diff --git a/editor/editor_node.cpp b/editor/editor_node.cpp
index 81325754796..56a9084f0b7 100644
--- a/editor/editor_node.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_node.cpp
@@ -983,6 +983,7 @@ void EditorNode::_save_scene_with_preview(String p_file, int p_idx) {
 
 		String file = cache_base + ".png";
 
+		post_process_preview(img);
 		img->save_png(file);
 	}
 
diff --git a/editor/plugins/editor_preview_plugins.cpp b/editor/plugins/editor_preview_plugins.cpp
index 47d730cdf1e..8542296bde9 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/editor_preview_plugins.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/editor_preview_plugins.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include "scene/resources/material.h"
 #include "scene/resources/mesh.h"
 
-static void post_process_preview(Ref<Image> p_image) {
+void post_process_preview(Ref<Image> p_image) {
 
 	if (p_image->get_format() != Image::FORMAT_RGBA8)
 		p_image->convert(Image::FORMAT_RGBA8);
diff --git a/editor/plugins/editor_preview_plugins.h b/editor/plugins/editor_preview_plugins.h
index 2e12515e30a..35b5c3a5f01 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/editor_preview_plugins.h
+++ b/editor/plugins/editor_preview_plugins.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 #include "editor/editor_resource_preview.h"
 
+void post_process_preview(Ref<Image> p_image);
+
 class EditorTexturePreviewPlugin : public EditorResourcePreviewGenerator {
 	GDCLASS(EditorTexturePreviewPlugin, EditorResourcePreviewGenerator)
 public: