You can add any number of image planes to a
camera.
You use image planes
as visual references while building a model or as a means of compositing
background or foreground images during rendering.
To add an image plane to
a camera using Import Image Plane
- Select the modeling window of the camera
you want to add an image plane to.
- Select File > Import > Image Plane
to open the File Requestor.
- Use the File Requestor to
select the image file you want to use as an image plane, and click Load Image.
The image plane appears
in the modeling window.
NoteYou cannot load image planes that have alphabetic
characters in their numeric extension (for example, an animated
sequence having numeric extensions). Make sure that the extension
only contains numbers. If the image sequence consists of fields,
first use the filace utility to interlace the
fields into frames.
To add an image plane to
a camera using the Camera Editor
- Select Windows > Editors > Cameras
to open the Camera
Editor.
- At the top of the Camera
Editor, set Camera to
the camera you want to add an image plane to.
- In the Image Planes section
of the Camera Editor, click the Add button
to open the File Requestor.
- Use the File Requestor to
select the image file you want to use as an image plane, and click Load Image.
The image plane appears
in the modeling window, and an image plane swatch appears in the Image
Planes section of the Camera Editor.
To delete one image plane
from a camera
- Select Windows > Editors > Cameras to open the Camera
Editor.
- At the top of the Camera
Editor, set Camera to
the camera you want to delete an image plane from.
- In the Image Planes section
of the Camera Editor, select the swatch
of the image plane you want to delete, and click the Delete button.
The image plane is deleted
from the camera’s window, and from the image plane swatch list in
the Image Planes section of the Camera
Editor.
To delete all image planes
from a camera
- Select the modeling window of the camera
you want to delete all image planes from.
- Select Delete > Delete Image Planes
❒ to open the Delete Image Plane Options box.
- In the Delete Image Plane Options box,
set Delete Type to Current
Window, and click Go.
All image
planes are deleted from the active window.
To delete all image planes
from all cameras
- Choose Delete > Delete Image Planes ❒ to open the Delete Image Plane Options box.
- Set Delete Type to All
Windows.
- Click Go.
All image planes are deleted.
