than relying on whatever trigger normally removes it.
4. Save just the outfit as its own card
Once the outfit looks right, use the Save Outfit button rather than saving the whole character card. This writes a standalone coordinate file that carries only the clothing setup, so you can load it straight onto a different character later without dragging that character’s body or face along with it.
Swap the uncensor or body type
The character editor also holds body-level swaps, not just clothing. The Uncensor selector lives under Body > Overall (in Studio’s Anim tab it’s under Current State). Use it to switch which uncensor mod (and by extension which body/genital shape) the character is using, without leaving Studio or reopening Character Maker.
This is also the first thing to try if clothing clips oddly around the hips or crotch on one specific character. A body shape that doesn’t match the uncensor a piece was built for is a common cause. Full details are in uncensors and genitals.
Per-item clothing transforms
Recent HS2PE builds add their own Clothing tab (right-click the HS2PE button to open its Advanced window, then open the Clothing tab), separate from the Studio Character Editor’s, that exposes per-item transform sliders (position, rotation, scale) for individual clothing pieces. That gives you a direct way to reshape or nudge a single piece instead of only toggling its normal/half-removed state.
That level of control is mainly for fixing clipping rather than swapping outfits. If a piece is poking through the body no matter what you do here, walk through fixing clothing clipping for the full set of fixes, including alpha masks and mesh reshaping.
Quick reference
| Symptom | Fix |
|---|---|
| Clothing loads with a red/black striped texture | Clothes tab, Color section, reset the gradient |
| Top or bottom went invisible after an overlay change | Uncheck “Hide base texture” in that item’s Overlay menu |
| Want to preview or force a half-removed look | Press G for gravure mode |
| Need this outfit on a different character | Use Save Outfit, not a full character card save |
| Skin cutout disappears on a saved outfit | It’s tied to the character card; set “degree of tear” on the target character instead |
| Clothing clips at hips or crotch | Check the Uncensor selector, then see fixing clothing clipping |
Once your outfit and pose are locked in, the shortcuts you’ll reach for most are covered in keyboard shortcuts.