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This page provides information on lighting in V-Ray for Unreal.

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Overview


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Lighting your scene can be set using the standard Unreal Lights or the additional Blueprints that were created to emulate some of the unique V-Ray Lights.

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Types of Lights



You can create native Unreal lights and V-Ray specific ones using Modes panel by using the search bar or from the Lights and V-Ray Assets categories and drag and drop into the level.

 

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Unreal Engine Lights

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 V-Ray for Unreal supports some of the standard Unreal lights:

 

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CardTooltipClick to open the Unreal Directional Light page.
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Directional Light

The Directional Light simulates light that is being emitted from a source that is infinitely far away.

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CardTooltipClick to open the Unreal Point Light page.
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Point Light

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A Point Lights emits light in all directions from just a single point in space.

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CardTooltipClick to open the Unreal Spot Light page.
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Spot Light

A Spot Light emits light from a single point in a cone shape in a set direction.

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CardTooltipClick to open the Unreal Rectangle Light page.
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Rect Light

The Rect Light emits light into the scene from a rectangular plane with a defined width and height.

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Sky Light

The Sky light captures the background of your scene and apply it as lighting to your level's meshes

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For more information on Unreal Lights see the Unreal documentation.

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 V-Ray Lights


 V-Ray for Unreal ships with some Light Blueprints: 

 

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V-Ray Lights

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V-Ray Light Dome

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A dome light (also considered an area light) creates light within a dome or spherical shape to create a traditional global illumination setup. This Light is frequently used to load HDRI environment images.

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Mesh Blueprint

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V-Ray Light Mesh

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A Mesh light creates a light source from an object's surface area.

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V-Ray Light Rectangle

A V-Ray specific light source object that can be used to create physically accurate area lights of different shapes.

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V-Ray Sun and Sky

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A Sun light is a spherical light source placed at a specific location which simulates the sun in the sky.

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