Rendering without ground and sky?

[Xiste]

I just wonder; is it very difficult to make ground and sky totally transparent so we are just left with the furniture/objects when rendering?

[hansmex]

Apply a transparent texture to both? Or is that beyond the point?

[Daniels118]

The sky is unlit, so you can set it to any color you want. The ground will always be affected by shadows, and I'm quite sure it doesn't support transparency.
But maybe you also want alpha channel in the output image?

[Puybaret]

If you select a white texture for the ground and the sky, then render your design in Virtual visit mode, you'll get an image that you can easily cut out. But there's no alpha channel option.

[Xiste]

The sky is unlit, so you can set it to any color you want. The ground will always be affected by shadows, and I'm quite sure it doesn't support transparency.
But maybe you also want alpha channel in the output image?

Yes, an alpha channel would have been super!
Shadows on the ground are eliminated with a luminous backdrop, so that's no problem.

[Daniels118]

For single picture you can easy cut the background color using photo processing programs. For example photoshop has a background eraser tool, or you could try an AI service.

[Xiste]

For single picture you can easy cut the background color using photo processing programs. For example photoshop has a background eraser tool, or you could try an AI service.

Yes, and that's the whole point of a luminous backdrop.
Keying works best when there are no shadows.
Photoshop is not so good.
Aftereffects or DaVinci Resolve are my preferred tools.

Xiste

[Daniels118]

If you have basic programming skill, you may try to edit the advanced photo/video render plugin to remove the code that draws the ground.

[Xiste]

If you have basic programming skill, you may try to edit the advanced photo/video render plugin to remove the code that draws the ground.

He, he - no, I don't do more than html when it comes to coding, but if it is easy for a programmer with basic knowledge, maybe someone will do it for money?

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Xiste