[max5] Background image on max!!!

fionayeung's icon

How do I insert a jpeg image to use as a background on my max patch?

gwsounddsg's icon

Under the max tutorials check out Interface Tutorial 2: Picture UI Elements

fionayeung's icon

i looked that! isn't that only for buttons and sliders, not the background itself?

fionayeung's icon

i tried using the cell phone thing and replacing the image with mine, but max 5 crashes every single time i upload my picture...

gwsounddsg's icon

Well you can put them in the background and in the inspector choose ignore click.

gwsounddsg's icon

Well that's no good. Have you done the typical stuff: restart max, restart your computer?

fionayeung's icon

it's not due to file size is it? and yea it crashes every time, so i have to restart every time :S

gwsounddsg's icon

I have max 5 and just tried to add a pic that was 2.7 MB without a problem. Sorry man, I'm not sure what to tell ya

gwsounddsg's icon

If nobody responds to this thread by tomorrow, send an email to cycling74, they're pretty good about either answering your issue or sending you a link to a thread that answers your issue.

fionayeung's icon

what object did you use?

gwsounddsg's icon

I tried both pictctrl and pictslider

fionayeung's icon

i tried and it works with other pictures, but not that specific one...

gwsounddsg's icon

Maybe the pic is corrupt? Try converting your pic to a different format

fionayeung's icon

how do i make it show the full picture?

fionayeung's icon

how do i make the photo show the full image, instead of only half, when i use pictrl??

Floating Point's icon

all you need to do is copy an image to the clipboard, using your favourite image viewer/editor, then in max open an empty patcher and select paste picture in the edit menu. works for me on a mac with max 5 anyway...

Christopher Dobrian's icon

Terry's method is probably what you want. That creates an fpic object. You can also create the fpic first, then choose the image via the Inspector or via message. fpic has a few useful attributes and messages, too.

fionayeung's icon

i was able to insert the picture, but when i want to enlarge it to fit the full screen, only the dotted box enlarges, not the image itself.. help please!

Chris Muir's icon

check Scale To Box in the fpic inspector.