Thank you guys! I will give these a shot it very well could be my exposure. I want to try and diagnose it on my own if possible. I feel like it could be a good learning opportunity so I will keep at it and let you guys know if I run into a dead end. Thanks again.
Alright... figured it out. Turns out it was something to do with the compositing. I don't know why. I didn't touch the compositing a single time during this project and I know way too little about compositing to even diagnose fully why situation occurred to begin with, BUT the point is I got it to work haha. I will post the final render here for anyone that's curious.
Hey there, I'm having the same issue Justen did, and checking the base file with not alterations it's producing a blown out render, but only right at the end. Do ya'll have any updates to this file that fix this issue or advice on what to check in the compositor (as justen did) that might be the cause?
Yep Can confirm it's whatever you've setup as the base in the compositor. For future learners who are having this issue, when you Render, in the finished render window, you will see drop down that says Composite; Click that and you should be able to select View Layer; this should fix the issue and allow you to save a version without the composite nodes interfering or having to do any extra work to make the base render acceptable
Hey Daniel NNeverender ,
Here are two other places you can un-check to disable Compositing:
(I am not sure, why you would have Compositing Nodes in this Course...Compositing (Use Nodes) is not enabled by Default.)
Thanks for that! I don’t know why they were on already either, it was just like that when I opened the file 🤷
