Is there a "display background" option?

[SheepFactory]

Hi,

I am wondering if there is a way to display the background instead of the HDRI image or the daylight background in my renders? I would like the background as a solid color.

Thanks guys.

Ali

[[gk]]

sure
2 option. Either Key out your CG element and make anybackground in your host app you like.
Or jsut a camera faced plane in the shot.

And good, showing HDR images in a final shot is not pleasing at all!

[SheepFactory]

It would be great if we had that as an option in there would make adding backgrounds so much easier. I am guessing we will have it eventually when the pass system is in place.

[[gk]]

Im not sure I follow you. ofcourse we both know that there is no pass system now, so we have to deal with it. ok.
It is -dead- easy to do any of the methods i mentioned.
What host app are you using? forexample, me and a friend developed a plugin for 3dsmax that is connected to octane, I can make a plane and put a colour on it and send to octane with 1 click of a button. the plane could have a solid colour for keying ( making an alpha channel on the octane matreial ) or just some bitmpa for drop plate blegh.

-mads

[SheepFactory]

Yea I know it is easy to do a workaround. I was asking if there is a way to do it in octane instead.

[[gk]]

nope, there is not.

[face]

I have write it to the feature request

A plane is nice, but Octane will render it. You would it see in the reflection.
For Keying it is better to use a pseudo alpha workaround.
Switch to pathtracing and set the maxdepth to 1.
Under preview environment, switch to texture invironment.
Texture to floattexture and power to 2.

face

[[gk]]

that works as well yes, however, keying works fine, as well on spill in reflections if you can handle post ok, whcih means only 1 pass would be made instead of 2.
Depends on the ammount of reflections ofcourse, a mirror would be difficult naturally.
Whatever suites the situation, find a solution.

-mads

[face]

that works as well yes, however, keying works fine, as well on spill in reflections if you can handle post ok, whcih means only 1 pass would be made instead of 2.
Depends on the ammount of reflections ofcourse, a mirror would be difficult naturally.
Whatever suites the situation, find a solution.

-mads

Ah ok, thanks.
I´m not the crack in post