I’ve just finished coding a python script for Blender 2.44 which imports all the jpg files in a folder into planes in a scene.

This can be used to import a number of reference images into a scene as an aid to modelling.

V1.0

* imports any pictures with the extension .jpg
* resizes planes to 2 blender units per 1000 pixels

V1.1

* implements changes proposed by migius on blenderartists to work on windows xp
* can choose any extension
* can choose the scale

V1.2

* cosmetic changes

Version 1.2: importrefimages12.py