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title: "Light Total"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/VRAYNUKE/110625525/Light%20Total"
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The Light Total Render Element stores all direct and indirect lighting in the scene.

## **Overview**

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UI Path: ||Toolbar|| >** V-Ray Menu icon > Render > VRayRenderElement > Type: Light Total**

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## **Properties**

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The Light Total render element has no controllable properties.

 

![image](media://8245776b-7c3e-48aa-85b8-9dc14ba6ae86)

 

## **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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[Lighting](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VRAYNUKE/pages/110625499) + [GI](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VRAYNUKE/pages/110625505) = **Light Total**

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![image](media://eeb2ef79-2007-4cb1-9ebc-14ef841bc380)