Texture Preview for the File Browser?
Hi,
Is it possible to have a “Material/Texture” Preview in the File Browser? Each of the models in the blend files have textures (i.e. when you open them 1 by 1) Currently, they are all just gray in the File Browser view.
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I have noticed that if I delete the camera from the scene and save the file it will create a color thumbnail. I am using this trick for the last versions (since 2.80). It would be great to have it as an option without deleting the camera. Colored thumbnails will help finding the right file faster.
* @florinf * huh sounds like a bug tho. unless that was intended
* @reanimate * lol that would be so funny if someone just said "hmm, i don't feel like adding a checkbox to the user prefs to render the thumbnail in lookdev mode ... therefore let's just make it so that if you delete the camera it works" :)))))))))))))
* @reanimate * I think it's a condition like "if there is a camera then do a shot from it, in greyscale" or so it looks like.
* @meutzitzu * I do like the colored thumbs so I do delete the camera. :) Until there is such an update.
* @florinf * as you can see in my image below, most thumbnails show camera point of view with passepartout border, Color thumbnail can be made without delete camera
Not sure cause when you have to load the shaders and for 100projects thats gonna take time
* @soerensc * Why? It could be kind a thumbnail picture saved in blend file for this purpose.
* @sqeee * Yeah your right. So it would be suely a good idea
* @soerensc * Well, there is very quick way to capture the scene from the View menu (Viewport Render Image) which is fast and will be just fine for the thumbs and can be done from EEVEE even if the Cycles would be better quality.
Just noticed that if the camera is not deleted still works, in a way, if the Workbench is tested and saved (in the render panel between the EEVEE and Cycles) the thumbnail will be colored as selected from MatCap variants. Still colored OK if the camera must be saved too.
I would assume this to be very possible since it's just a .png thumbnail after all
in 2.83beta i have colored preview thumbnails {attachment blender_filebrowser_283betapng}