Let me save the background image with the image itself.

[Art48]

Hi.

I often use the "background image" function of the VFB to build something ontop of a layout shot or environment shot. And when I quickly iterate on these I would like to save a JPG of the actual VFB WITH the background image. Can we get a checkbox there like "save background image with output file"? It would really make life easier.

regards,
Patrick

[rikou]

Yes ! +1
It could be useful sometimes

[andy51]

Thinking back a few years now, I was sure this sort of thing way possible in 3DSMax, but for the life of me I cannot remember how it was done. Fairly sure though that it wasn't something render engine specific. Going to have to do some searching and see if I can find out how we used to do it.. But yes, if you have a backdrop image, into which the rendered scene, object, is going to fit, the BG image rendering, just as an HDRI sky dome does, would be a very handy feature. Yes you can render the scene and just load it in over the BG image, using the scene/objects alpha, but that requires a decent alpha mask and extra steps.

[Art48]

If you're using the Vray VFB, like most users do, it's definitely something that can only be handled by VRay.

[kosso_olli]

You can copy the image as is, including background from the VFB using the clipboard icon in the VFB, then pasting into Photoshop. Hacky way to do it, but I do that very often for quick previews.
This technique also copies the applied color corrections including LUTs and so on.

[^Lele^]

You can copy the image as is, including background from the VFB using the clipboard icon in the VFB, then pasting into Photoshop. Hacky way to do it, but I do that very often for quick previews.
This technique also copies the applied color corrections including LUTs and so on.

Ctrl+C will do that too, when the VFB has focus.
Alt+PrintScreen will instead snapshot the whole VFB, including history and corrections/effects (if docked).

[Art48]

Nice one, didn't know that!