Turning the button off will not clear the settings it just hides the image. The is a toggle button that turns display of the image on or off. (The image will not be rendered as it is not part of your scene.)ĭetails of the background image panel If perspective view is enabled, toggle to orthogonal view by pressing NUM5. Noob note: The image is only displayed in orthogonal view. Using the navigation techniques from the previous tutorials, find your 2D jpeg image on your computer, click the file in the list once then click the Select Image button at the top right of the screen.

You are now presented with a file selection screen. One of them says image: and has a small button with a picture of a folder on it click this button. At the bottom of the 3D viewport on the left, there are some menus, click View -> Background ImageĪ small window will appear containing just one button marked use background image click this button.

If you haven't already done so, open blender and select one of the orthogonal view angles by pressing NUM7 (top), NUM3 (side), or NUM1.

Load the background image into blender Basics of the background image panel

2d image to 3d model blender