This mod gets rid of the two least detailled presets in the graphic-menu and instead adds two new custom presets. These increase quality of foliage, shadows and other details and can be selected individually within the game - just use the sliders in the options menu. On top of that, we added a Sweet-FX-profile.

For The Witcher 3 v1.07.

Sorry for the lack of updates, I'm somewhat busy. New version gets rid of the dependency of user.settings, so you can keep all your predone settings (Hud, post-processing, language, controls, etc.).

Installation:

1) Download and install Sweet Fx.
2) Secure your old configuration: Move or rename and change suffix of The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt\bin\config\r4game\user_config_matrix\pc\rendering.xml
3) Download Mod
4) Unzip and copy the content of the archive to The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt\ replacing existing files (old rendering.xml is included in the archive - so if you didn't do 2), don't sweat it).
7) Close Fraps, Afterburner and other overlays to prevent sweetfx-, reshade-related crash while starting the game. Reactivate once ingame.
9) Startup the game. You should see reshade activating in the top-left corner of the screen (compiling effect ... success).
8) Redo your graphics settings
9) Vanilla Ultra is now Medium. High- and Ultra-Settings are custom. High is for high-end-GPUs, Ultra for extremly fast OC'd cards or mGPU-setups.

See pcgameshardware.de for more images, comparison and benchmarks with new settings (scroll below, select the benchmarks-pull-down-menu for custom presets).

I really should be giving this more attention, still too much to do (as getting ready for Gamescom right now)

Try this slider for better comparison.

Vanilla Ultra:


PCGH Ultra + Sweet FX