Background image not wanting to appear?

Support Basics & Interface
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For some reason, when I add a background image, it only shows up in the camera’s view. It doesn’t seem to matter what I set it to appear in. I tried 1, 3, and 7 views but none of them appear. Blender 2.58 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium. I tried reinstalling Blender, to no avail.

2

First thing to check is if you set ‘Axis’ in Background Images to All Views.

Second, be sure you’re in Orthographic View (Numpad5). In Perspective view it never shows up

3

Besides loading a background image through the properties panel BC has published a video about a new feature: