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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.


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Parameters

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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.

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Since V-Ray 6, only exposure color mapping is applied to the VRayTotalLighting render element.

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

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The Total Lighting Render Element is useful for brightening or dimming all lighting during compositing. Below are a couple of examples of its useIn the example, the lights in the scene are brightened and tinted with a warm tone. See the render before and after compositing.

 

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Compositing Formulas

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VRayRawTotalLighting x VRayDiffuseFilter = VRayTotalLighting

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VRayLighting + VRayGlobalIllumination = VRayTotalLighting

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