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title: "Light Raw"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/VRAYNUKE/110625527/Light%20Raw"
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This page provides information on the Light Raw Render Element. 

 

## <span style="color: #000000">** Overview**</span>

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

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## **Properties**

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The Light Raw render element has no controllable properties.

 

![image](media://e3437197-a222-43f8-8d12-b4b9e9a280bb)

 

 

## **Common uses**

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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 engine and its frame mount the most due to a strong sunlight in the scene.

 

## **Underlying Compositing Equation**

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 **Light Raw** x [Diffuse](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VRAYNUKE/pages/110625511) = [Lighting](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VRAYNUKE/pages/110625499)

 

![image](media://6d16a5d4-ed8b-41e7-b6c4-55fa5782f010)

 

 

## **Notes**

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- This element is affected by matte surfaces which can produce unintended effects during compositing. The above compositing equation can be reversed to manually produce a Light Raw element without the effects of matte surfaces.