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Block Image Renderer

by Ethan-Arrowood · on Modrinth

Fabric client mod that dumps item icons (F7) and decorated-pot/banner/shield pattern overlays (F8) to PNGs for the purpose of developing resource/data…

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Block Image Dumper

A Fabric client mod for Minecraft 26.1 that exports the game's rendered icons straight to PNG files — no manual screenshotting, cropping, or transparency cleanup.

Why would I want this?

Data packs and resource packs that preview container contents — like the shulker-preview data pack — need a pixel-accurate image of every item exactly as it appears in the inventory, including block-type items that have no flat sprite of their own. Producing ~1,600 of those by hand is impractical. This mod generates the entire set in seconds, with correct transparency and decoration overlays, ready to drop into a build pipeline.

It has no dependency on any particular pack, though — it just writes PNGs you can use for atlases, wikis, web tools, or anything else.

How it works

Minecraft 26.1's screenshot path force-sets every pixel opaque, so transparency can't be read back directly. The mod works around this by rendering two icons side by side in a single frame and combining the captures:

Usage

  1. Install this mod alongside Fabric API.
  2. Load any world, then press F7 (items) or F8 (decorations).
  3. Find your PNGs in <minecraft>/block-images/.

Client-side only · MIT licensed · Source & releases on GitHub

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