Help with 3ds 6

[pixelVX9]

hi! (i hope im posting this in the right place)

i am currently attempting ichi's great tutorials, however i am having a few problems. first whenver i try to move a plane/viewport my refrence texture goes away. there is simply a boarder of the plane. and second whenever i try to click on the model infront of my refrence, it selects the refrence. is there a way to just lock the refrence plane so that it cant be selected as easy?
thx and sry for being a newb

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[MasterChief]

just select your plane then go over to the display panel to the right and then scroll down and click freeze selected so that way you can see it but can't select it

 

[.50Calibre]

yeah i also had the first problem u had, when i move an object in any window it changes it to wireframe, i didnt used to have this problem it started recently

 

[random.hero]

i had the same probelm. just press o