Ok, it's a very simple thing, and I am doing it wrong, no clues why... I hate being a newbie.

Until now I have added the background image to my renders with Paint Shop Pro , but now I am experimenting with transparencies and reflections, so I need to import it in Poser (I am using P6).

The sequence of actions I do is the following:

1. I choose my background... let's assume it is 1280x1024.
2. I import it inside Poser
3. I go to "Render Dimensions" and I set 1280x1024
4. I go to "Document Window Size" and I tell the program to match the window size to have the same aspect ratio.

Now the preview window is perfect: my background image is displayed correctly resized inside the document window and there are no darkened areas.

BUT when I render it, something strange happens: the size of the render is 1280x1024 as I had set it, but the background image is "squeezed" horizontally and does not cover the whole surface: there are two vertical empty bands to the left and to the right!

I am SURE I am missing a stupid thing... what?

Thanks in advance,
Giorgio

 

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