How do I replace a Blueprint thumbnail?

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How do I replace the thumbnail for a Blueprint? I know how to change the angle but not how to replace the whole image.

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Rightclick on your blueprint > capture thumbnail.
:slight_smile:

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Thank you! However, this option does not show up if the blueprint has a static mesh component as the root.

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Hi omskillet,

When you pick the static mesh for the root component it should automatically update the thumbnail.

Let us know if this works, if it doesnā€™t we can keep troubleshooting.

Thanks, TJ

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The problem is that if you use Blueprints as in Pickup/Coin example in the Blueprint_Advanced demolet then you cant have the thumbnail appear like the ā€œMesh to Useā€ only the default Static Mesh. If the system is truly made to be reusable it seems like I should be able to set the thumbnail to whatever mesh picture I want.

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I can set the root mesh which is ā€˜okā€™ but not super flexible, however I canā€™t seem to change the angle (like you can on a static mesh thumbnail) so my blueprint icons look really bad ā€¦ please add this (or show me how!) thanks!! :slight_smile:

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Hi Sharpfish,

In the Content Browser, click on the blueprint icon you want to edit.

In the bottom right, click on View Options > Thumbnail Edit Mode.

Then left-click drag in the icon to rotate and right-click drag to zoom.

When you are finished, click Done Editing.

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Thank you!! What a cool little option tucked away there. Works perfectly. Thanks for giving me the heads up, I thought Iā€™d looked everywhere! :slight_smile:

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Hi,

Would you know how to achieve a similar result with billboard? I would like my blueprint to use the sprite set in a billboard component, but I failed to find a way to do this.

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All of these methods only capture from the main viewport, not from the viewport of the BP. You have to place the BP in a scene to capture a thumbnail

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So is there like aā€¦ shortcut for making these trillions of thumbnails?

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It was updated, now you can capture by this way:
Rightclick on your blueprint ā†’ Asset Actions ā†’ Capture Thumbnail
CaptureThumbnail pic

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OMG! Thank you so much for this!
To clarify for anyone else, Select the thumbnail you want to edit - in the bottom right corner of the Content Browser thereā€™s a View Options button. Click it and in the drop-down list, choose Thumbnail Edit mode, then left-click and drag the thumbnail you want to change and it will rotate around the Z axis allowing you to make the mesh face the camera.

This is really ingenious. Wish I knew it earlier

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Iā€™m not sure when this changed, but Iā€™m using UE5.5 and this still works but you have to do:
Select blueprint class in content browser > Click the ā€œSettingsā€ cog button in the top-right of the content browser > Thumbnail settings are at the bottom

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Thanks for this! I hadnā€™t yet found the new location :stuck_out_tongue:

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This doesnā€™t seem to work with billboard components. Any ideas for a workaround, since the capture thumbnail option is gone in 5.5