With the Asset Editor you can publish swatches (for example, a swatch for a blinn shading node) by publishing the node’s associated message attribute. Swatches provide you with visual feedback on shading node properties.

To publish a swatch

1. Open the Asset Editor (Assets > Asset Editor).
2. Select the asset containing the shading node and click the Pin Asset icon .
3. Expand the shading node’s attribute list and select the Message attribute.
4. Publish the Message attribute to the asset by either clicking the Publish Selected Attributes button () or the Publish Selected Attribute with a Specified Name button ().
   Note

   Since the Message attribute will publish with the default name Message, it is best that you publish this attribute with a more meaningful, custom name. This is especially important when an asset contains multiple published swatches for multiple shading nodes.

5. Publish additional controls for the shading nodes (for example, color, transparency, etc.).

   Open the asset in the Attribute Editor to see that the swatch now appears in the Published Attributes section. Modify attributes related to the shader to update the swatch accordingly.