Attic:Old/Manual/PartI/Interface/Panels/Shading/Material/Preview

The top three buttons governs the preview.

Preview in Plane mode.

• - The preview plane only shows the X-Y coordinates.
• - In the sphere-preview the Z axis is the vertical axis for the preview sphere; the X and Y axes revolve around this axis.
• - The cubic preview shows the material preview mapped on three sides of a cube, allowing to see the three possible mappings.
• - Use this button to select a light or a dark background.
• - The preview window has two light sources; this is the first light source. It doesn't need to be ON in preview mode.
• - This is the second light source. It must be ON for preview mode, but is optional for the other preview modes.