diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/gsiDeclLayLayoutView.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/gsiDeclLayLayoutView.cc
index 07ecd89a2..862744309 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/gsiDeclLayLayoutView.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/gsiDeclLayLayoutView.cc
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ Class<lay::LayoutView> decl_LayoutView (QT_EXTERNAL_BASE (QWidget) "lay", "Layou
     "The image contains the current scene (layout, annotations etc.).\n"
     "The image is drawn synchronously with the given width and height. Drawing may take some time. "
   ) +
-  gsi::method_ext ("get_image_with_options", &get_image_with_options, gsi::arg ("width"), gsi::arg ("height"), gsi::arg ("linewidth"), gsi::arg ("oversampling"), gsi::arg ("resolution"), gsi::arg ("target"), gsi::arg ("monochrome"),
+  gsi::method_ext ("get_image_with_options", &get_image_with_options, gsi::arg ("width"), gsi::arg ("height"), gsi::arg ("linewidth", 0), gsi::arg ("oversampling", 0), gsi::arg ("resolution", 0.0), gsi::arg ("target", db::DBox (), "current"), gsi::arg ("monochrome", false),
     "@brief Gets the layout image as a \\QImage (with options)\n"
     "\n"
     "@param width The width of the image to render in pixel.\n"
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ Class<lay::LayoutView> decl_LayoutView (QT_EXTERNAL_BASE (QWidget) "lay", "Layou
     "\n"
     "This method has been introduced in 0.28.\n"
   ) +
-  gsi::method_ext ("get_pixels_with_options", &get_pixels_with_options, gsi::arg ("width"), gsi::arg ("height"), gsi::arg ("linewidth"), gsi::arg ("oversampling"), gsi::arg ("resolution"), gsi::arg ("target"),
+  gsi::method_ext ("get_pixels_with_options", &get_pixels_with_options, gsi::arg ("width"), gsi::arg ("height"), gsi::arg ("linewidth", 0), gsi::arg ("oversampling", 0), gsi::arg ("resolution", 0.0), gsi::arg ("target", db::DBox (), "current"),
     "@brief Gets the layout image as a \\PixelBuffer (with options)\n"
     "\n"
     "@param width The width of the image to render in pixel.\n"
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ Class<lay::LayoutView> decl_LayoutView (QT_EXTERNAL_BASE (QWidget) "lay", "Layou
     "\n"
     "This method has been introduced in 0.28.\n"
   ) +
-  gsi::method_ext ("get_pixels_with_options_mono", &get_pixels_with_options_mono, gsi::arg ("width"), gsi::arg ("height"), gsi::arg ("linewidth"), gsi::arg ("target"),
+  gsi::method_ext ("get_pixels_with_options_mono", &get_pixels_with_options_mono, gsi::arg ("width"), gsi::arg ("height"), gsi::arg ("linewidth", 0), gsi::arg ("target", db::DBox (), "current"),
     "@brief Gets the layout image as a \\PixelBuffer (with options)\n"
     "\n"
     "@param width The width of the image to render in pixel.\n"
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ Class<lay::LayoutView> decl_LayoutView (QT_EXTERNAL_BASE (QWidget) "lay", "Layou
     "The image is written as a PNG file to the given file. "
     "The image is drawn synchronously with the given width and height. Drawing may take some time. "
   ) +
-  gsi::method_ext ("save_image_with_options", &save_image_with_options, gsi::arg ("filename"), gsi::arg ("width"), gsi::arg ("height"), gsi::arg ("linewidth"), gsi::arg ("oversampling"), gsi::arg ("resolution"), gsi::arg ("target"), gsi::arg ("monochrome"),
+  gsi::method_ext ("save_image_with_options", &save_image_with_options, gsi::arg ("filename"), gsi::arg ("width"), gsi::arg ("height"), gsi::arg ("linewidth", 0), gsi::arg ("oversampling", 0), gsi::arg ("resolution", 0.0), gsi::arg ("target", db::DBox (), "current"), gsi::arg ("monochrome", false),
     "@brief Saves the layout as an image to the given file (with options)\n"
     "\n"
     "@param filename The file to which to write the screenshot to.\n"
diff --git a/testdata/ruby/layLayoutView.rb b/testdata/ruby/layLayoutView.rb
index 1193688cc..e3d44b36f 100644
--- a/testdata/ruby/layLayoutView.rb
+++ b/testdata/ruby/layLayoutView.rb
@@ -425,8 +425,32 @@ class LAYLayoutView_TestClass < TestBase
 
   def test_4
 
-    # standalone view image generation
+    # standalone image generation (see C++ tests)
     lv = RBA::LayoutView::new
+    lv.set_config("inst-color", "#000000")
+    lv.set_config("background-color", "#ffffff")
+    lv.load_layout(File.join($ut_testsrc, "testdata/gds/t10.gds"), true)
+
+    img = lv.get_pixels_with_options(500, 500, 1, 1, 1.0, RBA::DBox::new)
+    au = RBA::PixelBuffer.read_png(File.join($ut_testsrc, "testdata/lay/au_lv1.png"))
+    if au
+      assert_equal(au == img, true)
+    end
+
+    lv.set_config("full-hierarchy-new-cell", "true")
+    lv.load_layout(File.join($ut_testsrc, "testdata/gds/t10.gds"), false)
+
+    img = lv.get_pixels_with_options(500, 500, 1, 1, 1.0, RBA::DBox::new)
+    au = RBA::PixelBuffer.read_png(File.join($ut_testsrc, "testdata/lay/au_lv2.png"))
+    if au
+      assert_equal(au == img, true)
+    end
+
+    img = lv.get_pixels_with_options_mono(500, 500, 1, RBA::DBox::new)
+    au = RBA::BitmapBuffer.read_png(File.join($ut_testsrc, "testdata/lay/au_lv3.png"))
+    if au
+      assert_equal(au == img, true)
+    end
 
   end