refBoard Visual Reference Tool

Epic’s recent tweet pointed to a new tool release by Equanim on the Polycount forums:

Thank You Adam! "refBoard" Image viewer for unreal artists @UnrealEngine Will be handy for all! #unrealdevhttp://t.co/ADqCYKatJz

— Unreal Devs (@UnrealDevs) April 27, 2014

refBoard is a useful little app that allows you to float images in a panel that overlaps your active application. This allows artists, modelers and developers to have their reference images available at all times, without switching screens. Very useful in the field, but also applicable for other practices as well.

refBoard runs on Adobe Air, which is required for installation. You can grab it from the Polycount forum, or directly from author Equanim’s Dropbox.