[Bf-committers] Camera Guides

[Bassam Kurdali]

What just happened?

I'm guessing the original patch for camera guides got rejected. But it
seems people think that bg images for empties is a replacement for it?
why is this? And why is it cool to override Empties with a gazillion
draw types, but somehow this is bad design for Cameras?

If the rationale is 'parent an empty with thirds grid png on it' to the
camera, we could already parent a wireframe object to the camera- even
easier since you don't also have to go into a paint package, but both
suffer from:

-a bunch of labor to set  up, then needs to be fiddled with everytime
you change the camera or tweak the focal length. and unneeded clutter in
your scene.

Don't get me wrong, the new image empties are nice for reference images
for modeling. But: They don't have anything to do with camera
composition guides, which are more like the 'titlesafe' overlay already
in the camera view options.

PS. I hope I don't come across as angry. I'm just amused, and
unaffected, since I patched my own copy of blender a long time ago ;)