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DAz not Exporting Tif files properly

warpgasmwarpgasm Posts: 24
edited May 2021 in New Users

Hello
I've read some scant posts on this dilemma, but haven't quite found what I was looking for
Up until now, I've saved Renders as Tifs so I could get a transparent background (which allows me to paint in my own background art)
But now all of a sudden, the backgrounds in my tif images are no longer transparent
Could I have accidentally messed up a setting? What settings could've affected the way TIFF files exported?
I'm still a new user and I'm still learning the huge plethora of settings and what not
Anyone with experience in this could set me back on track?

Thanks!

Post edited by warpgasm on

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  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,053

    PNGs also render with transparent backgrounds, in case you can't get TIF to work again.

  • warpgasmwarpgasm Posts: 24

    Gordig said:

    PNGs also render with transparent backgrounds, in case you can't get TIF to work again.

     

    Ah, good to know!
    Thanks!
    I would still be curious as to what could've glitched my TIFF exports

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,842

    There is no geometry in the background, and Draw Dome/Draw Floor are off in Render Settings?

  • warpgasmwarpgasm Posts: 24

    Richard Haseltine said:

    There is no geometry in the background, and Draw Dome/Draw Floor are off in Render Settings?

    Yes on all counts 

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,842

    warpgasm said:

    Richard Haseltine said:

    There is no geometry in the background, and Draw Dome/Draw Floor are off in Render Settings?

    Yes on all counts 

    What do you get when you try to save as tiff?

  • warpgasmwarpgasm Posts: 24

    Richard Haseltine said:

    warpgasm said:

    Richard Haseltine said:

    There is no geometry in the background, and Draw Dome/Draw Floor are off in Render Settings?

    Yes on all counts 

    What do you get when you try to save as tiff?

    It saves as a Tiff image except that the background is solid white and not transparent (which up until now, it usually was). I even tried some older files (which exported fine in the past) and even they're exporting incorrectly. I'm thinking I must've messed with a wrong setting somewhere but I can't what. 

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,842

    What are you opening them in? If the older files are scenes they should load their own settings (unless you have turned the option off) so any mis-setting should be fixed for them. Do you get this with a sphere in an empty scene? If so, please save that and upload it as an attachment.

  • warpgasmwarpgasm Posts: 24
    edited May 2021

    Richard Haseltine said:

    What are you opening them in? If the older files are scenes they should load their own settings (unless you have turned the option off) so any mis-setting should be fixed for them. Do you get this with a sphere in an empty scene? If so, please save that and upload it as an attachment.

    I get the same results no matter what I tweak in Render settings - tiffs are exporting basically as jpegs (solid backgrounds)
    I suppose I can just start using PNG (as Gordig mentioned earlier) as it seems to export scenes with transparent backgrounds

    RenderSettings01.JPG
    663 x 989 - 98K
    RenderSettings02.JPG
    630 x 370 - 35K
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  • FishtalesFishtales Posts: 6,119

    In the main menu got to WINDOW/PANES (tabs)/ENVIRONMENT and make sure that TYPE is set to NONE.

  • warpgasmwarpgasm Posts: 24

    Fishtales said:

    In the main menu got to WINDOW/PANES (tabs)/ENVIRONMENT and make sure that TYPE is set to NONE.

    Alright Thanks!
    I will check that out!

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