#!BPY
"""
Name: 'Import Reference Images 1.2'
Blender: 244
Group: 'Image'
Tooltip: 'Import a folder of Reference Images as Planes'
"""

__author__ = ["blackcougar"]
__url__ = ("http://www.joshuascotton.com")
__version__ = "1.2"
__bpydoc__ = """\

Import Reference Images

"""

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#
# Script copyright (C) Joshua Scotton 2007
#
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# ***** END GPL LICENCE BLOCK *****
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

######
# 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
#
######

import Blender, os
from Blender import *

current_path = Blender.sys.dirname(Blender.Get('filename'))
path = Draw.PupStrInput("Path:", current_path, 100)
exten = Draw.PupStrInput("Extension:", ".jpg", 100)
scale = Draw.PupIntInput("Pixels/BU", 1000,1,10000)

filenames = [sys.join(path, filename) for filename in os.listdir(path) if filename.lower().endswith(exten)]

if not filenames: print '...No images found. Aborting!'
else:
	count = 0
	for fname in filenames:
		me = Mesh.Primitives.Plane(1.0)
		face = me.faces[0]

		# loading the image
		image = Image.Load(fname)

		#loading the image as the uv texture for that face
		face.image = image;

		tx = Texture.New("tx")
		tx.setType("Image")
		tx.image = image

		mat = Material.New("mat")
		mat.setTexture(0,tx)

		ob = Object.New("Mesh", "NewOb")
		ob.link(me)

		ob.setMaterials([mat])
		
		dimen = image.getSize()
		
		ob.setSize((float(dimen.pop())/scale),(float(dimen.pop())/scale),1)
		ob.setLocation(count/2.0, 0, 0)
		ob.RotY = -1.570796
		ob.RotX = 1.570796

		sc = Scene.GetCurrent()
		sc.objects.link(ob)
		
		count += 1