mathman opened this issue on Mar 09, 2008 · 38 posts
Angelouscuitry posted Sun, 09 March 2008 at 4:15 PM
To just apply a simple image to the Background node, I would click Display > Clear Background Picture. Then File > Import > Background Pcture... And then make sure Display > Show Background Picture is checked.
If it came to adding a prop to apply the background image, I would highly recommend as sphere prop; with it's normals reversed, centered, scaled 10 about 1000%. This would constitute a Sky Dome. You would be surprised how advanced Mapping is to accommodate the inside of sphere:
Sky Domes are how Bryce and Vue work, and why reflections become especially easy:
