[Paraview] place 2-D png file in 3-D field

2010-12-16 Thread Xueli Wang
Dear ParaView users, I made a movie in 3-D space, but I want to put a 2-D image file on one of the corners. It is so difficult to fix it on a 2-D plane. Does anyone know a solution to it? Thanks in advance! Xueli ___ Powered by www.kitware.com Vis

Re: [Paraview] place 2-D png file in 3-D field

2010-12-16 Thread Sebastien Jourdain
If you create a plane source, you can use your image as a texture. Hope this helps, Seb On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Xueli Wang wrote: > Dear ParaView users, > > I made a movie in 3-D space, but I want to put a 2-D image file on one of > the corners. It is so difficult to fix it on a 2-D p

Re: [Paraview] place 2-D png file in 3-D field

2010-12-16 Thread Xueli Wang
Thanks for your mail. I created a plane source as you suggested, but still it's difficult to put it on the right place. You know the movie shows a global with clouds of rain on it. It zooms in and out and rotates. This image has to do the same as the globe all the time. I wonder if there is a w

Re: [Paraview] place 2-D png file in 3-D field

2010-12-16 Thread Paul Edwards
How about just setting a background image for the 3D view? Regards, Paul On 16 December 2010 10:52, Xueli Wang wrote: > Thanks for your mail. I created a plane source as you suggested, but still > it's difficult to put it on the right place. You know the movie shows a > global with clouds of ra

Re: [Paraview] place 2-D png file in 3-D field

2010-12-16 Thread Xueli Wang
It is a good idea! It solves for great part the problem. Only when it zooms in very much then the background image will totally hidden... I'll use it unless there is a better solution for it. Thanks! Xueli Paul Edwards wrote: How about just setting a background image for the 3D view? Regards,