--- title: "Raw Light" canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/VMAYA/111738950/Raw%20Light" format: markdown --- This page provides information on the Raw Lighting Render Element.  ## ** Overview** --- ## **Attributes** --- **Common uses** --- The Raw Lighting Render Element is useful for changing the appearance of direct lighting after rendering in a compositing or image editing software. Below are a couple of examples of its use. In this set of render elements, direct lighting affects the back of the alien figure the most due to a strong back-light in the scene as well as the top of the circular machine above the figure. ## **Underlying Compositing Equation** ---  vrayRE_Raw_Light x[ vrayRE_Diffuse ](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111739040) = [vrayRE_Lighting](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111738962) ![image](media://c9cec11b-f911-4034-bb34-36a0ccace166)