Image Overlay Mod
Render images and GIFs directly on your screen!
Features
- Render static images and animated GIFs
- Dynamic positioning and resizing
- Transparency and rotation controls
- GUI
- Slideshows
- Overlays: render images at fullscren that automatically adapt to your resolution
- Image rendering via URL (Imgur)
- Rendering layers: Lets you render images/GIFs behind or in front of GUI elements (Hotbar, scoreboard...) Using the GUI, hold "Alt + right click" on an image/GIF to open a context menu and select the preferred option ONLY WORKS IN 1.21.4 ONWARDS. *Other features are also in the menu
- Presets
- Twitch integration -> Go to https://imageoverlay.gitbook.io/imageoverlay-docs for the tutorial on how to connect your Twitch account to the ImageOverlay Mod
Commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/image help |
List all available commands |
/image list |
Show all images/GIFs in your imageoverlay folder |
/image render <name> <x> <y> |
Display an image/GIF at specified coordinates |
/image move <name> <x> <y> |
Move said image/GIF |
/image resize <name> <x> <y> |
Modify image/GIF |
/image url <name> <width> <size> |
Render image/GIF using an IMGUR URL |
/image stop <name> |
Stop rendering an image/GIF |
/image preset save <name> |
Saves every image/GIF data as one preset |
/image preset list |
Lists all the presets |
/image preset load <name> |
Loads saved presets |
/image preset delete <name> |
Deletes said preset |
IN ORDER TO RENDER IMAGES/GIFs USING URLS YOU NEED TO PUT THEM BETWEEN "" E.g: /image url "https://i.imgur.com/funnymeme.jpeg" 100 100
GUI
- Drag & drop images/GIFs around your screen
- Resize by using the border and corner indicators
- Right-click an image/GIF to toggle the transparency slider
- Hold Alt + corner to rotate images
- Slideshows (SLIDES button):
- Set display duration per image
- Cycle manually with J/K keys (toggle auto-mode) – keys can be changed in settings
- Overlays (OVERLAY button):
- Render images/GIFs in full-screen
- Automatically scale to your resolution
- Create overlay slides to have multiples overlays and cycle through them
- URL lets you render images directly using an IMGUR URL. E.g: https://i.imgur.com/funnymeme.jpeg
Folder Location
- All images/GIFs are located in the
imageoverlayfolder in the .minecraft directory - Overlays are located in the
imageoverlay/overlaysfolder - Twitch images are located in the
imageoverlay/twitchfolder
❤️ Support & Feedback
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Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 26.2
- 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 Modrinth — 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.
Verified by MCModsHub
- Ships as ImageOverlay-26.2-1.1.3.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 329 KB
- Download link checked 30 Aug 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.