Live Previews
The Live Previews group in the Unified Admin: five screens that control how products look in 3D and photo previews on your store.
Print Editor > Live Previews holds every screen that controls how your products look in a live preview. 3D settings apply to every 3D preview: Print CAD products and uploaded 3D models alike.
| Screen | What it's for | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| 3D Environment | The studio lighting and backdrop behind every 3D preview | Per store |
| 3D Materials | How stock, film, windows, finishes, mats and frames look in 3D | Shared by every store on the license |
| 3D Models | Uploaded static 3D models (OBJ/MTL) | Per store |
| 3D Watermark | Your logo tiled over storefront 3D previews | Per store |
| Photo Mockups | Photorealistic mockups made from layered PSD files | Per store |
How the 3D Screens Work Together
- 3D Materials decide what the product is made of: the board or film, its finish, and any window.
- 3D Environment decides how it is lit and what sits behind it.
- 3D Watermark tiles your logo across the product surface on the storefront.
Customers see the same result on the storefront product page and in the Print Editor's 3D preview. The admin's edit-in-editor view shows it too.
Saving Changes
Each screen has a Save button; nothing saves until you click it. If you leave a Live Previews page, or switch stores, with unsaved edits, the admin asks Discard changes?
Licensing and Access
3D Environment, 3D Materials, 3D Models and 3D Watermark are shown by the 3D model viewer license feature, not by Print CAD, because they serve every 3D preview. Photo Mockups keeps its own feature, the same one Photo Merge used.
When the release was installed, every admin role that already had Print CAD or 3D Models was given 3D Materials, 3D Environment and 3D Watermark. You can change who sees each screen in User Roles.
The Live Previews group hides itself when a user can see none of its screens.
Moving Settings Between Stores
- 3D Materials belong to the license, so every store on it already shares them. To copy them to another license, use Export selected and Import Materials, or a store export.
- 3D Environment and 3D Watermark are per store. Store export does not carry them. Store Clone copies them.
Related Pages
- Flexible Packaging — pouches and bags that use films, windows and finishes
- Product Setup — choose a product's preview type