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This page provides information about the Self Illumination render element in V-Ray for SketchUp.

Overview

Stores the illumination of any emissive / self-illuminated material in the scene. Light objects are included as well.

V-Ray for SketchUp > Self Illumination > VRaySelfIllumination.jpg

V-Ray for SketchUp > Self Illumination > Beauty.jpg

UI Paths

||V-Ray Asset Editor|| > Render Elements (right-click) > Self Illumination
||V-Ray Asset Editor|| > Create Asset (left-click) > Render Elements > Self Illumination

Parameters

Denoise – Specifies whether to denoise this render element.

V-Ray for SketchUp > Self Illumination > SketchUp_VRay6_Self IlluminationParameters.png

Common Uses

The Self Illumination Render Element is useful for changing the appearance of self-illuminated surfaces, after rendering, in a compositing or image editing software. See the render before and after compositing.

V-Ray for SketchUp > Self Illumination > Beauty_500_self_Illum.png

V-Ray for SketchUp > Self Illumination > VRaySelfIllumination_CC_500_self_Illum.png

Compositing

The Self Illumination Render Element is Added to the Beauty render to form the final image.

V-Ray for SketchUp > Self Illumination > self-Illum_formula_resized.png