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External image in window About Truespace Archives These pages are a copy of the official truespace forums prior to their removal somewhere around 2011. They are retained here for archive purposes only. External image in window // New Users 1  |   Order by default Post by Grommit // Feb 14, 2007, 11:52pm Grommit Total Posts: 32 Hi all, Is it possible to display an external image in a window somewhere in Truespace 7? Looking at a tutorial on 3D studio, I saw this feature where one of your view windows could be set to show an external image. That means you can display a reference photo alongside your work while modelling. Very useful. Is this possible in Truespace? If not, I'd like to suggest it as a simple, very useful new feature. Many thanks Grommits Post by jamesmc // Feb 14, 2007, 11:59pm jamesmc Total Posts: 2566 You can use image planes and put your graphic on the image planes. If not sure how to do it I would suggest viewing the GameSpace videos by 3DBuzz or go to 3DBuzz.com and download/view them there. One excerpt from the video that shows where they are setting up the elf image planes so they can model. Post by Bobbins // Feb 15, 2007, 1:33am Bobbins Total Posts: 506 You can also set an image to be a background to a window in the same way you can set a background colour. It won't render unless you also set the render background to be the same image. This is sometimes more useful than having to create a plane and texture it with the image, especially if you are trying to merge a CG element with a background plate. Post by Grommit // Feb 15, 2007, 10:24am Grommit Total Posts: 32 Thanks Guys, looks like what I had in mind isn't possible. I've tried the 3d planes approach and found it not terribly satisfactory as the mapped image displayed at too low resolution. I'm not sure how to set the background colour as an image in one window only, but I'll have a go. Ta very much. Post by Chester Desmond // Feb 15, 2007, 10:58am Chester Desmond Total Posts: 323 You might try increasing the resolution of textures in 'display options'

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