help! Render Problem- Active viewport obscured.

Isodoria

Hi all, haven't done a render in a while. Now when I try doing a render a warning message come up that says.
Warning-Obscuring the viewport during an OpenGl render may corrupt the final image, if I click ok it still renders but it kinda of just looks just like a black scene with nothing it.
Any input on how to fix this would be welcome.

Thanks,
Isodoria

Richard Haseltine

That means you are doing an OpenGL render, it is warning you not to put another window in front of the viewport as it works, since it needs the video card to have access. That doesn't explain why it's rendering black, though it could be that your card or chipset isn't up to the level you have asked. Go to Render Settings and drag the quality slider to the maximum - that will use 3Delight, which is usually better anyway and won't be limited by your video hardware.