I mean it's easy enough to add a background by dragging the image onto the viewport but then i can't seem to interact with it at all or change it to a different just to point out it's fairly easy to change background in a 3d project.
Get Background Image Not Rendering Blender 2.8
PNG. I don't know how to make the transition from 2.7 (which i am above average) to 2.8. It also demonstrates how to create and apply a shadow catcher object.
The Best Way To Render An Shadow On A Transparent Background In Blender Cycles from alexandrov.studio
I don't know how to make the transition from 2.7 (which i am above average) to 2.8. For an 8 bit image, blender will probably default the color space here to 'srgb'. This is a bit different than the 2.79 method so this tutorial will get you up to speed on the new system and maybe teach you a few tricks along the way.
Instead, we use objects in our scene to act as the background reference image.
The old system was aging and prone to failure as described in the proposal: Hover over image and select either reference or background. Adding images in blender 2.8 is easier than ever before: It also demonstrates how to create and apply a shadow catcher object.
