Render will not initiate - renders blank image

jeffstien · February 7, 2020, 2:50pm

I am having issues with one of my .blend files not rendering anything in the render window. I’ve checked my settings and they are the same as other files I can render and export no problem. I am in Global view, nothing is disabled for rendering in the outliner panel. My camera is in the right location. I know the scene is dim, but it rendered on another PC flawlessly. Please help!

Here are my System Settings:

Here are my Render Properties:

Here are my Output Properties:

Here are my Camera Properties:

Here is my Render Window:

I am at a Noob Level 3.5/10 so any and all help is appreciated!

jerzygorskiart · February 7, 2020, 2:54pm

does “info” editor outpus any errors?

jeffstien · February 7, 2020, 3:02pm

Thanks for the quick reply!

No, it doesn’t show any errors. It just opens a blank render window, as if it never tried to render. If I try to save the image from the render window it is just black.

I rendered on my home PC last night, transferred the .blend file to another PC this morning to compare render times (gtx 960 @ 10 sec/frame vs gtx 1080ti @ ??) and now am having this issue.

Here’s the Info Window:

jerzygorskiart · February 7, 2020, 3:26pm

Do you have the same issue with other scenes like the default scene?

jeffstien · February 7, 2020, 3:48pm

No, I can open a new scene and render out an image without changing any settings.

jerzygorskiart · February 7, 2020, 4:46pm

I would open a new file and append everything from the previous file

jeffstien · February 7, 2020, 5:08pm

This worked! Thank you so much! I don’t know what happened but it was much easier than I thought to append everything into a new project. Great idea.

And my official rendering results are in:
gtx960 = 10.71 sec/frame = 3hrs 15min
gtx1080ti = 1.83 sec/frame = 32min

Wow, around 83% render time savings!