How to add a background to a window

In Winner it is possible to add an exterior background / outside scenery to a window view, to make your design more realistic. There are a variety of backgrounds available, or you can upload your own as a customised background. For example, a photograph of the actual view from a customer's window.

You can add a stock background to an individual window, a customised background to an individual window or add a background to multiple windows on the same wall.

Note: The default background when you insert a window is sky.

To add a background from Winner's library to individual windows

At Alternative, in Room definition mode:

1. Left-click to select the desired window
   
   
2. Click on the Edit colour settings for room and objects icon:
   
   
   
   
3. In the Assign material to surface dialog box, select Window background.
   
   
4. Click the Select material button and this will open the Material choice dialog box.
     
5. Open the Views folder and select your view from a variety of sub-folders.
   
   
6. Click OK and OK again.

To add a background of your own image to individual windows

At Alternative, in Room definition mode:

1. Left-click to select the desired window
   
   
2. Click on the Edit colour settings for room and objects icon:
   
   
   
   
3. In the Assign material to surface dialog box select Window background.
   
   
4. Click the Select material button and this will open the Material choice dialog box.
   
   
5. Under Select material library, click Customised for the Alternative.
   
   
6. Click the Import from file button at the bottom of the dialog box.
   
   
7. Browse to where your image file is stored, make sure the Files of type drop-down matches your image file extension e.g. jpg or png etc.
   
   
8. Once located click Open.
   
   
9. In the Customer material properties dialog box leave the Size as Stretch to surface and click OK.
   
   
10. Click OK again and for a third time.

To add a background to several windows on the same wall

You can also add a single background to several windows on the the same wall, for example a wide angle photograph of the customer's garden, so that the view from each window is representative of what is actually seen.

At Alternative, in Room definition mode:

IMPORTANT:  If you have already changed the window(s) background from the default sky, then you would have to change this back to the default before assigning a background to the whole wall.

1. Select the desired wall.
   Note: Ensure that no windows are selected only the wall.
   
   
2. Click on the Edit colour settings for room and objects icon:
   
   
   
   
3. Follow the rest of the instructions for adding a background to an individual window, or for adding a customised background.
   Note: For both sets of instructions, begin at step 3. 

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