Exposure + Immersive Paintings
Photography in Minecraft has never felt more rewarding. With the Exposure mod, you can snap in-game pictures with realistic camera mechanics, and with Immersive Paintings, you can hang custom artwork on your walls. The only problem? Those two systems never talked to each other. That is exactly the gap that Exposure + Immersive Paintings closes, and once you try it, you will wonder how you ever decorated a base without it.
What This Add-On Actually Does
Exposure + Immersive Paintings is a bridge add-on that connects Immersive Paintings by Luke100000 with Exposure by mortuusars. Instead of importing image files manually or fiddling with resource packs, you simply take photos with your Exposure camera and then select them directly inside any Immersive Paintings frame. Your screenshots become paintings, murals, and gallery pieces in a few clicks.
The add-on is lightweight by design. It does not add new blocks, items, or world generation. It only extends the existing Immersive Paintings interface, which means it plays nicely with most modpacks and does not bloat your load order.
Key Features at a Glance
- Seamless integration: a dedicated "Exposure" tab appears inside the Immersive Paintings GUI.
- Photo previews: thumbnail previews of your Exposure photographs show up right in the selection menu.
- Easy selection: browse and pick photos from your Exposure collection through an intuitive interface.
- World-specific detection: the mod automatically finds and displays photos taken in the current world.
- Smart positioning: the button adapts to your GUI layout, so it stays out of the way.
How to Install Exposure + Immersive Paintings for Minecraft
Getting started is straightforward, but you do need the right setup. The add-on requires both Immersive Paintings and Exposure to be installed, since it only bridges the two. It is built for the Fabric loader and supports Minecraft 1.20.1 and 1.21.x, so check that your versions of all three mods match before you begin.
Here is the typical how to install process:
- Install Fabric Loader for your chosen Minecraft version.
- Place Fabric API, Immersive Paintings, and Exposure into your mods folder.
- Add the Exposure + Immersive Paintings jar to the same folder.
- Launch the game and confirm all four mods load without errors.
If you prefer a smoother route, the foxygame.net launcher handles the whole chain for you: it detects your Minecraft version, pulls in the required dependencies, and installs Exposure + Immersive Paintings with a single click, then keeps it updated automatically when new builds drop.
How It Works In Practice
Using the add-on feels natural once you know the flow:
- Take photos using the Exposure mod with your camera item.
- Open any painting frame editing interface from Immersive Paintings.
- Click the new "Exposure" tab, located at the bottom next to the pagination controls.
- Browse your photos with thumbnail previews and select the one you want.
- Apply it to the frame and enjoy your custom artwork.
Your photos live at [game_directory]/exposures/[world_name]/[player_name]_[id].png. The mod automatically detects images from the current world and lists them in the selection menu, so screenshots from one save never clutter another.
Why It Matters for Builders
Interior decoration in Minecraft often relies on the same handful of vanilla paintings. This add-on turns your own photography into a decoration system. Build a gallery hall lined with shots of your spawn town, hang portraits of your friends, or document a survival journey across a museum wall. Because the images come from Exposure, they carry the same filters, lighting, and framing you captured in-game, which keeps everything visually consistent.
Final Thoughts
Exposure + Immersive Paintings is one of those small add-ons that quietly changes how you play. It removes the friction between two excellent mods and hands you a personal art collection inside your world. Whether you are a photographer at heart or just want your base to feel lived in, this bridge is worth adding to your mod list. Grab your camera, snap a few shots, and start hanging your memories on the wall.
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