To add an image plane to a camera using Import Image Plane

1. Select the modeling window of the camera you want to add an image plane to.
2. Select File > Import > Image Plane to open the File Requestor.
3. Use the File Requestor to select the image file you want to use as an image plane, and click Select.

   The image plane appears in the modeling window.

   Note

   You 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.

   You cannot use images that have extensions of five or more characters.

To add an image plane to a camera using the Camera Editor

1. Select Windows > Editors > Cameras to open the Camera Editor.
2. At the top of the Camera Editor, set Camera to the camera you want to add an image plane to.
3. In the Image Planes section of the Camera Editor, click the Add button to open the File Requestor.
4. Use the File Requestor to select the image file you want to use as an image plane, and click Select.

   The image plane appears in the modeling window, and an image plane swatch appears in the Image Planes section of the Camera Editor.

To change image plane settings

1. Choose Windows > Editors > Cameras ❒
2. In the control window, set Camera to the window that contains the image plane you want to edit.
3. Open the Image Planes section and select the swatch of the image plane you want to edit.
4. Adjust the options in the Image Plane Parameters section.

To delete one image plane from a camera

1. Select Windows > Editors > Cameras to open the Camera Editor.
2. At the top of the Camera Editor, set Camera to the camera you want to delete an image plane from.
3. 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

1. Select the modeling window of the camera you want to delete all image planes from.
2. Select Delete > Delete Image Planes to open the Delete Image Plane Options box.
3. 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

1. Choose Delete > Delete Image Planes to open the Delete Image Plane Options box.
2. Set Delete Type to All Windows.
3. Click Go.

   All image planes are deleted.