sixgunsloaded opened this issue on Feb 26, 2024 ยท 10 posts
sixgunsloaded posted Mon, 26 February 2024 at 5:09 PM
Hi all. I've been having a trouble getting background images to render properly when using the Superfly engine for years now and nothing I try seems to remedy it. Essentially, it compresses the background horizontally nearly every time. Every other element in the scene (figures, props, lighting, cameras, whatever) remains the way I set it up. It's just the background pics that get squished.
I've tried adjusting and resizing the render dimensions, the document window, docking and undocking (floating) the docking window, deleting and re-importing the background, etc. etc.... Nothing I try seems to help.
I never have this problem with Firefly. And I'm rapidly running out of hairs to pull out. AAAARGH!!! >:-{ Pleeease help...
Here's an example of what I'm talking about: The first is a Firefly render which comes out correctly, the second is the Superfly render showing the problem.
Thank you in advance for any help offered!
hborre posted Mon, 26 February 2024 at 5:57 PM
The only thing you didn't mention is the dimension size of your background image. I doubt that it might have an impact but it's worth considering, ATM.
hborre posted Mon, 26 February 2024 at 6:38 PM
I have run several renders for Superfly and Firefly with a few background scenes and have not noticed any irregularities between them. If this was a straightforward problem, I would see it immediately, regardless of the dimensions of the images.
sixgunsloaded posted Mon, 26 February 2024 at 8:44 PM
hborre posted at 6:38 PM Mon, 26 February 2024 - #4481994
I have run several renders for Superfly and Firefly with a few background scenes and have not noticed any irregularities between them. If this was a straightforward problem, I would see it immediately, regardless of the dimensions of the images.
Oh sorry, yeah it's 1920x1080. And that's the size I almost always use and almost always render my final images at as well. I just prefer it because it fits perfectly on HDTVs.
nerd posted Tue, 27 February 2024 at 3:38 PM Forum Moderator
Check the "auto-fit" in the background picture node in material room.
hborre posted Tue, 27 February 2024 at 3:51 PM
I'm not sure that will do it. I played with that setting and it didn't make a difference in either render engine.
sixgunsloaded posted Tue, 27 February 2024 at 9:43 PM
I'll give it a try. I'm open to all suggestions at this point.
sixgunsloaded posted Thu, 29 February 2024 at 11:43 PM
Check the "auto-fit" in the background picture node in material room.
Firstly, thank you for the suggestion.
I tried this today exactly as indicated, but it didn't work. Actually, to clarify - it worked one time. lol After that it was no joy. I couldn't get it to work again no matter what I did.
In fact, it also did something else I don't understand. After I'd import the background and click auto-fit and connect the nodes as shown, if I then tried to switch back to the pose room, it would undo everything, including clearing the background.
So I'm right back at square-one. :(
RedPhantom posted Fri, 01 March 2024 at 7:40 AM Site Admin
I don't use background images often but I do remember sometimes having issues if I tried to set up a background in the material room like you would for adding a texture to a prop. If You used file>import>background picture, it worked. I don't know how or why. I never looked into it further.
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sixgunsloaded posted Fri, 01 March 2024 at 1:21 PM
RedPhantom posted at 7:40 AM Fri, 1 March 2024 - #4482105
Yeah, I can't get either one of those to work for me with Superfly. Simply importing it works perfectly if I use Firefly but as soon as I try Superfly, something just goes wrong.I don't use background images often but I do remember sometimes having issues if I tried to set up a background in the material room like you would for adding a texture to a prop. If You used file>import>background picture, it worked. I don't know how or why. I never looked into it further.
I have a sort-of workaround by attaching the bg image to a flat-plane primitive and resizing and positioning it in the scene but it's a pain in the butt to try to do it that way and it complicates the lighting.