Background image not showing up in any 3-D view There's a lot of articles like this, but their solutions don't solve the issue for some reason.

I'm trying to load a background image (well, two images, basically) for reference, and they won't show up (in the 3D view). I set they perpendicularly (first I set one to the front and the right, then set them back and left. Neither way) and have it set to perspective mode. I even tried switching it to orthographic mode and cycling through the views to no avail.

here's the ortho view and persp view:

http://postimg.org/image/uotmxqijp/

http://postimg.org/image/f80ddjq6b/

I just downloaded Blender a few days ago; I have zero experience. Dumbing down answers to noob-speak would be appreciated.

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Found the problem: The files had somehow become corrupted and wouldn't actually open in anything except for the Preview app provided by apple, so if this happens to you, recheck the pictures in your browser to make sure that they work and everything. If they don't, just open them in a editing or viewing program and copy paste them to a new project.