Pixelator is a very simple and easy to use Spigot plugin to convert all your .PNG files into Minecraft pixel arts. Pixel art is basically a group of blocks (representing pixels) that form a picture like this one:
Since this plugin takes in an image and converts it into Minecraft blocks, you can not expect the result to be in any other shape than a rectangle or square. The installation process and usage is explained below.
To install Pixelator you firstly need a Spigot server (version 1.14.4) and Java 11. There are quite a few tutorials on the Internet on how to create a server. Once you create one, follow these steps:
- head to the repository's releases,
- from there download files named
Pixel8or.jar
andtextures.zip
, - place
Pixel8or.jar
into your plugins folder, which is located on your server, - start the server and wait for the plugin to generate necessary directories,
- unzip
textures.zip
into theplugins/Pixel8or/textures
folder, - reload the server
To convert an image to Minecraft pixel art, follow these steps:
- make sure your file has a .PNG ending (.JPEG is coming soon),
- make sure your image is big/small enough, since one Minecraft block will represent one pixel of an image,
- place your image into the
plugins/Pixel8or/input
folder - join the server and execute the following command:
/pixelator [your_file_name_including_extension]
for example/pixelator selfie.png
- Convert pictures into pixel arts,
- Handle custom texture packs,
- Allow .JPEG images,
- Let users create a preview of a result, before actually building it (output image file),
- Allow users to specify the pixel to blocks ratio (basically resizing),
- Allow users to specify image URLs instead of local files,
- Allow users to use various filters and effects (grayscale, sharpening...) before conversion
- Allow users to select blocks from which the pixel art should be formed,