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Cinematic black bars for Minecraft. Press F12 and your game turns into widescreen a movie.

It's great for recording, screenshots, cinematics, or just playing normally.

What it does

• Your HUD, menus and inventory move inside the visible area, so nothing gets hidden behind the bars.
• The view is adjusted so the image between the bars looks like the game is actually running at that resolution.
• The bars slide in and out with an animation. You can change the speed and style, or just turn the animation off.
• Nothing gets resized when you toggle it, so there are no stutters/lag, even with shaders.
• Works with other mods. HUDs from other mods adapt automatically (if one doesn't, please open an issue on GitHub!).

Controls

Key · Action
F12 · Toggle the bars
[ / ] · Make the bars smaller / bigger
O · Open the settings menu

All keys can be changed in Options → Controls.

Settings

• Aspect ratio (from 1.33:1 up to 4:1, default 2.39:1) or a fixed bar size
• Horizontal bars, vertical bars, or both
• Bar color
• Animation style, duration, and wave settings

Compatibility

• Minecraft 1.20 - 26.3 in a single jar
• Fabric + Fabric API (required)
• Client-side only.

I didn't test every single version and setup, so if something breaks, please open an issue on GitHub... !!

Open to PR and suggestions!