Add a Photo of Your Own to the Background Library
Rendering
Save the photo in the folder ../shared/lw. The file type can be jpg, bmp or tif.
Create a new background and define the saved photo as its image file.
- Select System | Rendering Textures > Backgrounds. The browser is opened.
- Select My Library.
- Select the folder in which to create a new background/foreground, or create a new folder, if necessary.
- Right-click to open the function menu.
- Select New Folder.
- Enter a name for the new folder.
- Select the folder you have just created.
- Move the cursor to an empty area in the right browser frame (thumbnail area).
- Right-click to open the actions menu, and select New background.
- Specify the following data for the background:
- Name - Type a name for the thumbnail image.
- Type - Select one of the following from the list:
- Scaled image - The photo is scaled to fill the whole background.
- Backfoto - A photograph on which a model can be positioned using pairs of points. See Position a Model on a Background Photo.
- Scbackfoto - A photograph on which a model can be positioned using pairs of points. You can move and scale the photo relative to the model after the model has been positioned. See Position a Model on a Scalable Background Photo.
- Click File name.
- Set one of the following as the image file:
- Select the location of the image file
- Click the Select button. The Open dialog box opens. The default folder of rendering libraries is ../system/lw or ../shared/lw.
- Go to the desired folder on the hard drive and select an image file (jpg, tif or bmp).
- Click the Open button.
- Enter the image file name and path
- Set one of the following as the image file:
- If the image file has been saved in the ../shared/lw folder, type the plain file name with quotation marks in the field, for example:
"imagefile.jpg"
- If the image file has been saved in a subfolder under the ../shared/lw folder, type folder/file name with quotation marks in the field, for example:
"folder/imagefile.jpg"
- If the saving location of the image file is something else, type the entire path with quotations in the field, for example:
"D:/custom_backgrounds/photographs/imagefile.jpg"
- If the image file has been saved in the ../shared/lw folder, type the plain file name with quotation marks in the field, for example:
- Click the Set button.
- Set one of the following as the image file:
- Select the location of the image file
- Confirm by clicking OK.
The new background photo is added to the rendering background library. You can select the photograph background and use it in any building model by double-clicking the thumbnail in the browser.
Note:
- If the horizons of the image and the model view do not match, edit the height of the image using an image editing program.