RedPhantom posted at 10:36 AM Fri, 14 July 2023 - #4470153

I did some hunting this morning

These scatter nodes seem to be the problem. They turn any pure black to white. Changing any of the settings in the nodes does nothing to help. Change the black even the slightest and it works again. You can edit the actual image or you can use a mix node to make it work.

that fixed it! Thank you for taking the time to figure it out!

I came, I rendered, I'm still broke.