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Old 9th August 2011, 12:55 PM   #1
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Default Move/scale the background does not work?

I've added a background image to use as a reference. I want to scale this image, but Alt-Shift-up/down arrow does not work as advertised: it moves the view instead of scaling it (similar to right-click-drag).

Am I doing something wrong here?

(AC3D 6.8.14 on Mac OSX)
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Old 9th August 2011, 08:24 PM   #2
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Default Re: Move/scale the background does not work?

Since Shift + arrow keys is the command to move the background image, my guess is that your Shift key is not being recognized as held down.

Did you try the Shift key on the other side of the keyboard (I realize this is a bit of a "wristbuster")?

And also, it's important to note that while you're using the arrow keys for moving and resizing the image, the mouse pointer must be somewhere within the same viewport as the background image, or nothing at all will happen.
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Old 10th August 2011, 03:49 AM   #3
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Default Re: Move/scale the background does not work?

I've found it.
Command+cursor moves the background image
Command+Shift+cursor scales the background image

That's unusual; the Option key is used more commonly as the Alt key replacement.

Stiglr, thanks for the tip.

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