Oil Painting FXHD

The purpose of this preset is to make the Witcher 3 appear as though it was hand painted, but be fully playable. The effect is stronger farther on from the camera and is minimal close up and in cut-scenes.

The Fx used to make this preset work are; Paint, obviously the main component, used in moderation as not to make the game blurry and unplayable. Emboss, helps add detail to the scenery while still going along with the paint, helps counter the smudging effect of paint. HDR, helps add definition to the paint effect. DPX, changes the colors scheme slightly. Film Grain, very small amount.

With this preset I have all video options set to ultra except texture detail which I have set to medium, there is no reason to waste processing power when an effect is basically going to be painting over or smudging the textures. I also highly recommend turning off sharpening in game, it really takes away from the paint effect.

Manual Installation If you have never used ReShade... Download ReShade Version 1. 1. 0f1 from http://reshade.me/ Navigate to your Witcher 3 installation folder and then find "\The Witcher 3\bin\x64\" Unpack ReShade directly into the "\x64\" folder. Rename ReShade64.dll to dxgi.dll Download Oil Painting FXHD preset and unzip its contents into the ReShade folder which should now be inside the \x64\ folder. \The Witcher 3\bin\x64\ReShade\ overwrite if prompted.

Uninstallation In the \The Witcher 3\bin\x64\ folder delete dxgi.dll and the other few files you unzipped, delete the entire ReShade folder located at The \Witcher 3\bin\x64\ReShade\

Known bugs The preset does blur text a bit, but can still easily be read. I'm not sure there is anything that can be done about this; it doesn't particularly bother me anyway. I've played 6 hours with this preset and had no problems thusfar.