Registered: Jan 2010
Location: Houston, TX
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Need tips on reference picture positioning

I've done a fair amount of tutorials, and now I'm trying to do some stuff on my own. I'm having a hard time modelling with the current reference picture setup I use. I just import the image, and it gets stuck right in the middle of the grid. I've adjusted the transparency on both the reference picture and the model, but without wireframes (using sculpt geometry on nurbs.. wireframe makes it hard to see the shape), it's difficult to see how the surface of the image is turning out.

For example, right now, I'm trying to sculpt an ear; but since it's such a thin object, the surface is so close to the image that I can't see the individual bumps very well.

There was one tutorial that I watched where the person had his reference pictures situated around the model rather than slicing through it. How do I do that? Or, are there even better ways to set the whole thing up?

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One way to do it is to simply create a NURBs plane and map a file texture to it as your reference. That way you can move, scale, do whatever to it as it's actual geometry. Hope that helps.

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One way to do it is to simply create a NURBs plane and map a file texture to it as your reference. That way you can move, scale, do whatever to it as it's actual geometry. Hope that helps.

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