Cycles advanced shader ball?

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Is there an official cycles material preview ball to compare the shader with 100% white? I could only find the following image here. Except of the inner material this looks like what I'm looking for:

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Image by David Zerba

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 06 '15 at 13:47

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The Blender Material Preview Scene (BMPS) was included in the 2.61 demo files, which you can download here:

Blender 2.61 demo files: Cycles & Dynamic Paint

Just open the bmps.blend file to find the material shader ball scene.

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answered Jan 06 '15 at 13:47

Todd McIntosh

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That is exactly what I was looking for! – J Sargent Jan 06 '15 at 16:03
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The bmps.blend file has been around for a long time (added in 2011) but they deleted it just recently (Dec 14, 2022). The last version can be found here: blender-3.4-release/lib/tests/cycles/ – George Hawkins Dec 24 '22 at 18:52

p2or · Answer 2 · 2015-01-28T20:57:37.920

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There is also a material preview scene provided by blenderdiplom.com with a better light setup:

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http://blenderdiplom.com/en/downloads/584-download-cycles-material-test-scene.html

edited Jan 28 '15 at 20:57

answered Jan 21 '15 at 12:37

p2or

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 01 '20 at 04:28

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For reference: Blender 2.81+ includes the shader ball as part of the material preview, so you do not need to download the .blend for it. It is extremely helpful, (and quite realistic too), for showing materials.

answered Feb 01 '20 at 04:28

Nate_Sycro27

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Cool, just found the patch: https://developer.blender.org/T57683. However, not that helpful for serious lookdev due to bad lighting and a too small preview. – p2or Feb 01 '20 at 16:26

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