DoG ReShade

Make Junction look like a work of art created by a wandering artist! This preset is designed to make your game feel like a playable painting. The effects used by this preset can be quite resource intensive and may not run smoothly on low to mid-range computers.

DoG ReShade

🎨 Default goal

The goal of this preset is to give the junction a painterly look and feel while enhancing the color and lighting effects in the game to make the world look brighter and more vibrant.

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📥 Installation Guide

• **Place default file**
• Place the **DoG.ini** file into the location where you store your defaults
• *(I usually put it in the **ELDEN RING\\Game\\Presets** folder)*

• **Install ReShade**
• Install the latest version of **ReShade** (currently 6.2.0)
• In the shader selection menu, navigate and select the **DoG.ini** file
• *Note: This will install all required base shaders. Please make sure to select **Full Add-on Support** when installing, otherwise **UI Mask** will not work*

• **Add add-ons**
• Moved **ReshadeEffectShaderToggler.addon64** and its **.ini** files to the main game folder

• **Merge Folders**
• Merge the **Shaders** and **Textures** folders with the folders added during ReShade installation
• *Note: This should be located in the **reshade-shaders** folder. If not, you need to find and merge into where you store your shader/texture files*

• **Configuration path**
• Open the game and complete the ReShade tutorial
• In the **Settings** menu, add the following line for the **Effects** and **Texture** search paths: **.\\reshade-shaders\\Shaders\\Acerola**
• *Note: For texture paths, change **Shaders** to **Textures**. The **".\\"** in the path indicates the location relative to the game folder*

• **Enable additional features**
• In the **Add-ons** menu, make sure **ReShade Effect Shader Toggler** is enabled and **UI Mask** is active
• *Note: If you don't do this, the ReShade effects will render on various UI elements, making them difficult to read. Unfortunately I couldn't fix the issue with shaders being applied in the main menu/character creation interface, you need to disable shaders in those screens*

• **Apply Presets**
• Return to the **Home** menu and select the **DoG** preset
• ReShade should now reload and the presets will take effect

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🎭 Effect of use

🔸 Main effect

• **Lightroom** [qUINT_lightroom.fx]
• **Adaptive Tonemapper** [AdaptiveTonemapper.fx]
• **prod80_02_Bonus_LUT_pack** [prod80_02_Bonus_LUT_pack.fx]
• **MagicHDR** [MagicHDR.fx]
• **ADOF** [qUINT_dof.fx]
• **Deband** [Deband.fx]

🟢Required effect

• **AcerolaFXStart** [AcerolaFX_Start.fx]
• **AcerolaFXEnd** [AcerolaFX_End.fx]

🔵 Optional effects (loaded by default)

• **Alpha** [AcerolaFX_Alpha.fx]
• **FXAA** [AcerolaFX_FXAA.fx]
• **Kuwahara Filter** [AcerolaFX_KuwaharaFilter.fx]
• **Chromatic Aberration** [AcerolaFX_ChromaticAberration.fx]
• **Border** [Border.fx]

⚫ Optional effects (not loaded by default)

• **ASCII** [AcerolaFX_ASCII.fx]
• **Dither** [AcerolaFX_Dither.fx]
• **CRT** [AcerolaFX_CRT.fx]

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💡 Performance Tips

If you're having trouble getting a stable framerate, you can try lowering some of the game's graphics settings. This preset works well even with **medium** textures, as it blends and blurs a lot of fine details.