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title: "VRayCaustics"
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<span style="color: #000000">This page gives some basic details about the Caustics Render Element and how it is used in compositing.</span>

## **Overview**

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## **Parameters**

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## **Common Uses**

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The **Caustics Render Element** is useful for changing the appearance of caustic elements, after rendering, in a compositing or image editing application. See how an enhanced Caustics render looks.


## **Compositing Formula**

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<span style="color: #000000"> The VRayCasutics Render Element is added to the </span><span style="color: #000000">[Beauty](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAX/pages/113586780)</span><span style="color: #000000"> composite to form the final image. </span>

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## **Notes**

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- The **Reflective Caustics** and **Refractive Caustics** options on the Global Illumination rollout in the Render Setup window cause a similar effect in the final rendering, but these caustics do not show up in the VRayCaustics Render Element.