Blender 3.2 Gets Light Groups!

One of Blender’s most requested features has just made it into the Blender 3.2 alpha: Light groups! Light groups are a powerful system allowing the generation of user-determined lighting passes, which can include scene, environment, and material lights. This allows for huge flexibility at the compositing stage.

Quick little tutorial about how to use new #lightgroups in #blender 3.2 alpha
-Create groups in "View Layer" tab
-Add light sources from the "Object" tab>shading>Ligthgroups
(world could be added too, from world properties tab)
-Combine in compositor using add pic.twitter.com/VdgGRpce9z

— Nahuel Belich (@Nahuel_Belich) April 3, 2022

The long-awaited and game-changing feature was a collaborative effort between many developers, notably Alex Fuller the original developer of the patch, and Lukas Stockner who polished and submitted it.

Here is a video of me quickly trying this feature out to showcase the power and versatility of light groups:

Download the latest Blender daily build from the link below and try it out!