setting up image planes

[Bdawen]

as the title and description says, im not sure if this is the best place to post this, but im new to houdini, and am having trouble setting up image planes properly in houdini.

let me elaborate a little bit. what i am wanting to model (to learn the modeling tools) is a car. i have tried using someone's otl for this that basically maps 4 images to planes in houdini, however when i use this method, i can never see my planes under the geometry i am working with. if i try and set the view to wireframe, then EVERYTHING goes wireframe, including the image planes. i have also tried using the images as background images, and can never seem to get the images to line up properly in the viewports. even using scaling tools doesnt help me get it lined up exactly how it should be.

are there any tutorials specifically about using imageplanes for houdini 9?

[michael]

the answers in the thread at 3dbuzz is about the best you're going to get....

http://www.3dbuzz.com/vbforum/showthread.php?t=167207

[Bdawen]

the thing is, is that i dont really understand what they mean by things like "digital asset sop", among other things. some sort of walkthrough (video or otherwise) would not go amiss here.

[michael]

start with the Houdini docs/tutorials and then go to the old school blog:

http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?option=com...&Itemid=216

there are 25 in there so far...

specifically the series called Digital Asset Design

ask if you need more help