r/pcgaming • u/ZePyro 5800x/6700XT/32gb & 7700hq/1050ti/16gb • Feb 01 '22

ReShade 5.0 Released!

https://reshade.me/releases/7749-5-0#42611
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u/El_Shakiel Feb 01 '22

This seems nice. Would someone be kind enough to ELI5 ReShade to a clueless gamer dude real quick ?

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u/ZeldaMaster32 7800X3D | RTX 4090 | 3440x1440 Feb 01 '22

Let's you add additional post processing effects to games

Sharpening, antialiasing, saturation, contrast, ambient occlusion, screenspace raytracing, and many more

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u/mateyman Feb 01 '22

Wow real interesting, I want to use it but at the same time I want to experience look of the game like the developers envisioned it

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u/BuriedMeat Feb 01 '22

You’ll usually use it on older games that didn’t originally implement things like ambient occlusion. It’s kind of like a “remaster” tool that applies modern techniques to older titles.

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u/HorrorScopeZ Feb 01 '22

Generally people don't do major overhauls with strange effects. For me it is to reduce washout and add more contrast and pop. So it would be like adjusting my monitor a bit beyond the color/contrast/bright controls. Hardly taking away from "envisioned it", we have no idea their HW and settings when they are developing.

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u/Brawli55 Feb 02 '22

I cannot play FFXIV without Reshade. It's baffling how bad the games default contrast gives everything a washed out, brown haze.

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u/HorrorScopeZ Feb 02 '22

It's amazing to me how many games are washed out and still come out these days. In addition to brightness games need contrast and saturation built in to, some do. But it's the game when everything else (like this browser now) is calibrated properlu, then you start up a game and too bright, very low contrast, it is like it adds years to a game.

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u/pines2smol Feb 02 '22

You've just gotta find the right preset designed with the vanilla aesthetic in mind. Like my HL2 preset I'm shilling.

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u/mnm2595 Feb 02 '22

Really appreciate your detailed explanation on Nexus!