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How to make a background image disappear in Blender?
When entering local view background images disappear with all the other unselected objects because they’re treated as objects now. New file with a cube. Load a background or reference image. Create a sphere and select it. Press / to enter the local view. Desired effect (2.79): The cube disappears, the reference/background image stays visible.
How to set up background reference images in Blender?
The usual G, R and S hotkeys will move, rotate and scale. We can hover any corner to scale the image while conserving the ratio of the image. We can also grab the middle of the background image and drag to move it.
How does the front and back settings work in Blender?
The front and back settings can be thought of as “bring this image to front” or “bring this image to back”. Other objects will then be displayed in front or behind the image. The side settings are similar. But instead of draw order, this setting determines if the image will be visible from the front, back or both ways.
How to make a cube disappear in Blender?
Desired effect (2.79): The cube disappears, the reference/background image stays visible. Actual effect (2.80): Both the cube and the reference/background image disappear. Possible workaround: Manually select the background image before pressing /.
What to do with reference image in Blender?
Background and Reference Images are basically different presets for the same underlying tool. You can control visibility settings from the Properties Window, like making it visible only for orthographic views, display always in front, adjust transparency and control backface culling for empty based solutions.
What does Wich mean in Blender Stack Exchange?
Wich might be what L0Lock meant for 2.8. After re-enabling Extras, my reference images were present again. Thanks for contributing an answer to Blender Stack Exchange!