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title: "Total Light"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/VMAYA/111739043/Total%20Light"
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The Total Lighting Render Element stores all direct and indirect lighting in the scene.

## **Overview**

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## **Common uses**

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The Total Lighting Render Element is useful for brightening or dimming all lighting during compositing. Below are a couple of examples of its use.



## **Compositing Formulas**

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[vrayRE_Raw_Total_Light](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111738947) x[ vrayRE_Diffuse](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111739040) = vrayRE_Total_Light


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[vrayRE_Lighting](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111738962) + [vrayRE_GI](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VMAYA/pages/111738967) = vrayRE_Total_Light

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![image](media://0466e989-4de2-49af-be34-bda5b0c3f5c8)