How to apply Reshade presets and improve games graphics full guide.
What does Reshade do?
ReShade is an open-sourceΒ post-processing injectorΒ for games and video software developed byΒ crosire. Imagine your favourite game with ambient occlusion, real depth of field effects, colour correction and more. ReShade exposes an automated and generic way to access both frameΒ colourΒ andΒ depth information and allows users to implement various graphical changes like colour correction, real depth of field, antialiasing and more enhancing the overall visuals of the game as a result. Here in this guide, we will show you how to apply Reshade presets and improve games graphics with simple steps.
Using Reshade to improve the game graphics
Using ReShade is simple and easy. All you require is to download and Install ReShade and some preset files (.ini) to define the changes you want. ReShade can be downloaded from the following link.
The preset files for each game are different in fact you might find multiple presets with different options for a single game. Nexus mods is a great place to find ReShade presets which are available for almost every single game.
How to install Reshade and apply Reshade presets
In order to apply the reshade presets you will need ReShade.
Steps to Install Reshade and apply presets.
- Download and launch the ReShade Setup.
- From menu click browse and navigate to the game.exe located inside the game folder.(Whichever game you want to use)
- Click next and choose the DirectX10/11/12 option.
- Choose a preset you want to implement. In case you donβt want to choose now you can click next.
- In the Select Effects screen check all the boxes and hit next.
- Now upon launching the game the ReShade overlay should appear on top of the screen.
- Hit the βhomeβ key on your keyboard to bring up the ReShade menu from where you can choose the preset to apply.
- Download the preset of your choice and paste the .ini file in the root directory of the game(where game.exe is located)
- Select the Preset from the ReShade overlay and enjoy!
More options & features offered by ReShade
ReShade allows players to customize the visuals to their need want more vibrant colours the option is there, Depth of field the option is there. ReShade even allows players to experience βHDRβ even on unsupported monitors and games. Obviously, itβs not as good as True HDR but something is better than nothing and believe me, some games look incredible on the βFake HDRβ.
By bringing up the Reshade overlay you can customize some hotkey that allows you to toggle between the various presets you have available and even toggle the effects on/off with a single click.
Read about the best Elden Ring ReShade that makes the game look ultra-realistic here.
