[Bf-committers] Patch Rotate Background Images

[Campbell Barton]

were you aware of this?
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.58#Empty_Images_Display:

notes
- xray option renders on top
- object alpha is used.
- alpha works same as textured quad on a mesh (but also draws in wire view)
- to see alpha lines on top of other objects without alpha draw order
glitches --- user prefs -> system -> clip alpha (set to 0.5 or so)

I'm not really a fan of existing background images, so adding rotation
is of course useful if you already use it, but think empty objects
work better since there more flexible and don't get lost when joining
windows.

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Mike Erwin <significant.bit at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ooh! Wish I had such versatile background image support a few jobs ago
> -- gave up and imported DXF from the architects, which needed a crazy
> amount of manual cleanup prior to building up the structure in 3D. The
> future looks bright!
>
> Knapp: maybe I misunderstand... how would you see what you're doing
> with the reference image on top?
>
> Mike Erwin
> musician, naturalist, pixel pusher, hacker extraordinaire
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Very cool. This is something I have wanted for ages! Now, if we could
>> just get the image to be on the top of the Z-stack so that verts and
>> lines don't cover it as you work!
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Fabio Russo <ruesp83 at libero.it> wrote:
>>> This patch is used to rotate the background images,
>>> as required by an architect friend!
>>> This is done using OpenGL API (glRotatef) and calculating the center of the
>>> image.
>>>
>>> The link to the patch:
>>> http://projects.blender.org/tracker/download.php/9/127/29906/19058/rotate-
>>> BGpic.patch
>>>
>>> An image that shows the rotation of the backgroung images is: http://www.
>>> pasteall.org/pic/24472
>>>
>>> Hoping to be inserted in the trunk!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Fabio Russo (ruesp83)
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>>
>>
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