Creator Tools
by racxus
Creator Tools gives players a set of camera, weather and recording controls for making short cinematic scenes in Minecraft on NeoForge 1.21.1.
What it does
Creator Tools collects camera controls aimed at filming in the game. A walk mode moves the camera slowly and smoothly, and a panel with a page-based shot list switches between preset framings such as front, overhead, side, over-shoulder, wide and close-up shots, low and high angles and a dutch tilt. Engine, tripod and orbit movements, zoom and a cinematic shot paging system round out the toolkit.
Weather buttons switch the environment between clear and rain at once, which helps keep lighting consistent across takes. Keyboard shortcuts toggle the walk mode, the panel and the mod's API on or off, and numpad keys set the weather. The mod is a client-side toolkit, so the server and every player must both run it, and it is published for NeoForge 1.21.1 only under All rights reserved.
Key features
Walk mode
A slow walk mode moves the camera smoothly through the scene, toggled with a single key.
Camera presets
Front, overhead, side, over-shoulder, follow and third-person views, plus wide and close-up shots, low and high angles and a dutch tilt.
Shot paging
Cinematic shots are arranged in pages for quick selection and scene composition.
Weather control
Clear and rain states can be switched instantly from buttons or numpad keys.
Gallery
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Short films
Players who record cinematic clips can frame each shot from a preset and change weather between takes.
Creative builds
Builders can move the camera around finished structures with walk mode and orbit movements before capturing them.
Who it’s for: Players who record gameplay videos or build scenes in creative worlds, and server owners whose members want the same camera tools.
How it compares
Pixelmon: Cinematic Camera is a NeoForge 1.21.1 mod with the client and server environment, released under the Apache License 2.0. Idle Lens is a server-side only mod under the MIT License, published for NeoForge 1.21.1. ThatGuy51's camera api is client-side only under All rights reserved, also for NeoForge 1.21.1.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creator Tools | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-03-27 |
| Pixelmon: Cinematic Camera | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-07-08 |
| Idle Lens | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2026-07-14 |
| ThatGuy51's camera api | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client-side only | 2026-07-19 |
Questions
Does Creator Tools need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Creator Tools support?
Under what license is Creator Tools released?
In the catalog
Creator Tools is one of 3,514 Library mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,449 Library mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
This mod adds advanced camera controls to Minecraft and more, it is a small cinematography toolkit and creative mode hub. Advanced camera controls: start/stop engine, tripod, orbit, zoom in/out, preset shots, and page-based film framing
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/creator_tools
- Owner
- racxus
- Published
- 2026-03-27
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-03-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15