Guide:ReShade

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ReShade Guide

A general guide to ReShade

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What is ReShade?

ReShade is a generic open-source post-processing injector for games and video software developed by crosire. It is capable of injecting advanced depth-edge-detection-driven SMAA antialiasing, screen space ambient occlusion, depth of field effects, chromatic aberration, dynamic film grain, automatic saturation and color correction, cross processing, multi-pass blurring and other effects to games that run on Direct3D 9, Direct3D 10, Direct3D 11, Direct3D 12, OpenGL and Vulkan.

How is ReShade different than ENB Series?

Unlike ENB Series, Reshade lacks memory manager functions and does not address RAM utilization limit of 32-bit games. The lack of memory management features should not be viewed as a downside, though, as ReShade aims at providing support for a wider catalogue of games and while ENB series has been viewed as the definitive post-processing enhancer for Skyrim, ReShade works on a number of games that are not supported by ENB series.

ReShade Installation

Latest versions of ReShade come with an installer that detects and downloads the components needed for the specific game and preset in use. Therefore Step recommends installing the presets first.

ReShade Configuration

Pressing Home in-game will open ReShade's settings in case adjustments are needed.

ReShade Presets

As described in the introduction, ReShade's main attraction is the ability to customize its features and visuals using presets, commonly referred to as " ReShade Presets". These ReShade Presets may encompass all of the features of ENBSeries or only a subset of them, depending on what the author intends as the final result.

ReShade Features

The features available will vary by game. ReShade is still in active development for the latest games it supports. Thus means it's constantly updated with bug fixes, enhancements to current features, as well as, new features. Below is a list of some of the features ReShade provides (version dependent):

  • advanced depth-edge-detection-driven SMAA antialiasing,
  • screen space ambient occlusion,
  • depth of field effects,
  • chromatic aberration,
  • dynamic film grain,
  • automatic saturation and color correction,
  • cross processing,
  • multi-pass blurring and other effects

Preset Installation

This is a basic and generic set of instructions for setting up ReShade Presets. Once again, Step recommends to install presets first, in order to facilitate ReShade installation.

Uninstall ReShade