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This page provides information about the Surface Luminance extra attributes in V-Ray for Maya.

 

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V-Ray's extra attributes for the Surface Luminance node allow control of luminance calculation.

The most common workflow for the Surface Luminance node attributes is to connect the node to a floating texture input slot of

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an ExtraTex render element. This way you can control the Luminance mode showing in the ExtraTex channel. 

 

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UI Path: ||Select Surface Luminance node|| > Attribute Editor > Attributes menu > VRay > Luminance options

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Luminance Mode – Controls how luminance is calculated. 

Disabled – No luminance is calculated.
Direct Only – Calculates luminance from direct lighting. It creates a grayscale mask over the points of objects lit by direct lighting.
Diffuse Only – Calculates luminance from indirect lighting (GI). It creates a grayscale mask over the points of objects lit by indirect lighting. 
Direct+Diffuse – Calculates luminance from direct and indirect lighting. This creates a grayscale mask over the points of objects by direct and indirect lighting.
Matte Shadow – Creates a grayscale mask over all shadowed points of objects. Unlike the standard Matte Shadow render element, this mode creates a two-sided mask covering both the lit and unlit points of the objects.

Subdivs – Controls the subdivisions for the diffuse lighting, when the Luminance Mode is set to Diffuse only or Direct+Diffuse.

Contribute to GI – When enabled, the direct light contributes to the GI calculations. The effect is visible only when the texture is used for diffuse calculation with either the Diffuse Only or the Direct+Diffuse mode.

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