Black spots appearing randomly

Hi,

I am renderig an interior scene that contains metals, wood and glass and each time I render a big black spot appears in different locations. What could be causing this? Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Dalia

Do you use any falloff maps? If yes, make sure their “Override material IOR” option is set.

Best regards,
Vlado

Also make sure you have not architecural maps or raytrace materials. Althought usually the black spot problem is caused by what Vlado said.