Change Background in LV (SOLVED)

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djart
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Hello,

Is it possible to make the background in the LV look black and not checkered if "keep environment" is turned off.

thx,
djart
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alpha channel=off
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djart
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Hello aoktar,

thank for your quick help, but if turn alpha channel off,
i see the hdr in the background or the actual color of the octane background.

I just switched from 1.53 to the newest build and i miss to see a black background if keep environment is turned off,
which makes it more easy to just focus on the object.

Theres 2 screenshots that explain. Picture 1_old ist what i miss and picture 2_new shows the current state.

Any chance to get a black background again?

Besides that, the newest build works very stable and has a very good performance.
Nicely done!

cheers,
djart
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We have to add a option for this. I afraid to make the things more complex. If more people would like to have this option, i can add a option. Thanks for comments.
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aoktar wrote:We have to add a option for this. I afraid to make the things more complex. If more people would like to have this option, i can add a option. Thanks for comments.
Can´t i just take the checkerboard jpg. and color it black?
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no, it's a internal implementation. On older versions, i have not done any alpha operation to show alpha channel. But I'll see it how easy to add a option.
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aoktar wrote:no, it's a internal implementation. On older versions, i have not done any alpha operation to show alpha channel. But I'll see it how easy to add a option.
Thank you very much for taking a look into it.
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For all who need to have a black Background in LV, not showing transparency or hdr, aoktar included this function now with current build 2.12.2

- New option for LV. "Show alpha", this is a switch for background checkerboard.
MoGrafik
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Great, thanks for including this as a feature! I personally usually prefer to have a black BG in the live viewer too, so this thread is really helpful to me!
Thanks!
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Very nice! I very much welcome this option!
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