Light that is ignored by glossy shaders in cycles

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Hi,

I want to add a light to a scene that does not produce any highlights. So I think it should be ignored by any glossy shader.

I tried to mix the material of the light using the “is Glossy Ray” like this:


Can this be done in cycles?

Thanks!
Nathan

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Checkbox on Object Properties - Ray Visibility - another way to disable this.

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Hey,

Checking the “glossy ray” checkbox works, thank you!

Just out of interest, the node setup you present works for you?
Does not seem like it here, I do not know why.

blender version 2.72b

Thanks/Regards,
Nathan

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I can swear i saw it working, now it doesn’t. :smiley: No New Years celebration menu ingredients can be blamed and file’s gone.
Glad that checkbox worked for you at least.

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funny how eevee has a slider for this, same with arnold , yet cycles has nothing
I find it really useful to turn down the diffuse strength, glossy strength on a per light basis. there are workarounds but still …