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I have tried just about every file path; pictures, documents, temp, you name it, but every single time my (windows) computer sends my image to something called .thumbnails :x This would be just fine, I guess, but not only is it always at 128 x 128 pixels, which will not enlarge, but it's not going w...

ctrl/1 for the reverse of front, ctrl/3 for the reverse of side; etc.

add a plane to your scene, then use your 'background' to place the picture you want into the file

I was trying to open them as a Gif file, switched to a bitmap and they work perfectly! Thanks!

I have downloaded blueprints, as a member, from the-blueprints.com, but when I try to open them as a background image in Blender, it says the image cannot be found. I was able to get all 4 views onto my blender program before I became a member. What happened? (Decided to become a member of the sight...

the pdf document 'Precision Modeling', by Robert Burke. It basically shows you how to turn blender into an auto-cad program.

A while back I found, (then lost) some numbers that could be entered directly into the shaders/color areas that would automatically entice the mesh, or other area I was currently working on to that "periodic table reference, i.e. glass, metal, ceramic etc.
Any help?

the background image, but didn't even stop to think abot a plane. Thanks!

I would like to have a "small-box, up front view" of a photograph on-screen while I'm producing a mesh. Any suggestions?

Thank you! (should have been able to figure that one out, shouldn't I!?)

I guess I can do without e-mailing my finished projects to my sister, ( I think she's just feigning interest anyway! ), but what if I want to send one. or more, to a website like Blender, Blender Artist, You Tube, etc,. Do I need to save-send in a different format for each site, or is there a standa...

I am using ntsc, 30 fps, and the avi codec, (saving on microsoft video 1). I have no problem wacthing my animations on my media player, or even saving them to disc, but when I e-mail them, as an attachment, the person recieving them can't get them to play, and sometimes they won't even open for them...

Is it possible, in version 2.49, to automatically move the camera to the position that one is viewing a project at from any perspective , so that then you would be viewing the project though the camera? In other words, you don't move your view, the camera moves to you.

got it figured out! thanks!

I'm using version 2.49. I found the 'pack' icon, but finding viable information on the proper usage of it is nowhere to be found. Any help?!