topic Re: Rendering pitch black in Maya Forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/rendering-pitch-black/m-p/10160836#M12400 <P>Huge thanks to both of you always solving my problems!&nbsp;</P> Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:51:20 GMT Anonymous 2021-03-16T13:51:20Z Rendering pitch black https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/rendering-pitch-black/m-p/10158592#M12397 <P>So.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="1.PNG" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/893512i830F47B7A30DE663/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="1.PNG" alt="1.PNG" /></span></P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="2.PNG" style="width: 356px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/893511iC8BF931B4C5D9864/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="2.PNG" alt="2.PNG" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I have two issues.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><OL><LI>as you can see my area light has super high intensity, and even with my "use all lights" turned on with number 7 key, its not doing anything on viewport.&nbsp;</LI><LI>when I hit render on ARnold, it just renders pitch black screen and when I come back to viewport, the background turns pitch black like the first image.</LI></OL><P>What am I doing wrong here? I cannot find any issues related to this on the forum</P> Mon, 15 Mar 2021 19:39:28 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/rendering-pitch-black/m-p/10158592#M12397 Anonymous 2021-03-15T19:39:28Z Re: Rendering pitch black https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/rendering-pitch-black/m-p/10159526#M12398 <P>Hi!</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Please provide a scene-file.</P> Tue, 16 Mar 2021 03:34:38 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/rendering-pitch-black/m-p/10159526#M12398 mspeer 2021-03-16T03:34:38Z Re: Rendering pitch black https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/rendering-pitch-black/m-p/10160578#M12399 Click the AreaLight's IlluminatesByDefault switch, maybe? Tue, 16 Mar 2021 12:37:18 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/rendering-pitch-black/m-p/10160578#M12399 hamsterHamster 2021-03-16T12:37:18Z Re: Rendering pitch black https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/rendering-pitch-black/m-p/10160836#M12400 <P>Huge thanks to both of you always solving my problems!&nbsp;</P> Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:51:20 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-forum/rendering-pitch-black/m-p/10160836#M12400 Anonymous 2021-03-16T13:51:20Z