Natural Lighting

Preset for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Created by Verrenus

Added Nov. 16, 2016

Updated 5 Sep 19:33 CEST

Shader used: ReShade

Preset description:

This lightweight preset simply corrects the horrible default lighting and adds some tasteful sharpening to counteract TAA's blurriness. No super-saturated, trippy colour adjustments to be found here! ;) To install, please follow these straightforward steps to get it running in seconds: 1) Download the latest ReShade files from the following link: https://reshade.me/ 2) Run "Reshade_Setup_3.0.8.exe" and click "Select game", then navigate to your Skyrim SE installation folder and choose "SkyrimSE.exe" along with the "Direct3D 10+" option 3) Click "Yes" to download the "collection of standard effects" (leaving all of the effects ticked/enabled), then click "OK" and close the ReShade installation window 4) Download my preset from SweetFX Settings DB to your Skyrim SE installation folder (where "SkyrimSE.exe" is located) 5) Launch Skyrim SE from Steam, then press "Shift + F2" to open the ReShade in-game overlay 6) Follow ReShade's own built-in tutorial to load up my preset and configure ReShade to "Performance Mode" That's all there is to it, enjoy your new natural Skyrim SE experience! :D ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 1: Tweaked the "Technicolor" values to brighten up the image slightly. Update 2: Tweaked the "Tonemap" values so as to only correct the default blue hue of the vanilla lighting without crushing the dark colours. Update 3: Further tweaked both the "Technicolor" and "Tonemap" values for a lighter, more vanilla-like effect on the darker colour shades. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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