With light linking, lights can be set to affect only specific objects in the scene. Shadow linking additionally gives control over which objects acts a shadow blockers for a light. Usage: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/4.0/Cycles Implementation: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Source/Render/Cycles/LightLinking Ref #104972 Co-authored-by: Brecht Van Lommel <brecht@blender.org>