# Including background image with rendered frame

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/including-background-image-with-rendered-frame/61643
**Category:** Xsi
**Tags:** animation
**Created:** [March 7, 2002, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/including-background-image-with-rendered-frame/61643 "2002-03-07T20:02:21Z")
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### Author: ![jgoldfin](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@jgoldfin](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/jgoldfin)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2002, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/including-background-image-with-rendered-frame/61643/1 "2002-03-07T20:02:21Z")

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I want to import a background 2D image (like a sky) and have it included behind the rendered objects in each frame of my animation. I've tried rotoscope procedure but it excludes the imported image with the render.   
Any suggestions?

thanks

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### Author: ![richard-sher](https://forum.highend3d.com/user_avatar/forum.highend3d.com/richard-sher/32/442_2.png) [@richard-sher](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/richard-sher)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/including-background-image-with-rendered-frame/61643/2 "2002-03-07T21:21:46Z")

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You can put the 2d Background shader into your pass and assign the image(s) to that shader. But I'd use the FX tree to composite it instead. (You'll have more control over the final results.)