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can you save as transparent background PNG if using hdri lighting?

jenniferhugheyjenniferhughey Posts: 404
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I'm using iradiance, and I turn off dome and ground but my character still has a white background. Is there a way to get a transparent background using hdri lighting? Getting frustrated..

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  • agent unawaresagent unawares Posts: 3,513

    Yes go to your environment tab and turn off the backdrop.

  • jenniferhugheyjenniferhughey Posts: 404
    agent unawares said:

    Yes go to your environment tab and turn off the backdrop.

    It still shows a white background as its rendering, will this go away once its saved as a png? Or is something still messed up?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,841
    Jen Hughey said:
    agent unawares said:

    Yes go to your environment tab and turn off the backdrop.

    It still shows a white background as its rendering, will this go away once its saved as a png? Or is something still messed up?

    You should be getting the transparncy grid. Draw Done is the setting which needs to be off, assuming this is Iray.

  • jenniferhugheyjenniferhughey Posts: 404
    Richard Haseltine said:
    Jen Hughey said:
    agent unawares said:

    Yes go to your environment tab and turn off the backdrop.

    It still shows a white background as its rendering, will this go away once its saved as a png? Or is something still messed up?

    You should be getting the transparncy grid. Draw Done is the setting which needs to be off, assuming this is Iray.

    I think something's messed up. Dome is off, ground is off and no backdrop in enviornment..yes, it's Iray..I've noticed sometimes if you use a backdrop and change to hdri lighting, things get strange. Maybe I'll try the reset and see if that helps and start over.

     

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,872
    edited September 2017

    In the Environment tab, you need to set the "Type" to None to get a transparent background. It is not sufficient to leave the type as Backdrop and set the backdrop image to None. (That just uses a solid color backdrop instead of an image file backdrop). This has confused me several times.

    Click the down arrowhead and select None:

    This is what you want:

    type none.jpg
    480 x 362 - 84K
    Type none selected.JPG
    482 x 368 - 15K
    Post edited by barbult on
  • jenniferhugheyjenniferhughey Posts: 404
    barbult said:

    In the Environment tab, you need to set the "Type" to None to get a transparent background. It is not sufficient to leave the type as Backdrop and set the backdrop image to None. (That just uses a solid color backdrop instead of an image file backdrop). This has confused me several times.

    Click the down arrowhead and select None:

    This is what you want:

    THAT was it, thank you so much..I kept seeing "none" but the upper pull down menu and selecting none is what did it. Thanks so much!!!

  • barbultbarbult Posts: 24,872

    yes So happy that solved your problem!

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