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Lighting

The Lighting Render Element stores direct lighting and diffuse color information.

Last updated 18 September 2025

The Lighting Render Element stores direct lighting and diffuse color information.

Overview

The Lighting Render Element stores direct lighting information from lights in the scene and materials as lit by the scene's lighting. This render element can be used to brighten, lessen, or tint just the direct lighting in a composite without affecting indirect light or reflections, for example.

The Lighting pass is the same as Light Raw multiplied by Diffuse. Lighting is provided as a convenience to the compositor.

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Properties

The Lighting render element has no controllable properties.

Common uses

The Lighting Render Element is useful for changing the appearance of direct illumination after rendering in a compositing or image editing application. Below are a couple of examples of possible uses.

Lighting Render Element

Lighting Render Element with contrast added and tinted

Original Beauty Composite

Composite with contrast added and tinted

Compositing Formula

Light Raw x Diffuse = Lighting

Advanced Light Path Expressions

Now that we've looked at how LPEs work and know the basics, let's look at some advanced concepts and more ways to use LPEs.

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