ReShade vs ENB what are the pros and cons?

[Wabbajack]

Hi there, I just got into modding the game, which is better between ReShade and ENB? I read that ENB is more performance demanding but it's not damaging the file (I can uninstall it whenever I want) while ReShade is more performance friendly but it could damage the game's file. So I wanna know the pros and cons, what are you guys thinks?

ps. thanks in advance!

[HazakTheMad]

Here are some links a friend gave me when I asked a similar question,

https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/5a641g/difference_between_reshade_and_enb/

https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/in99mq/genuinely_surprised_how_much_reshade_improves/

https://youtu.be/93_2NekAgPA

https://youtu.be/N2RosUxcqFE

[Wabbajack]

Originally posted by HazakTheMad:

Here are some links a friend gave me when I asked a similar question,

https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/5a641g/difference_between_reshade_and_enb/

https://www.reddit.com/r/skyrimmods/comments/in99mq/genuinely_surprised_how_much_reshade_improves/

https://youtu.be/93_2NekAgPA

https://youtu.be/N2RosUxcqFE

Thanks for this! I really appreciate it. However based on your preference and opinion between the two, which one you choose?

[Vlad 254]

Trade off of sorts.

I prefer ENB as you have much more control over the settings although with all the presets out there you really don't have to change much once you find one you like. You also can switch ENB's easily including mid-game. But ENB is more demanding on your FPS.

Re-shade is less demanding and is somewhat limited as to it's settings. Just doesn't pop like a good enb, at least in my eyes.

Some use both together.

[Wabbajack]

Originally posted by Vlad 254:

Trade off of sorts.

I prefer ENB as you have much more control over the settings although with all the presets out there you really don't have to change much once you find one you like. You also can switch ENB's easily including mid-game. But ENB is more demanding on your FPS.

Re-shade is less demanding and is somewhat limited as to it's settings. Just doesn't pop like a good enb, at least in my eyes.

Some use both together.

I see. Well after some tryouts I just use ENB. However thanks for the explanation!

[bLaCkShAd0w]

It is all preference ofcoarse, but reshade has some pretty nice effects. If your game is already looking good with an ENB and you have a little left in the tank to run some reshade effects it will really make the game pop.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1279641678
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1288287064

You can check it out at www.reshade.me the beauty of reshade is it works for a ton of games not just bethesda titles.

[dvdbillen]

UNPOPULAR OPINION WARNING:

Use neither. Most of the effects that work were designed to emulate camera lens distortion for CGI, so that the computer graphics wouldn't clash with the photography. The only one that would really make sense is depth-of-field because neither your eyes or a normal camera lens can focus at multiple distances. But DOF is usually poorly implemented and it's not really possible to do it well for first person, (since it doesn't know where your eyes are wandering). Attempts to do it for 3rd person with a pure pixel shader usually fail because the depth buffer settings are device dependent, (if available at all).

The useful settings, brightness, gamma, color are already integrated into the game. Most other "picture tweak" effects are never going to look right outside of the scene you were looking at when you adjusted them. You will spend the rest of your days neurotically tweaking them and never solve that Rubik's cube.

Bloom is a hideous lens distortion that many people like I think because they lack contrast ratio due to their display/environment. It "illustrates" more dynamic range than you have sort of like drawing a twinkle on a comic. The bloom effect that is integrated into the game is probably fine if you like that.