[Solved] Denoising in viewport

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So here I was today, trying to go through a tutorial, but as most of the times I got sucked in by options I don’t understand.

  1. Why denoising is not working in this case?
  2. Why my renders are pitch black unless I turn off the Cast Shadow box in Object Data Properties?

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If I’m not mistaken, you’re using Blender 2.82? I don’t think that viewport denoising was in at the time? Maybe just for RTX cards, I’m not sure? Anyway, unless you have a reason to keep using an older version of the software, I would try with 2.90 at least.

Let us know!

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Thank you, that solved it :slight_smile: What about cast shadows tho? If I change the light type from sun to point and place it inside the room, then the scene renders fine. Outside the room, render is black.

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What is the hidden object? you can’t see it in the viewport but it might be visible and blocking the light when rendering. Also if you have a glass panel in the window/opening, if you don’t have anough sample ray for transparency or transmission it might block it.

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You’re right again, it was the hidden object, blocking the light. I would have never figured it out by myself. You’re the man Patrick :slight_smile:

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Glad that I was able to help you my guy, have a nice day and good luck with that tutorial!