VRayTotalLighting

This page gives information about the Total Lighting Render Element.

Overview

The Total Lighting Render Element is a color image that includes the effects of both direct and indirect lighting on materials in the scene, including the diffuse component. It is a result of adding the VRayLighting and VRayGlobalIllumination render elements, or of multiplying the VRayRawTotalLighting and VRayDiffuseFilter render elements.



UI Path: ||Render Setup window|| > Render Elements tab > Add button > VRayTotalLighting

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Parameters

This render element is enabled through the Render Elements tab of the Render Setup window in 3ds Max and displays its parameters in a rollout at the bottom of the window:

VRayVFB – When enabled, the render element appears in the V-Ray Virtual Frame Buffer.

Deep output – Specifies whether to include this render element in deep images.

Color mapping Applies the color mapping options specified in the Color mapping rollout (Render Setup window > V-Ray tab) to this render element. This option is enabled by default.

Multiplier – Sets the overall intensity of the render element, where 1.0 is the standard multiplier.

Denoise Specifies whether to denoise this render element.

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Common Uses

The Total Lighting Render Element is useful for brightening or dimming all lighting during compositing. Below are a couple of examples of its use.

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Total Lighting Render Element

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Original Beauty Composite

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Brightened Lights

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Tinted Lights

Compositing Formulas

VRayRawTotalLighting x VRayDiffuseFilter = VRayTotalLighting


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VRayLighting + VRayGlobalIllumination = VRayTotalLighting


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