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  Re: Use of backdrop files in Whale04.mdl  
From: Tim Cook
Date: 11 Aug 2013 16:10:32
Message: <5207efb8$1@news.povray.org>
On 2013-08-11 08:10, jberlin wrote:
> Hello, I have a rather elaborate project going on where I could really use
> background pictures as done in Whale04.mdl (WhaleSide and WhaleTop).  I can't
> find the control where the files are specified.  I suspect they are "backdrops"*
> but where is the control that sets them?  Please answer.
>
> * Moray -> View -> Configuration -> Search Paths has a category "backdrops"
> which points to ...\Moray for Windows\Maps which is where WhaleSide and WhaleTop
> are located.

Right-click on the viewport name ('top', 'side', etc.), one of its items 
is for the backdrop.

Note:  the backdrop is limited in resolution and cannot be fixed to 
particular coordinates to allow for zooming into it for particular 
precision.


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