Add lights to a render layer

By default, all lights are automatically added to each render layer. To override this behavior, open the Render Setup editor and disable Options > Include all lights in each render layer by default.

You can do the following to add specific lights to a render layer:

• Add lights to a layer by creating a Lights collection

  1. Disable Options > Include all lights in each render layer by default.

  2. Create a lights collection in your render layer by dragging and dropping it the from Scene settings to the render layer.

  3. Select the Lights collection. In the Property Editor, add lights to this collection by entering an expression, or by selecting the lights and clicking Add, or by doing both. See Create a collection for your render layer.

     Note: The Include field and the collection members list are only active when Include all lights in each render layer by default is disabled.

     You can only add lights to a Lights collection.

     For convenience, the Include all lights in each render layer by default option is also available in the Lights collection Property Editor. If you change your mind and decide to include all lights in your layers instead of only specific ones, re-enable this option. This is a global setting, however, and enabling this option affects all layers in the scene.

  4. Click View All to verify the contents of your Lights collection.

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• Add lights to a layer by creating an override

  Create an override on a light, and it is automatically added to your layer.

  For more information regarding light overrides, see Create light overrides in your render layer.