# Light Linking

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/light-linking/24881>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [August 12, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/light-linking/24881 "2010-08-12T18:03:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![stezza](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/stezza/32/39485_2.png) [@stezza](https://forums.chaos.com/u/stezza)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/light-linking/24881/1 "2010-08-12T18:03:16Z")

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Is Light Linking supported in Vray for Maya? I have a ambient light linked to a sky dome (and nothing else) but when rendering it alluminates everything.

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**Author:** ![vlado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/779978/32.png) [@vlado](https://forums.chaos.com/u/vlado)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 6:52am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/light-linking/24881/2 "2010-08-13T06:52:25Z")

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Light linking should work - at least it does on a simple scene here. For you case you can also use a surface shader or a VRayLightMtl material for the dome.

Best regards,  
Vlado

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**Author:** ![Yannick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b782af/32.png) [@Yannick](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Yannick)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/light-linking/24881/3 "2010-08-13T09:03:24Z")

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I noticed that in some case, the light linking only work if I select the light and the geometry then do lighting/shading → break light links or make light links.  
However when using the light linking editor, it doesn’t work all the time.

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**Author:** ![jensl](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/jensl/32/48065_2.png) [@jensl](https://forums.chaos.com/u/jensl)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/light-linking/24881/4 "2010-08-13T18:03:03Z")

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I’ve mostly switched to light linking by shading group over geometry, as it seems quite a bit simpler and lighter in terms of the number of connections, etc. Maybe give that a try.

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**Author:** ![stezza](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/stezza/32/39485_2.png) [@stezza](https://forums.chaos.com/u/stezza)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/light-linking/24881/5 "2010-08-13T21:14:35Z")

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Jensi, could you explain a little more on how you do this process?

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**Author:** ![jensl](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/jensl/32/48065_2.png) [@jensl](https://forums.chaos.com/u/jensl)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/light-linking/24881/6 "2010-08-16T19:06:18Z")

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Yeah, if you use light-centric light linking, you can select your light in the left panel, and then left click on any shading groups in the right panel you don’t want to be affected.