# Emissive Appearances

While not commonly used, emissive appearances can provide additional lighting to the scene and highlight certain parts of the render. Emissive appearances can be accessed through the *Miscellaneous* and then *Emissive* folders of the appearance menu.

### Changing the Emission Color

1. While changing the emission color is not as straightforward as changing the color of a standard appearance, it is still fairly simple. The color should be changed in all 3 places shown below to have the proper coloring.

![Changing the base color](/files/-MXkL820lgUoldASi1Gk)

![Changing the emissitivity color](/files/-MXkNZ9O38sEFjPMbdYZ)

![Changing the highlight control color](/files/-MXkMuSuMmAtkeASNeOK)

### Adjusting the Luminance

Much like the brightness of the scene can be adjusted, the brightness of emissive materials can be adjusted. Adjusting the brightness to a proper level can be hard without running [**In-Canvas Renders** ](/ftc-rendering-in-fusion-360/rendering-and-exporting/cloud-vs.-local-rendering.md)to check the current look of the render in real-time.

![Adjusting the luminance of the emmisive appearance](/files/-MXkPeG6CqVEn7Ma2gh3)

### Post-Processing

Unlike renders without emissive materials, the rendered output often looks off, with additional work needed to achieve the desired look. The [**post-processing**](/ftc-rendering-in-fusion-360/rendering-and-exporting/post-processing.md) page covers this in detail, but consider adding some bloom, decreasing exposure, and increasing the prominence of shadows.

![Raw render output (left); post-processed render (right)](/files/-MXkRWhQ1L4A5y3W39fH)


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