Can a rim light affect only my main object in my scene and not my floor?

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Hello there,
I have a scene with a tree and a floor. Now i want the rim light only to affect the tree and not the floor.

Is there any possibility for that?

Can i say to an object or material, not to be affected by a specific lamp?
Cause i do want the floor to be affected by the other lights from my 3point lighting setup.
I hope somebody can help
Greetz Lenny

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Yes, could move the lamps and the object on their own layers, have the rim light to be on both layers and then enable ‘this layer only’ option for the lamp.

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Cube is on layer 1, floor is on layer 2, lamps are on layer 11. Blue light is on both layer 1 and 11, only affecting the cube.

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Jeez, had me going there for a while until I realized it was BI :slight_smile:
If Cycles, and although I haven’t tried yet with objects, only for light pass rendering, you may want to check out this thread.
Sorry, but it’s not exactly an easy process.