In an unrendered view.

I would like to import a 2D background to use as an outline guide for a vertex model.

The same way as is possible in "Assemble?"

TIA and ...

cheers,
dr geep
;=]

You can add it into the background in the vertex room for helping with modeling. In the assemble room you could add an image into the background through the Scene properties. But you won't be able to see it until you do a 'quick render' with the camera tool. Hope this helps. :D

Hi bluetone, Thanks for the quick reply. I figured out that I can apply a texmap to a plane and then position that as a backdrop in the vertex modeler. That gives me what I wanted. cheers, dr geep ;=]

The vertex modeler allows for a different image in each plane of top left front, so you can follow your model from each angle lined up. The only thing to remember is that each image needs to be square, not rectangular. Good luck!

"Real reality." Have we come to the point where we need this retronym added to the ranks of "real cream" and "live performance?"

You mean like calling a stick shift a standard? ;)

HAH!!! It's always so easy ...... when you know how. Thanks muchly, trav! That's perfek!!! ... It's zackly what I wanted to do. cheers, dr geep ;=]

Thanks Trav. I misread about geep finding a solution and thought he'd found the check boxes you showed! Geep, how come? Because. ;) Do you need a file converted to .jpg or something else? Any number here, including myself can do it for you if you don't have the software to make the change yourself. Mark

Hi Mark, Thanks, but I have s/w to convert pics to almost any format that I want. I am just curious why .gif works in the Assemble area and not in the Model area. Can you load a .gif as a background in the Vertex Modeler? cheers, dg ;=]

Since the ability to place a background pic in the Assembly room was implemented in version 1 or 2 but wasn't added to the Vertex modeller until version 4, it's my theory that 2 separate programmers did the coding. The first LIKED .gifs and added them in, the second programmer didn't like .gifs and left them out. Either that or it's some kind of deep, dark conspiracy to make eliminate .gifs altogether. Glad the info helped. mike

Thanks Mike. ;=]

Isn't the GIF file format patented by Unisys and IBM? Maybe it has something to do with that, with the programmer just wanting to "play safe". Cheers

Humm, Dr. and co. just re-checked and found that the vertex modeller claims to be able to use .gif files but I can't get any to show. It does use .png files, .jpg and .tiff that I've tested. Think I shoot a note to eovia about it. mike

Thnx Mike ... let us know what you find out, would you please. ;=]

Compuserve (along with H&R Block?) created the GIF format. AOL bought Compuserve. Who owns AOL now?

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