The Total Lighting Render Channel stores all direct and indirect lighting in the scene.
Overview
The Total Lighting Color Channel is a color image that includes the effects of both direct and indirect lighting on materials in the scene, including the diffuse component. It is a result of adding the Lighting and GI render channels, or of multiplying the Raw Total Lighting and Diffuse Render Channels.
UI Path
||Node Editor|| > Add > Render Channels > Color Channel > Type > Total Lighting
Common uses
The Total Lighting channel is useful for brightening or dimming all lighting during compositing. Below are a couple of examples of its use.
Total Lighting Render Element
Original Beauty Composite
Brightened Total Lighting Render Element
Brightened and tinted Total Lighting Render Element
Brightened Lights
Tinted Lights
Compositing Formulas
Raw Total Light x Diffuse = Total Light
Lighting + GI = Total Light
