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finchy
01-27-2004, 02:45 PM
I'm having problems when i set a bitmap as my viewport background. I think i set it up ok, it dosn't move when i pan but for some reason it will suddenly skew or stretch a little why is this happening, especialy when I expand perspective view then return to multi view they are all stretched..... using max 6. is it a bug or am i doing something wrong? thanks! Finchy.
thorn3d
01-27-2004, 03:09 PM
It sounds like you're zooming the camera, instead of moving it.

thorn
finchy
01-27-2004, 03:37 PM
nope theres no cameras in the scene. just starting to model. they only get stretched once. it doesn't happen again, but they remain stretched. any more ideas? thanks.
thorn3d
01-27-2004, 08:08 PM
There's always a camera in the scene... IE, the default perspective viewport is a virtual camera, complete with focal length.

thorn
finchy
01-27-2004, 09:19 PM
the problems withthe front and side viewport backgrounds. I'm just panning and zooming with my mouse wheel. could i be setting it up wrong? thanks, Finchy.
jugger
01-27-2004, 11:43 PM
in the case you use openGL or Direct3d try out the software z-buffer.. maybe its only a drawing problem. you can also play with the texture quality and see if its connected to this. you can adjust the quality in the configurations for the viewport driver.
finchy
01-28-2004, 05:28 PM
tried all that and still the problem is there! but i noticed if i put a bitmap in the front view only it doesn't stretch, but as soon as i put in, say the left bitmap they stretch?? why is it doing this? thanks, Finchy.
finchy
01-28-2004, 05:43 PM
tried all that and still the problem is there! but i noticed if i put a bitmap in the front view only it doesn't stretch, but as soon as i put in, say the left bitmap they stretch?? why is it doing this? thanks, Finchy.
Ad-max
01-29-2004, 08:52 AM
Can't understand what u mean ,but try the Ctrl+T,see if it 's help...
gaggle
01-29-2004, 08:57 AM
Screenshots, screenshots, screenshots.
A simple mantra to adhere to.
MuseSyndrome
01-29-2004, 09:27 AM
I think it's a bug in Max. That's why I prefer to use planes when setting up blueprints. If you still want to use the Viewport Background thing, press Alt-Shift-Ctrl-B when it's gets skewed
finchy
01-29-2004, 07:48 PM
Ok heres some screenshots of the problem, but i have noticed, if i use say, the front viewport then that image will be stretched, but if i use the left then that one is stretched? heres the screenshots first one is normal and the second is stretched, don't mension the bad character draw in the background!!! lol... the box is to show how off the two images become when one is stretched.
http://www.finch3d.com/normal.jpg
http://www.finch3d.com/stretched.jpg
as you can see the second image shows the front background stretched. thanks for any help. Finchy.
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