I used for the Database:
https://finalfantasy.german-syslinux-blog.de/FF7/ the Palmer program.
U can find it in this thread:
https://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14532.0U can set the visible layers and then export the png. But this export each single layer. The layer with the name:
scenename_0_00000000.png is the main layer,
BUT many details are missing there! If u want to have the whole picture as you can see in the preview window of the palmer program, u have to take a screenshot from this. I used the Windows Tool:
Snipping Tool and then edited some pictures with gimp.
For example: I had to edited the scene "
midgal" and some others, in order to have all layers (Background&Foreground) together as a picture. The program palmer show only one thing at a time. Either the background or the foreground layer. So these scenes need special work.
For your FF8 problem. I have no answers. My personal impression is, that FF8 has fewer fans than FF7. Me too, FF8 is a good game, but far behind the 7th.