3dsmax giving me a lil issue,help plz?

[DMW]

Hey esf'ers its been a long time since i logged in here,well heres my problem anyway.When im trying to set up a plane and put a pic on it it wont work.I make the plane,open the material editor,set diffuse to bitmap and pic my ref pic,drag it to the plane and it just turns grey.Wont change to the ref pic,what am i not doing correct here?

 

[g0jack]

You forgot to check the box that says "Show bitmap in viewport" or something like that. Can't remember, haven't opened 3DS in a long time.
It's like... a cube with a checker pattern I believe.

 

[DMW]

thank you so much dude,im very grateful for your response.