When I render it's all White?

n88tr

I'm trying to render some scenes and I use mental ray in Maya 2009 Unlimited but the result is bright white like it disregards my lights and just comes out white without any detail or shadows or anything?

Ark

Are you selecting the right camera to render through?

AtlusZMH

sometimes the light intensity can be EXTREME even if its set to just 3 or 4.. do you have decay on your lights?

CheeseOnToast

Make sure your viewports are set to high quality rendering if you want a decent preview of how your lights will look when rendered. Low quality makes them appear much less intense.

pthomas1172

In MENTAL RAY, Exposure is on. go to the Exp set up and adjust the settings to see if that helps

Vailias

and make sure the button for rgb is down rather than alpha in the render window.

Draffin

Also make sure you haven't created an artificial sun and sky as that will really mess with your lighting