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1.1
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2022.3.62 or later
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Preview Forge: Thumbnails and Custom Previews

by Noodle Hammer

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Draws particle and ui prefab thumbnails in project window and adds a richer inspector previews for prefabs, particles, and model assets

$10.00

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Last 6 months

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Price history for Preview Forge: Thumbnails and Custom Previews, 6 months Current $10.00; lowest $10.00; highest $10.00 in this period. $0 $5 $10 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Version 1.1 released 8 Jul 2026 v1.1

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Preview Forge: Thumbnails and Custom Previews screenshot 1

About this asset

A completely free version with the exact same feature set is available on my GitHub. 🆓

This editor extension generates custom thumbnails for ui and particle prefabs and adds a custom preview to the Inspector, so you can quickly see the effect without dragging it into the scene.

It also enhances previews for 3D and 2D prefabs, as well as model assets, with a grid, improved lighting, camera controls, and useful view modes like Normal, UV, Vertex Color, and more.

From the publisher's Asset Store listing.

Technical details

Features

  • Custom thumbnails for particle prefabs in the Project window
  • Custom thumbnails for supported UI prefabs
  • Custom Inspector previews for particle prefabs
  • Playback controls with timeline scrubbing for particle previews
  • Motion-aware framing for moving particle effects
  • Enhanced preview support for 2D, 3D, prefab, and model assets including .fbx and .blend
  • Orbit, pan, zoom, and auto-framing controls
  • Optional preview grid, bounds, and collider overlays
  • Improved preview lighting with configurable light rig and skybox support
  • Visual modes including Normal, UV Checker, Vertex Color, Matcap, and Overdraw
  • On-preview stats including renderer count, triangle count, material count, and bounds size
  • Cached thumbnails for better editor responsiveness
  • Optional prefab type badges for faster Project window browsing
  • Improved preview fallback and compatibility handling for more reliable editor behavior
  • Unity 2022.3+ support, including Unity 6.5 compatibility improvements

Notes

  • A Unity Editor restart may be required after first install or import so preview hooks initialize cleanly.
  • If you run into issues while updating from an older version, fully remove the existing Assets/Noodle Hammer/Preview Forge folder before importing the new version.
  • UI prefab support currently applies to custom thumbnails only.
  • VFX Graph thumbnails are not currently supported.
  • In URP, particle shaders that depend on the camera opaque texture may render pink in thumbnails or prefab previews. This is a limitation of the current preview rendering path.

Compatibility

Unity version Built-in URP HDRP
6000.3.16f1
6000.3.10f1
2022.3.62f2

As listed on the Asset Store.