I like the suggestion a lot. 3D Coat has an excellent way of handling image references with respect to the orientation and Andy's proposal sounds like a movbe in that direction. It would be a very useful system for modeling and could be extended to other situations. I like that it brings a simple solution, from the user's point of view, of what is a routine task.
Paolo On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 7:15 AM, Andy Braham <andybra...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I wanted to start work on improving background images, right now > the only thing that can be done with background images is adjusting the > scale, and x/y position this does not leave very much flexibility. What > I propose on doing is creating a "Reference Image" or "Image" option in > empty objects, or possibly adding a new "Image" object using empty > objects as the foundation. This would eliminate the need to adjust the > images external to Blender plus many more benefits: > > 1.) Image orientation - Allows any image orientation and scale helping > with aligning and fine tuning images. > 2.) Multiple Images with varying depths - This functionality would be > invaluable when modeling objects with cross sections. > 3.) Scenes - Allows images to be used as objects in scenes saving time > on modeling and allows "stacked" image backgrounds > similar to cartoon style backgrounds. > 4.) Foreground Images - By using X-Ray the image would be rendered in > the foreground. > 5.) Projection - When Project Paint is finished this will allow the > addition for the ability to move the image over a object and project > the image into the texture. > 6) Flexibility - This allows Blender to be much more flexible by not > tying the images to just a view orientation. > 6.) Implementation - This functionality would be quite easy to implement > since none of the views would be affected by adding more options. > > I would really like some feedback on this from everyone. > > /Thanks, > Andy Braham/ > [IRC: Smurfinator] > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-committers mailing list > Bf-committers@blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers > _______________________________________________ Bf-committers mailing list Bf-committers@blender.org http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-committers