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title: "VRayIlluminance"
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This page has information about the Illuminance Render Element.
## **Overview**
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## **Parameters**
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This render element is enabled through the Render Elements tab of the Render Setup window in 3ds Max and displays its parameters in a rollout at the bottom of the window:
**VrayVFB** – When enabled, the render element appears in the V-Ray Virtual Frame Buffer.
**Deep output **– Specifies whether to include this render element in deep images.
**Mode **– Specifies how illuminance values is mapped.
**Linear **– Shows the illuminance values directly as a greyscale image.
**False colors** – Maps the illuminance values to a gradient ranging from blue (low values) to red (high values).
**Display scale** – Specifies the scale of units displayed in the render element.
**1 lx** – 1 lux
**10 lx** – 10 lux
**100 lx** – 100 lux
**1 klx (1,000 lx)** – 1 kilolux (1,000 lux)
**10 klx (10,000 lx)** – 10 kilolux (10,000 lux)
**100 klx (100,000 lx)** – 100 kilolux (100,000 lux)
**1 Mlx (1 00 000 lx)** – 1 megalux (1,000,000 lux)
**lux min** – Specifies which values should be mapped to blue when mode is set to **False colors**.
**lux max** – Specifies which values should be mapped to red when mode is set to **False colors**.
## **Examples**
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