How do I put a reference image I can select colors from in Texture Paint

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I am painting my dog model in the Texture Paint Window. Is there a way to open another window to hold a JPG or PNG file of a dog photograph where I can use the “S” key to select colors to paint on the model?

Thanks

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Sure,

In your image editor.

Or images as planes and directly into yr scene.

Hope that helps

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Hi Alpha,

I don’t seem to have that last option under File>Import.

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Right now I solved it in a workaround by going back to the Layout Tab and importing a background image in the front view and scaling it up. Then I open a small window and set it to 3D Viewport and put it in Front view. That seems to work.

But when I have the window set as Image Editor and to “Open” and navigate to my JPG and select it, nothing shows in the Image Editor Window.

Thanks for replying…

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Image as planes is an addon included in Blender, go to prefs and enable it.

Your other problem sounds odd.

Screenshot may help