kz.png in Bedrock Editionkz.png is a texture atlas used for storing textures of the original paintings. Paintings added in Bedrock Edition 1.21.0 and later versions are stored in their own texture files, but this atlas is still used for older paintings and the back texture.
paintings_kristoffer_zetterstrand.png was a texture atlas found inside minecraft.jar used for storing textures of paintings in Java Edition.
Format
kz_mers.tga, edited to ignore the subsurface scattering to prevent all pixels from rendering transparent, subsurface scattering is 0 for the whole file.kz.png is a fixed-width 256×256-pixel file that is split into different 16×16 squares which correspond to the texture of each painting. A separate file, kz_mers.tga, stores the MERS values of individual pixels on all paintings, used in Vibrant Visuals.
Like with terrain.png, items.png and particles.png, paintings were originally stored on a main texture atlas rather than being separate individual files. Empty slots were filled in with the magenta grid texture.
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition Indev | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minecraft Indev | 20100223 |  kz.png, with the first of the paintings. | |||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v1.1.1 |  kz.png to account for the added and modified paintings in this version. | ||||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
| 1.3 |  kz.png to account for the addition of the skull painting. | ||||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w36a |  kz.png to account for the addition of the wither painting. | |||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w24a | Renamed kz.png to paintings_kristoffer_zetterstrand.png. | |||||
| 1.14 | 19w07a | Replaced paintings_kristoffer_zetterstrand.png with paintings.png-atlas. | |||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.5.0 |  kz.png. It seems identical to the Beta 1.2 version, but has the four unused paintings. | ||||||
| v0.8.0 | build 1 |  kz.png has been updated.The four unused paintings have been updated for unknown reasons. | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 |  kz.png has been updated.The wither painting has been added. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.17.0 | beta 1.17.0.50 |  kz.png has been updated.The back texture has been updated to match the updated planks textures. | |||||
| 1.21.80 Experiment | Preview 1.21.80.25 |  kz.png for Vibrant Visuals. | |||||
| 1.21.90 | Preview 1.21.90.20 | Vibrant Visuals is now out of experimental. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| 1.66.0016.0 | kz.png. | ||||||
| TU14 | CU1 | 1.04 | 1.00 | 1.00 | kz.png to account for the wither painting. | ||
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | 1.0.1 |  kz.png. Some of the 1×1 paintings are now duplicated; in some custom texture packs, they have their own unique textures. |
Trivia
- The "kz" in the name "
kz.png" stands for "Kristoffer Zetterstrand", the artist of the majority of paintings, indicated by the fact that the file was renamed to "paintings_kristoffer_zetterstrand.png" in Java Edition 1.6.
