image ref help
 

Hi, I know the solution to this must be simple
But I just cant figure it out
I'm new to maya and am trying the hand mode tut
after ive put in the image planes
i head over to the 4-view, and only the persp view
shows the images
I've tried hitting 4, 5, 6, 7 for the dfft views
but it still doesnt show-included a screen shot

I dont know if this has been asked before
but it s a real stumbling block and it would be a great help
thanks

Try going into the orthographic views (Top, Front and Side) and hitting 6 to turn on texture mode.

Hope it works,

Mat.

edit: just read the rest opf the problem and you've tried that, it could be that the shader you're using to attach the images has reflectivity, try turning that and the specular
down.

Mat.

thanks matt
For some reason its working now
but only for the side view

I've got it on a lambert shading
and i cant find any specular properties to play with
Is ther anything else I can try?
Thanks

edit: also, my arrows arent appearing anymore except in the persp view
wen im trying to enlarge it
is thre a problem with my maya? should i maybe just reinstall?

I don't think that it's Maya.

Sometimes it's due to the fact that your graphics card isn't compatible, try updating your graphics card driver to the latest one. What are your computers specs? I've seen a couple of people at university who are using Maya on their laptops which don't have the necessary specs and they have the same or very similar problems.

Take it easy,

Mat.

Yeah think Mats correct, if you get missing manipulators and funny things going on with textures on cirtian viewports is generally points to a graphics card issue.

On a side note when I was getting my laptop I chose very carefully so that I had a compatable card (although its not in Autodesks qualified list as its a Gforce I did quite a bit of digging around to make sure it worked.)

true, ill have to get mine checked out then
thanks mat, gster

hi guys
ive tried changing my gfx card to a gainward 7600GT
but i seem to have to still have the problem
is there something else i can try