Oh, that's interesting.  I'll have to check that out as well.  Thanks Touchwood. 

Thanks benney and Reddog9.  At first I still couldn't get it done until I followed benney's suggestion to set it to quad view first, and THEN chose the Front view in the Axis, and was then able to switch to the single Front view with the image still showing up.

Thanks again from a very happy camper.  ;-)

. . . and X/HTML & CSS.  Life is definitely grand when you can find something else to fill in your time when 3D isn't on your plate.  ~grin~

Quote - . . . and then, if I get bored with 3D, there's always SQL and php. Isn't life grand??!? :biggrin:

Ohhhhhh, you select the axis first and THEN load the image.   Duuuuuh.  I was selecting the axis after.  Sheesh, talk about a dunder head.

Oh and thanks for the link to the tut.  I'm going to try that one too.  ;-)

Quote - The drop down list labeled "Axis" is the one you select from to tell blender which view to see the reference image from . 

Options are:

Left, Right, Front, Back, Top, Bottom, All Views and Camera

With Blender 2.54, you're able to set multiple reference (background) images each with their own veiw settings all from one view port.

OK, I think I just found a place in one of the panels titled Background Images, and if I click on the check box the Add Image button becomes live.

When I click on the Add Image button and the nclick on the arrow to the left of Not Set, it gives me an Open Image button so I can browse to the reference image i want to use.  However, said reference image is only visible in the Camera view.  I can not see it in Top, Front, Left or Right view.  There are additional options that appear in the panel to reset the size and location (x/y) positions, as well as degree of transparency, but I still can't see anything.

Anyone have any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong?  Any insights will be greatly appreciated.

Quote - How is it better, ice-boy? I am having issues with hotkeys all being different in 2.5x. The whole point to Blender - what made Blender so fast - was the hotkeys, and now I have to relearn all that? Makes absolutely no sense for them to do that.

Hey Robyn, I don't know how many hotkeys you use, but in the User Preferences in 2.54 you have several options for setting the keystrokes you want to use.

I've been using 2.45 and then 2.49 for about 2 years now, and like you I'm used to certain hotkeys, e.g., spacebar for the "add" menu, which of course they changed.  I think a lot of changes were made because it seems to me more functions are now available.  Then again, some of them may have been available and I just didn't know where they were.  Now you need to use Shift A to get the "add" menu, and I guess you can't set that back the way you want, but some I have.

For example, in the older versions I set User Preferences to Emulate Numpad because I've been using my laptop more, and always used Alt + or Alt - for zooming in and out.  I went into 2.54's File > User Preferences (Ctrl Alt U), and on the Input tab there's a long list of options available for editing.  If you click on the arrow to the left of 3D View and then 3D View (Global), there are several Zoom, Move, etc. that can be edited.  Since I suffer from acute CTS, I can't use a mouse, so those set up for the MMB are totally useless to me, so I clicked on two of the Zoom buttons and it changed to "Press a key" and then I clicked on Alt + for one of them and Alt - for the other, and now I can still use those older keystrokes if I want.  Of course now I can also use Ctrl and LMB to do the same (which may or may not have been available in older versions), but when you're used to doing something a certain way, why give it up if you can work out how to keep doing it the same way.

Just my 2¢ FWIW.

Thanks Kristi.  Your prompt reply is much appreciated.  ;-)

I have several things from that site.  :-)

Hey Lucie:

I just checked out the Advanced Photoshop site because I don't subscribe but often pick up a copy at the Barnes & Noble near my house.  Anyway, I just found this page that lists old issues that can be purchased, and it seems to go back to Issue 16, so if you want Issue 59 (with the Steampunk image on the cover), it's there -- >  www.imagineshop.co.uk/products_show.php

3pts - AeroJett
2pts - dan whiteside
1pt - vncnt9663

Quote - I have Bamboo (Wacom) and it works find in DAZ 2.3.xxx, so I would assume it works in DAZ 3.

Interesting, because I also have a Bamboo and I cannot deal with the Rotate, Pan, Tilt or Dolly camera controls with my pen.  I was told on another forum that you really need a mouse to keep control of them.  I hardly touch them and I'm looking at a blank space, or it's rotated, panned or tilted too much.  They also only seem to go in one direction, even though the icons on these buttons seem to indicate more then one direction.

If you've figured out how to use these successfully with a pen, please do tell.

Everything else works beautifully with a pen/tablet.

Yes, I have their Instant Hair 5 pkg.

Thanks for the new site link.  I only had his old Planet Vixens link, and I knew that site was closed some months ago (last year?).

Quote - You might be interested in Inception8's store too. Specifically their Core Collections Volume 1 & 2.

Oh thank you.  I love the Core Celtic Collection.  Just added it to my wishlist. 

@TheBryster - Congrats to you and your son!

@bobbystahr - ~ROFLMBO~  Thanks, I needed a good laugh today.