Not only in ortho: top, front, back.
Please don't link this answer How do I set a background image while I am editing?
I want a background image like this guy has -> https://youtu.be/M-RJ6tYrPmE?t=3m31s
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Please don't link this answer How do I set a background image while I am editing?
I want a background image like this guy has -> https://youtu.be/M-RJ6tYrPmE?t=3m31s
Go to the file --> user preferences --> add ons --> type images --> import images as planes --> check the checkbox
Then you can go to file --> import --> images as planes. Or in the 3D view SHIFT + A --> mesh --> images as plane
At the beginning of the video the author clearly says "I just added an image empty"...
Add>Empty>Image.
Then select the image you want the empty to use.
All of this is cleary stated on the answer you linked: https://blender.stackexchange.com/a/314/1853