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title: "VRaySelfIllumination"
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<span style="color: #000000">This page gives information about the Self Illumination Render Element.</span>

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

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## **Parameters**

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## **Common Uses**

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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.

## **Compositing Formula**

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<span style="color: #000000"> The VRaySelfIllumination Render Element is </span><span style="color: #000000">**Added**</span><span style="color: #000000"> to the </span><span style="color: #000000">[Beauty ](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAX/pages/113575287)</span><span style="color: #000000">render to form the final image.</span>

![image](media://958f49e0-f7a1-438d-86bc-bf8779bc1e6c)


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

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- <span style="color: #000000"> </span><span style="color: #333333">This element contains only the light geometry itself, not the light emitted from it. Lighting information is contained in the Lighting Render Elements.</span><span style="color: #000000"> </span>