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OK so let's take a look at background images.



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How to use them and why they are useful.



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Because in the next couple tutorials.



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First of all we're going to be modeling a sword and using our background image as a reference and then



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we're going to take a look at modeling some other things using different modeling techniques and just



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getting a hang of modeling over all.



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So let's go ahead and check out background images and see how we can use them to model.



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Go ahead and delete the default cube by hitting X and select delete.



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Now going to the front view by hitting one on a numpad.



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Let's go ahead and hit n to bring up our properties or our tool menu here and go down here to background



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images.



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Select background images and toggle it down.



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Go ahead and click an image and now we just have to open up our image.



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And before we do that of course we have to get our image going over here.



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I went to public domain pictures dot net.



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So just go to this Web site and in the search bar look for sword sword picture we're going to be using



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is this one right here.



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And you can see that it's a pretty cool sword so we're going to be modeling this in the next tutorial



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for now go ahead and just click on free download and then save it to wherever you want.



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Now keep it.



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Keep this in mind for your future projects that when you're going to be if you're doing blender at home



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you know and just having fun with it you could probably use images from Google Images.



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But keep in mind that if you're going to be presenting this press prop up a purse if you're going to



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be presenting it to a potential customer is what I was trying to say to try and present it to a potential



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customer or using as a project or going to be selling it.



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Keep in mind that you have to get royalty free copyright free images or buy the images so that you can



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use them with those license things.



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So just keep that in mind.



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But if you're using it just for home use you can probably just go to Google Images for now.



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I mean use this as it's a royalty free public domain image so anyone can use it kind of blunder after



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all that blundering of my speech right there.



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Going back to Blender.



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Let's go and open up that image.



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Let's go to where we saved it.



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And believe it was that one actually.



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Go ahead and click open image a.



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Nothing is there.



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Surprising.



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Possibly not.



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Sometimes we do things Munnar and doesn't act as we think it would think it would act so.



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Not that surprising but if we go ahead and press five on the numpad to go from perspective to orthographic



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you could see that we have our image awesome.



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So a couple of options that we have here in this tab.



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I want to go over.



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First of all is the capacity.



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So all the way down is you can't see anything at all the way to one is it looks like an image texture.



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Let's put it back 2.5 to leave it half way as that seems to be a good number.



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Now for the image you could see that right here we have the top view of the sword.



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Or as if it was laying flat on an object.



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If you want if you had different perspectives of the sword you could actually for example right now



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are in front view.



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If we go to the side view by hitting three on the numpad we could actually have a different image here



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that would show the side of the side of the sword.



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So if we had another image that showed the side or we could put it in the side view and in the front



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view we would have this one.



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And the way you would do that is going over here you could show that it shows Access.



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Right now it's set to all views.



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You would just change this one to front only.



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So right now we're in the front view and it's showing.



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And now we had three on the numpad to get a side view.



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You could see that you could have another image right here that would show the side of the sword.



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Now we don't have that for this.



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But keep that in mind for future modeling.



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We're for example for modeling your character and you need a front a side and a top view.



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You could actually put in three or more different images and have them display in different perspectives.



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By changing this right here let's go ahead and leave it to all views for now as like I said doesn't



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really matter because we're only going to have this image anyways.



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One last thing we're going to do is we are actually going to rotate it because right now it's diagonal



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and I want it basically aligned with the Z axis right here.



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So let's go ahead and left click and drag and rotate our image so that it is straight up and down the



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z axis.



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All right.



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So something like that works fine.



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And now we are ready to model in our next Tauriel.



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But keep in mind background images are great for modeling because what we're going to do now is actually



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USE the background image to trace over we're going to trace over with an object with a mesh or you and



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trace over our background image here.



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So it's going to look pretty awesome.



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So background images are great for tracing when you model or for reference points to get an idea of



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how something looks.



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All right I'll see in the next story.



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And let's model this baby.



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We got footprints in the sand.



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All right.



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Be just as enthusiastic about other people's success as you are your own in this way you project an



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energy of abundance and gratitude which will in turn bring to you the success that you desire.



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It doesn't take greatness to put down someone for one's own success but to be big enough to praise someone



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else's success takes a bigger level of being.



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Be the bigger person.



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Be enthusiastic for others success as if it were your own.



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All right ladies and gentlemen.



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Praise and be enthusiastic for others success will definitely impact how you view success and your own



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success.



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All right.



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Take care.



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See you in the next video.



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Oh look.



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Now I'm going to the beach.



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Shout.