How to Superimpose a Background in a 3D Program
Three-D programs such as Blender and Art of Illusion have several tools that let users make their virtual objects look as realistic as possible. One set of tools lets users create textures and materials from digital photos. These texturing tools provide a practical way of creating background images for your 3-D program. Setting a background image for a program provides many benefits, including providing a means to trace an existing object to create a new object from.
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Instructions
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Create a Background Image with Art of Illusion
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Open Art of Illusion, then click the box icon at screen left. The box will serve as the projection plane for your background image.
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Click "Scene," then "Textures," followed by "New." Type "Image" for the background image name, then select "Procedural 3-D" from the drop-down box.
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Click "Insert," then "Pattern" and "Image." Double-click the new image icon you've created, then click the gray square.
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Click "Load," then navigate to and double-click any image file on your PC.
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Click "OK" on all open dialog boxes, then drag an arrow for the "Image" icon to the "Diffuse" icon at screen right. This action connects the image you chose with an object's diffuse color component.
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Click the box to select it, then click "Object" and "Set Texture." Double-click the "Image" label to assign the image to the object.
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Press "Control-R" to render the background image projected on the box.
Set a Background Image with Sketchup
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Open Sketchup, then click the toolbar's "Rectangle" tool. The rectangle provides the projection surface for the background image.
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Drag in the drawing window to create a wall object to project the background image onto.
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Click the paint bucket tool, then click the "+" ("Create material") tool.
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Check the "Use texture image" check box, then navigate to and double-click the image you want to set as background.
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Click "OK," then click the rectangle from step 1 to set the background image on it.
Set a Background Image with Blender
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Open Blender, then click the button window's "Shading" icon.
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Click "Add New" in the "Links and Pipeline" panel, then click the "Texture" icon in the button panel.
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Select "Image" from the "Texture" panel's "Texture type" drop-down list, then click the "Image" panel's "Load" button.
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Navigate to the image you want to use as a background, then click "Select image."
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Press "F12" to render the background image.
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