You can open this directly
from the Window drop-down menu at the
top left of Layout or by pressing Ctrl+F7.
Note
2. Click the drop-down menu for
Background Image and select
Load Image.
3. Load the Foyer.jpg image fromthe
Projects\Images\CH16 directory on
the DVD, as shown in Figure 16.2.
You can do this from the Image
Editor panel, or select Load Image
from the Background Image dropdown
in the Compositing tab of the
Effects panel.
Note
4. Render a frame by pressing the F9 key. You??™ll see the Foyer image and nothing
else. Exciting, isn??™t it?
Only the image is displayed in the render because nothing else has been added to
the scene. There are a few important things to note at this point that apply to both
still and moving images:
?—? When you use a background image, it overrides any backdrop color or
gradient backdrop.
?—? The background image is not affected by fog, though it can be used as the fog
color instead of a solid color.
?—? By default, the background image is not refracted by transparent objects.
However, you can set this option for each surface in the Surface Editor.
In addition to loading images directly from the Compositing tab, you also can go
directly to the Image Editor (press F6) and select Load Image.
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