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    • T Offline
      TECHDAVE02
      last edited by

      If you want to use it as a texture in your model it must be a texture not a "image in model"
      I us the import as texture and keep a file of all of them.
      import as texrure

      Dragging it in it is image so it is not in the materials window unless you explode the image.IMPORT TEXTURE66 Apr. 07 12.15.jpg

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      • cottyC Offline
        cotty
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        Sometimes, the drag and drop from an image out of the internet browser don't work directly. You can try to drag and drop the link out of the browser adress bar instead in that case.

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        • shannakaeS Offline
          shannakae
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          I have been using Jing to grab portions of images and then I save them to my computer then I import them as textures... It works just fine and is pretty handy as with Jing I usually dont even need to edit or crop the image in photoshop before i use it as a texture... The thing i thought was cool about the sketchup earth thing was the ability to do this without even having to save the image to my computer all you have to do is select the region you want in the image and click grab and wallah! (basically one step) ... I was just hopeful that since the technology was already there they would add the Google images to the mix... I know Google no longer owns Sketchup so I guess they dont have the "will" to do it but maybe someone else might make a plugin or something cool like this? : ) Or maybe Trimbled might pick it up?

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          • Rich O BrienR Offline
            Rich O Brien Moderator
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            So you want an internal browser within SU that can region grab imagery of a page using the dimensions of a selected face. It then imports that imagery as a texture and applies it to the selected face.

            That's a great idea actually.

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            • cottyC Offline
              cotty
              last edited by

              Copy & paste for images in the clipboard would help here too.

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              • mitcorbM Offline
                mitcorb
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                If you mean to grab an image from street view, keep in mind that, at least in my experience, the imagery is very low res. I do not have any paid enhancements in my version, so that may not be the case for you. Nonetheless, as Rich said, it is a great idea. What about Bing, or EagleView, or are these relevant?

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                • shannakaeS Offline
                  shannakae
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                  @rich o brien said:

                  So you want an internal browser within SU that can region grab imagery of a page using the dimensions of a selected face. It then imports that imagery as a texture and applies it to the selected face.

                  That's a great idea actually.

                  Pretty much, and it would not need to be exact dimensions just generally the same shape/proportions, it sure would make adding images from the internet as textures that much faster and easier... Pretty much exactly what google earth is doing but expanding it to the entire internet not just the street view and the associated images of the specific location. It is not really all that hard to grab the image and save it then import it but I was thinking it would be kind of a cool plugin.

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                  • shannakaeS Offline
                    shannakae
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                    @cotty said:

                    Copy & paste for images in the clipboard would help here too.

                    I think the problem with this is that you have to cut the entire image... often times I only need a portion of an image so I use Jing to grab a region of an image (say the front of a bathroom vanity) then I save it to my computer then I import it... I tried to copy the image from jing but when i go to Sketchup I dont get a past option with right click or edit?

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                    • T Offline
                      TECHDAVE02
                      last edited by

                      remember that you can choose a editing program to adjust an image right off a texture I have MS-Paint because I usually just crop or size
                      But photoshop or any program can be used.

                      Preference windowchoose application

                      Then right click choose texture/edit image

                      right clickedit texture image.

                      Then edit and save in application.

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                      • mitcorbM Offline
                        mitcorb
                        last edited by

                        Yep, I clearly misunderstood, here. I thought I saw google earth instead of google image. So, never mind... 😄

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