You could always import it as a background watermark and try to manually match a camera view to it. Not sure if the perspective would work for match photo scene.

still stuck... can't seem to figure out how to access the material id's on the mesh proxy once its in sketchup

No, not that I know of. You can setup DR Spawner if you have a network (up to 10 machines), but it does have bugs in the latest version and is not stable.

Two options: Apply the image as a texture to a continuous face. Make two similar components, each unique. Soften the edges and multicopy them to the model a specified spacing.

@unknownuser said: One of the main advantages with the multiview (that I highly doubt could be incorporated into what Jim is saying) is that you can start a command in one view and finish it in another. (ie- drawing a simple line Right - my idea is strictly a one-way process. The other "view" instances of SketchUp would be strictly for viewing updated components. Changes in any of the "view" instances would not be relected in the "main" instance. 2-way interaction could be done using a network connection; and if you note the threads in the Dev forum about UDP and Socket programming, we could maybe get the idea someone is already making something similar (collaborative SU) a reality.

It's a general and well known OpenGL issue. Have a look at this article in the SU Help Centre.