Importing photo as background
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Is it possible in either the basic and/or the pro version of SU to import a photo as background?
I have designed a pergola using a photograph for proportion, etc, but now, having the pergola designed, I would like to see how it will look in its surroundings, possibly using the original photo again. While I have imported a photo in jpg format I am having trouble getting it to the background,or getting the model to work with the photo. My SU manuals seem short on those instructions.
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There are a couple of ways you can do this.
The simple way is create a vertical rectangle in the space behind your pergola, and go to File/Import, then in the format box choose your image format, usually jpeg, or png.
In the box below this is a box which will give you 3 options, Use as Image, Use as texture, Use as New Matched Photo.
In the case I have described above (a created vertical rectangle) you would choose one of the first two, most likely image. When you have browsed and chosen the file it will give you a set of crosshairs, that you can take to and click on one of the bottom corners of the rectangle, and as you pull the crosshairs across the rectangle the image will appear on the face of the rectangle.
You can then shift the rectangle and play with the camera to obtain the view you want.
The third option, a New Phtomatch is a little more complex.Here is a link to how to set this up.
http://support.google.com/sketchup/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=94919
This will require a little more experimentation to get right, but will allow you to place and put into the photo a full perspective view of the pergola, and tends to have a better background image quality.
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Dale, thank you for the complete reply. It is very helpful and works. Gary
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