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title: "Global Illumination Tab"
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This page provides information on the GI tab of the V-Ray Renderer parameters.


## **Overview**

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## **Main**  


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### **Example: GI Caustics**

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This example shows GI caustics generated by a self-illuminated object:

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![image](media://1b9f7174-9256-4844-827d-1f45bbf67d81)

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### **Example: Light Bounces**

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This example shows the effect of the number of light bounces on an image:


![image](media://39e045c1-3e9a-481b-888d-0fff50576db2)

GI is set to **Light Cache**