> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pixelatestudio.tomblack.ca/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Preview > Check the exact export output in the Inspector preview: views, clips, draw modes and Save GIF. When you select a Pixelate Asset, its Preview appears at the bottom of the Inspector, like the preview of a texture or model. It shows exactly what Export writes, at the real sprite resolution, scaled up with sharp pixels. Pixelate Preview with the Run clip selected, the play button, the Right view, Lit draw mode and the gear menu The Preview needs a Source and a Style Profile. If one is missing, it says which. ## Toolbar | Control | What it does | | - | - | | **Clip menu** | Picks the clip to show. Particle assets show **Particles**, still sources show **Static**. | | **Play / Pause** | Plays the clip at its FPS. | | **Frame bar** | Drag to scrub through the frames. | | **View menu** | Picks the camera view, for example `S` or `Right`. | | **Draw mode** | **Lit**, **Unlit** or **Normal**. | | **Gear menu** | **Save GIF**, **Show Directional Light Gizmo**, **Refresh Current Preview** and **Clear Preview Cache**. | ## Draw modes * **Unlit:** the sprite's colors with every effect except lighting. This is what Export writes unless Lighting's **Export Lit Sprites** is on. * **Lit:** the same, with the [Lighting](/effects/lighting) effect's lights applied. * **Normal:** the captured normals, the same data the exported normal maps come from. Lit and Normal need an enabled Lighting effect on the Style Profile. ## Updating Changing an effect updates the Preview right away. Changing something that affects the capture, such as the Source, Cell Size, a view or a clip, recaptures it, which can take a moment for long clips. If the Preview ever looks out of date, use **Refresh Current Preview** in the gear menu. **Clear Preview Cache** frees the memory used by cached previews. Very large sprites (over 2048 px on a side) can't be previewed. The Output line under Cell Size then reads **(preview too large)**. Lower Cell Size or Pixels Per Unit. ## Save GIF Share an animation without leaving Unity. In the gear menu, choose **Save GIF** and a scale: **1x (Actual Size)**, **2x** or **4x**. The eight frames of a saved GIF of a running character * The GIF shows exactly what the Preview shows: the current view, clip and draw mode, every frame at the clip's FPS, looping. * Transparent pixels stay transparent. With a Color Palette the colors are exact. * The save dialog opens in the Output Folder with a name like `Knight_Run_E.gif`. You can save it anywhere, including outside the project. A GIF saved inside `Assets` is imported and highlighted in the Project window. GIF timing uses whole hundredths of a second, so single frames can differ by 0.01 s while the total length stays right. Clips faster than 50 FPS play at 50 FPS in the GIF. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.