NeilofOZ Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Sent this article on Tuesday and no responses, what's up. Having an Issue regarding creating a transparent background to 3D images. Checked all settings relating the background and white is the setting which is required. Checked the most detailed tutorial and this relates only to inserting pictorials. As soon as I Ray Trace, the grey background emerges which then prints with the image. The same is pertinent to shadows, these are shown and not required as they distort detail in the picture. See pic attached with grey background & shadows, something is amiss which I don't understand. Regards NeilofOZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt12 Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 Have you tried using PBR instead of Raytrace then export as an image with transparent background checked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilofOZ Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 Matty, See attached captured settings available to me using PBR and there is no facilitiy for checking a "Transparent Background", whether it be in the camera settings and or exporting of image. There are boxes checked for Camera Exposure and Camera Settings, but are not available to uncheck, so I don't know if this is the problem, no facility in Defaults to change these. Regards Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilofOZ Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 Sorry again Fellas, But that window doesn't come up when I select "Save Picture" , it goes straight to the locations where the image is to be saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Export>Export Picture> (Save as PNG type) I think to get the Transparent Option you need .png selected...... sorry not on Computer right now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilofOZ Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 Gentlemen, Tried saving in all file formats as suggested, but nothing has changed, back to square one. Regards to all, Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Neil, Are you still trying to achieve a transparent background for a Ray Trace ? Not sure that is an option. If you follow the instructions that Eric and Mick have provided you should be able to achieve this in a Standard or PBR view. For me selecting a Transparent Background automatically defaults to .png formatting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilofOZ Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 OK, Pics were ray traced in both PBR and SR formats and have saved as PNG, BMP & JPG, all carried the grey backgrounds. Am using my laptop at the moment while away from the office, but i don't think this would make any difference as these issues were the same on my desktop. Regards Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopsaw Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 18 minutes ago, NeilofOZ said: Pics were ray traced There is the problem right there. I think what you are trying to achieve is only a feature request at this point. The best you might be able to do at this point is crop in Photoshop or try to get the lighting and color balance to produce a white background for printing on white paper. Or go with a straight (non Ray Traced) Standard View or PBR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilofOZ Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 Gentlemen, Solved the problem, but not the desired result. It's obvious now that the problem is in Ray Tracing, because if I export straight from the screen image, then the option is there to delete the Background and to me this defies logic as one can't use all of the software's capabilities to deliver the best possible image, am I correct here. Regards to All, Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb222 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 For a ray trace, open the final image in Photoshop or a free image editor (I use GIMP as it's open source), select the gray background with a magic wand, delete it and save/export as .png 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kbird1 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Paint.Net is also free if you download it direct instead of from Windows Store, I haven't used it a lot yet but is seems a little more User Friendly than Gimp to me... Overview/Help https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/index.html download it here https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html Tutorials https://forums.getpaint.net/forum/18-tutorials-publishing-only/ Plugins https://forums.getpaint.net/forum/7-plugins-publishing-only/ Forums https://forums.getpaint.net/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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