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title: Thumbnails
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parent: Quicktips
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permalink: /quicktips/thumbnails
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description: >-
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Mainsail can display thumbnails in the file browser and as previews in the print status.
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### PrusaSlicer (since v2.3.0)
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In "Expert" mode PrusaSlicer has an option in the "Printer Settings" tab to activate previews.
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Under `General / Firmware`, enter `32x32,400x300` as "G-code thumbnails".
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### SuperSlicer (since v2.2.54.0)
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In "Expert" mode SuperSlicer has some very convenient options in the "Printer Settings" tab to activate and customize the previews.
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### PrusaSlicer/SuperSlicer
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To enable thumbnails, click on `Help > Show Configuration Folder` and navigate to your printer profiles inside the `printer` folder.
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Open your printer profile in a text editor and find `thumbnails =` and add the resolutions `32x32,400x300`. Save the file and restart your Slicer.
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From now on the gcode files contain thumbnails displayed by mainsail.
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### Cura
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The Cura plugin "Cura2Moonraker" is required for this. You can find this plugin and a install guide
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here: [https://github.com/emtrax-ltd/Cura2MoonrakerPlugin](https://github.com/emtrax-ltd/Cura2MoonrakerPlugin)
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### ideaMaker (since v4.2.1)
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To enable thumbnails, open the `Advanced` tab in the `printer settings`, enable the `GCode Thumbnails for Octoprint and Mainsail` option and
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enter your prefered *square format* image size in the `Resolution` fields (e.g. `400 X 400`).
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It's necessary that the thumbnail width and height resolution is equal.
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