topic Re: Reference Image in viewport in 3ds Max Modeling Forum

Reference Image in viewport

msin33 — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:42:29 GMT

Unable to see reference image in viewport despite several attempts.

The 'Put material to scene' is greyed out and after clicking, 'Assign material to selection' all I see is a 'grey plane', not the apple logo ref image.

How can I get the logo to display?

Feedback much appreciated.

A screenshot of the viewport and material editor settings attached.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Reference Image in viewport

irishman_team_kilber — Tue, 12 Nov 2019 22:55:22 GMT

use the show in viewport.

becareful When using the Apple logo because that belongs to mcintosh and it's copyrighted.

Re: Reference Image in viewport

msin33 — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:07:15 GMT

Thank you for the feedback & Apple tip. Using it only to learn.

There is no 'Show in viewport' option, besides 'Show material in viewport' and 'Assign material to selection' in the Material panel.

Started from scratch again but still no bitmap image. It's the same as in the screenshot attached.

Any other way to figure this out?

Appreciate.

Re: Reference Image in viewport

irishman_team_kilber — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:33:17 GMT

'Show material in viewport' will show your image on the plane is that not what you want and in your viewport

Re: Reference Image in viewport

msin33 — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 19:23:54 GMT

Thank you again. That is what I want. Will try again since it should work. Likely I'm doing something wrong.

Appreciate.

Re: Reference Image in viewport

irishman_team_kilber — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 19:56:31 GMT

IMHO turn off real world scale that is just annoying, trying using the compact material editor it's a lot easier for beginners, Menu bar > Rendering > Material Editor > Compact Material Editor. and take yourself Self-Illumination back down to 0 because that only brings up the image you have in your viewport

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2017/ENU/3DSMax/files/GUID-B6CA2B16-8522-4440-9711-E1664F224D04-htm.html

Re: Reference Image in viewport

msin33 — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 23:38:33 GMT

Thanks so very much.

Followed your tip & was finally able to get the logo in the Compact Material Editor. Turned off > real world scale. I don't see >'Illumination' setting in this editor mode so I'm assuming it's set to 0, since I started from scratch.

The 2 icons > 'Put material to scene' & 'Assign material to Selection' are greyed out. 'Show shaded material in viewport', & 'Show end result' are > on. But when I drag the apple to the viewport on the plane it keeps showing the 'STOP' sign.

Please see screenshot attached.

Sincerely appreciate.

Re: Reference Image in viewport

irishman_team_kilber — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:32:23 GMT

added attachment it should work but its in max 9. you need to assign the image to the plane

this video is done with the slate. but you don't need all 3 image if you are only doing the apple logo,

Re: Reference Image in viewport

msin33 — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 03:37:04 GMT

Many thanks. Haven't tried it yet, but viewed the entire tutorial. It's what I need to get my logo to display.

Appreciate the time taken to assist.

@irishman_team_kilber wrote:
added attachment it should work but its in max 9. you need to assign the image to the plane

this video is done with the slate. but you don't need all 3 image if you are only doing the apple logo,

. haven't tried it yet but this should work.