Reference pictures

Reference is in the top menu bar. It adds 2D pictures as flat backdrops (Side, Front, Back, Floor plan) to build from.

The menu

Reference

OnOff

☑Side

☑Front

☐Back

☐Floor plan

Fade

ShowBehind the figThrough it

Move

↔ Side − +

↕ Up − +

⤢ Front − +

Size − +

Turn ⟲ ⟳

• The On | Off switch shows or hides all the reference pictures without losing their settings.
• There are four views: Side, Front, Back, and Floor plan. Checkboxes show or hide each one.
• The icons beside each view set it up. They show no words, only a tooltip: the picture icon (Use a picture) adds a photo; the brush icon (Draw it) opens a blank 2D canvas (a drawn view reopens its drawing). A view with a picture also has the ruler icon (line up, photos only) and the cross icon (Clear this view) after its name.
• Fade sets the fade of the shown pictures.
• Show sets the layer order. Behind the fig keeps the pictures behind the fig. Through it draws them on top, so you see them through the fig.

Fill a view

• The picture icon opens the photo card (Take a photo or Camera roll). Select a picture, set the crop, and tap Use photo.
• The brush icon opens a 64 × 64 drawing card with Paint’s tools. When other views are filled, Mask to shows one of them under your strokes, to line the two up. Select Done to keep it or ✕ Never mind to discard it.
• The ruler icon opens the line-up tools. Mark the top and bottom of the subject in the picture so all the views match in size. Drag to slide the picture, and use − Smaller or + Bigger to size it by hand. ↺ Undo line up removes the line-up, the slide, and the size.

Move the reference

These controls change all the reference pictures at once:

• Move: Moves them along the Side, Up, and Front axes one block at a time.
• Size: Makes them bigger or smaller.
• Turn: Rotates them 90 degrees at a time.

Taps go through reference pictures, and they are left out of exports and Showtime.