For V6 beta, is it possible to change the background in artistic drawing mode? At least to plain vanilla rather than the ‘textured paper’ look? If not, consider this a feature request.
N.B. currently I see an options box in Artistic Display Viewport Settings for ‘Background’ but it is greyed out.
Hi Pascal. Oh I see … in Options, I was in ‘Artistic’ display mode options, but actually you have to back up one level to the parent category ‘Display Modes’ and from there you can make a copy.
I made an all-white jpeg file, made a copy of Artistic, loaded my new jpeg, and renamed the new display mode – all ok.
It all seems like a bit of a work-around, but I guess McNeel has reasons not to just allow direct modification of the basic Artistic display mode background, with a pre-set range of drop-down options that would include solid colors, as per the other display modes.
I think that as you start using the system you will conclude it’s pretty well thought out. By copying a standard mode, you get to keep the standard mode standard and you can name your modified copy with something that tells you at a glance what it does. For example I have modes named 50% Ghosted, Shaded- no grid and rendered - no grid.