topic Force Background to be White? in 3ds Max Shading, Lighting and Rendering Forum

Force Background to be White?

stusic — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:01:17 GMT

I'm rendering out a sequence and would like the background to be solid, bright white. I'm using physical camera exposure control, which I think is my problem because it renders grey. If I bump up the exposure, I can get a white background, but then the foreground objects are blown out. Is there a way I can force it to be white and still maintain all the control I like to have through my camera exposure?

Some things that might help:

Arnold renderer

Arnold skydome with an HDRI texture

Thanks for any help!

-stu

Re: Force Background to be White?

wernienst — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 16:18:10 GMT

In Render Setup: Arnold, Arnold Renderer tab, scroll down to Environment, Backgrund & Atmosphere, change Background (Backplate) from Scene Environment to Custom Color and choose your color. That should do. Do NOT use the Background Color of the Environment Settings (let it black).

Re: Force Background to be White?

stusic — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 21:15:31 GMT

Heck yeah! Perfect! Danke!

I'm relatively new to Arnold, so I'm finding all these things that seem simple, but I just can't find the setting for it...

Thanks Again!