Material Panel
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- Material Slot:
    This window is where you create and name materials.
- Preview:
    You can see a preview of the material here.
- Preview Quality:
    This allows a user to set the sample count of the preview window.  Higher numbers will have longer render times.
- Lighting Samples:
    Raising this number may resolve render noise by raising the number of direct lighting samples.
- Shading Mode:
    Select either OSL surface shading or volume shading.
- Volume:
    Selects the volume shading mode to be used.