Image reader allows you to convert images from the internet, your plugins folder, or a player's head to item lore or a chat message.
Made By Cameron (B3D) - Download now while It's still free!
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Made By Cameron (B3D) - Download now while It's still free!
Image
The image shown in chat
Image as item lore
Commands
The plugin has the following commands:
/getimage < item name > < picture in plugin folder | URL with http:// | head:[player] > [ display name ]
Usage
The first option, item name, is any Minecraft item, list found here .
The second option can be either
- A jpg, png or gif image in the plugins config folder, including the extension./getimage stone example.jpg
- A URL link to an image with http:// at the beginning. /getimage stone http//example.com/example.jpg
- A players head. This gets the players head image automagically./getimage stone head:Notch
Future features
The following are features that will be added in the next update:
- Make the player see an image motd when they join
- Give players items with image lore in a kit
- Allow displaying text next to the image in chat, or on item lore
- Changing the size of the image
- Changing the symbol used for each pixel, currently set as █
- Performance improvements
- Any requests sent to me through PMs, if they are not incredibly difficult
- Animated item lore based on pictures
- A popup message when an image is hovered over in chat
- The ability to chose your own color set
- A developer API (Coming very soon)
If you want to make a suggestion of a feature to add, or a change to make, please PM me here with this format:
- Suggestion title
- How urgent is it
- A Very detailed description of exactly what you want added or changed.
Bugs
As in anything made by humans, Image reader will have problems. If you notice any bugs, please report them to me in a PM here. Please use this format:
- What part of the plugin is the bug in. Commands or Other
- Plugin version
- At least one screenshot or video of the bug (I prefer video)
- A Very detailed description of the bug, including a console error paste, or error log
Credits
I would like to thank @bobacadodl for his awesome image message library, which inspired this plugin

Terms
You may modify, edit, or change this plugin in any way, as long as you give me credit for the original work, and include the notice below.
You may use this plugin commercially on your server.
You may not use this plugin to display explicit content (porn, or related).
You may not sell this plugin, unless you have made a large addition, edit or change.
Spoiler: License
Copyright (c) 2016 Cameron Clark
https://www.spigotmc.org/members/cameronhclark.58182/
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sublicense, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
The Software may be sold, so long as a major change of 300 or more lines to the Software's Java code has been made.
The Software, or java code taken from the Software, may not be used directly or indirectly to display pornographic and/or explicit content.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
CAMERON CLARK RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ANY OF THE ABOVE STATED CONDITIONS AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE OR WARNING.
https://www.spigotmc.org/members/cameronhclark.58182/
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sublicense, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
The Software may be sold, so long as a major change of 300 or more lines to the Software's Java code has been made.
The Software, or java code taken from the Software, may not be used directly or indirectly to display pornographic and/or explicit content.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
CAMERON CLARK RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHANGE ANY OF THE ABOVE STATED CONDITIONS AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE OR WARNING.
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.8
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Spigot — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
Image Reader [Images in chat / Item lore] is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.8. Downloaded 810 times (via Spigot). Download it and open it directly in the game.