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title: "VRayRawTotalLighting"
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This page gives some basic details about the Raw Total Lighting Render Element and explains how it is used in compositing.

## **Overview** <span style="color: #000000"> </span>

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## <span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #000000">**Parameters**</span><span style="color: #000000"> </span>

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## **Common Uses**

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The **Raw Total Lighting Render Element** is useful for changing the appearance of the entire lighting of the scene, after rendering, using a compositing or image editing application. A [Cryptomatte Render Element](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAX/pages/113575351)  is used to isolate the floor, the windows along with the curtains and the stone fence, and the ceiling. Then the **Raw Total Lighting Render Element** is brightened and tinted differently for each element to show the range of editing possibilities. See the render before and after compositing.

## **Underlying Compositing Equation**

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VRayRawTotalLighting<span style="color: #000000"> x </span> [VRayDiffuseFilter](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAX/pages/113575373) =[ VRayTotalLighting](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAX/pages/113575313)

![image](media://fa969e77-eab8-4d2c-852c-caa0c50468e3)

 

 

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[VRayRawLighting](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAX/pages/113575317) +[ VRayRawGlobalIllumination](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAX/pages/113575311) = VRayRawTotalLighting

![image](media://029fde3f-b6fd-45fb-bcd3-f0f780dd80ba)