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A comprehensive and advanced guide and modder's resource for editing the 'enbseries.ini' file for n00bs and gurus alike -- by the S.T.E.P. Team

GUIDE FORUM THREAD ENBSeries WEBSITE

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Introduction[edit | edit source]

ENBSeries (ENB) is a post processor modification (mod) created and maintained by Boris Voronstov. What this means is that ENB adds digital enhancements to Skyrim (and other games) purely by modifying perceived video output after (or 'post') the decoding process of game assets into the initial graphical result. Initial post-processing is done by the Skyrim shader program(s), and ENB builds upon this initial image post processing using more advanced techniques that the game shader engine is incapable of implementing. This is accomplished via a custom API in the form of a dynamic link library (DLL) to the game shader engine. In addition to advanced shader post processing, ENB also implements a memory manager, 'ENBoost', that enhances the efficiency of video memory management, resulting in increased performance in addition to the increased quality bestowed by the post-processing engine. This guide is intended as THE comprehensive reference to the functionality of all parameters found within enbseries.ini as it evolves.

INI Section Guides[edit | edit source]

Credits[edit | edit source]

Much of the inspiration of this Guide came from a desire to have a complete reference for the enbseries.ini file. Some references exist such as, MTichenor's ENB Evolved User Manual which is included with his Preset and JawZ's Guide to ENBSeries, which this Guide's formatting is inspired by. Both were used in the initial creation of this Guide; however, MTichenor's Manual is outdated and JawZ's Guide is currently incomplete. Therefore, this ENBSeries INI Guide was created.

Credit goes out to both MTichenor and JawZ for the inspiration and reference for the beginnings of this Guide.

A very special thank you to the authors and contributors who helped STEP in this endeavor:

Aiyen -author of Skylight ENB
Bronze316 -author of Seasons of Skyrim ENB
ConfidenceMan -author of Natural Lighting and Atmospherics for ENB
dptheslothking/Sloth -author of M ENB
Jafin16 -author of Lumen ENB
JawZ -author of Enhanced Lighting for ENB
Mangaclub -author of Vividian ENB
Matso -author of Project MATSO ENB

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 === Introduction ===
-Welcome to the ENBseries.ini Guide for [http://enbdev.com/index_en.html ENBSeries] for ''Skyrim''. The ENBSeries is a special type of mod called a post processor. It was created and is maintained by Boris Voronstov. ENB adds effects to Skyrim that were not available before, such as screen space ambient occulsion (SSAO) and depth of field (DoF), and provides a memory manager known as ENBoost. This Guide will help users become familiar with the advanced parameters found within ''enbseries.ini''.
+ENBSeries (ENB) is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_post-processing post processor modification] (mod) created and maintained by Boris Voronstov. What this means is that ENB adds digital enhancements to Skyrim (and other games) purely by modifying perceived video output ''after'' (or 'post') the decoding process of game assets into the initial graphical result. Initial post-processing is done by the Skyrim [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shader shader program(s)], and ENB builds upon this initial image post processing using more advanced techniques that the game shader engine is incapable of implementing. This is accomplished via a custom API in the form of a dynamic link library (DLL) to the game shader engine. In addition to advanced shader post processing, ENB also implements a memory manager, 'ENBoost', that enhances the efficiency of video memory management, resulting in increased performance in addition to the increased quality bestowed by the post-processing engine. This guide is intended as THE comprehensive reference to the functionality of all parameters found within ''enbseries.ini'' as it evolves.
-This Guide's aim is to encompass the entirety of the ''enbseries.ini'' file by defining the parameters within, defining the valid values for each of these parameters, and visually displaying the effect those parameters have. Users will find comparison screenshots for each of the parameter's values to better understand the visual effect each parameter has. Most users will be able to reference this Guide to either tweak an existing ENB preset to their liking or to create a new ENB preset from the ground up.
 ===INI Section Guides===