RenoDX - HDR - Color Grade

ONLY TESTED ON STEAM VERSION

TURN OFF ALL OVERLAYS AND USE BORDERLESS WINDOW

Links

RenoDX Discord

HDR Den Discord

Donations

RenoDX rewrites the DirectX 11 shaders of Dark Souls: Remastered to enable native HDR support and enhance various graphical elements of the game. It uses the Reshade Add-on API to inject custom shaders and enhancements directly into the game, without requiring Reshade effects.

Features

General:

• []Based on Reshade’s Add-on system to avoid needing to constantly patch after game updates

  []3 customizable presets

  []"Off" Preset

  []Realtime sliders

Tone Mapper:

• []Game and UI Paperwhite Sliders: Adjust the brightness of both in-game elements and the UI

  []Vanilla+ (Hermite Spline) Tonemapper: Extrapolated version of the vanilla tonemapper which is then mapped down to the user's peak using Hermite Spline

  []Hue Shift: Replicates per channel hue shifting that the vanilla tonemapper had, maintaining the game’s intended look

  []Per Channel Blowout: Replicates per channel highlight blowout that the vanilla tonemapper had, maintaining the game’s intended look

Color Grading:

• []Exposure Slider: Adjust brightness before tonemapping

  []Highlights Slider: Fine-tune bright areas for better detail retention

  []Shadows Slider: Bring out more detail in darker areas

  []Contrast Slider: Control the balance between light and dark regions

  []Saturation Slider: Boost or reduce color intensity as desired

  []Dechroma Slider: Controls highlight desaturation due to overexposure

  []Color Filter Strength: Adjust the strength of the game’s color filters

Effects:

• []Bloom Slider: Control the intensity of bloom effects for a more dramatic visual experience, can be increased to replicate the look of PtDE

  []Depth of Field Slider: Adjust the strength of far-field depth of field for a cinematic look

  []Grain Slider: Use the game's vanilla noise or perceptual film grain

Installation

• []Install Reshade 6. 6. 2 or higher with add-on support (download link).

  []No Reshade effects are required.

  []Copy renodx-darksouls.addon64 into the Dark Souls: Remastered installation folder (next to your DarkSoulsRemastered.exe

  and the same folder where you installed Reshade).

  []Run the game.

  [*]Press <HOME> on your keyboard to access the Reshade UI and configure the settings.

  About RenoDX

  RenoDX, short for Renovation Engine for DirectX Games