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Upon activation of this option, additional options will be made available, with which the following
can be baked:
 Illumination: The lighting generated by light sources or GI.
 Shadows: The shadows that fall onto the object.
 Luminance: Any illumination that may be present in the “Luminance” material
channel.
 Diffusion: Any diffusion that may be present in the “Diffusion” material
channel.
Example:
In the scene above, a Spot light is used to light a transparent Torus, which in turn casts a shadow on
a plane with a complex texture; the plane will be baked. At the bottom left, the color channel was
baked with no additional options active. In the center, the “Illumination” option was used. At right,
the “Shadow” option was added.
Luminance
Use this option to bake the respective object’s “Luminance” material channel.
Diffusion / Relief / Alpha / Transparency
Activate the respective option(s) you would like to bake.