Mechanical Blender

Allows to show an image loaded using bpy.utils.images on UI.

This branch includes the changes on MB-0014-bpy-images branch

The images loaded using bpy.utils.images can be shown on ui using the template_image_ui layout function.

Example Python Script

import os
import bpy
import bpy.utils.images

img = None

class PreviewsExamplePanel(bpy.types.Panel):
    """Creates a Panel in the Object properties window"""
    bl_label = "Image Example Panel"
    bl_idname = "OBJECT_PT_previews"
    bl_space_type = 'PROPERTIES'
    bl_region_type = 'WINDOW'
    bl_context = "object"

    def draw(self, context):
        row = self.layout.row()
        row.template_image_ui(image_value = img['id'], scale= 1)

def register():
    global img

    # Set path to an existing file        
    path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(bpy.app.binary_path), 'image.png')
    img = bpy.utils.images.load('my_image', path)

    bpy.utils.register_class(PreviewsExamplePanel)

def unregister():
    global img
    bpy.utils.unregister_class(PreviewsExamplePanel)
    bpy.utils.images.release(img['id'])   

if __name__ == "__main__":
    register()

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