I’m back to Night City :-) Catch the newest version of my classical Reshade presets. This time – all reworked & redone. Vibrant & super photorealistic versions with different strengths of DoF + filmic filters. As always - I do not darken shadows too much so it's still playable :-)

A lot of customizable options. Works best with LUT switching tool – since it’s tailored for all the main LUTs at the moment: namely NOVA, EDGE & GITS. Personally, I prefer Edge V3 and GITS Fuji.



Presets:

1. Sphiratrioth - 2025 - Film Tonemap  [Sharp] – PHOTOREALISM [SS] – "gaming" preset - since it offers a very high sharpness, looks pleasant while playing at day, works both in FPP & TPP but may be too dark for nights for some people. It's still playable though and it provides most natural, realistic colors.
2. Sphiratrioth - 2025 - Film Tonemap [DoF] – PHOTOREALISM [SSS+] – looks stunning on bikes, cars & in FPP. It's not TPP compatible. I do not suggest using it at night. It's best for dynamic movies on bikes & cars, looks super-great in FPP at day. DoF obviously breaks inventory & game menus.
3. Sphiratrioth - 2025 - Nova City – [PHOTOREALISM SS] – looks great both at day and at night, a good balance of photorealism & gaming usability. Use this if you want to have a single preset for everything - a jack of all trades.
4. Sphiratrioth - 2025 - Photo Mode - Soft – [PHOTOREALISM SSS] – use only for pictures & movies, it has a very strong DoF but does not make skin too sharp like the other photomode preset does so it may be used for NPCs/V. It looks good both at day & at night. You do not need to open up a photo mode with it, you can switch DoF On/Off with keybinds.
5. Sphiratrioth - 2025 - Photo Mode – [PHOTOREALISM SSS] – use for city pictures & movies but not for capturing NPCs/V. It makes skin too sharp/grainy in the skin-oriented shots but it makes the cityscapes look great. Looks good both at day & at night. You do not need to open up a photo mode with it, you can switch DoF On/Off with keybinds.
6. Sphiratrioth - 2025 - Soft DoF [PHOTOREALISM SS/S]– most gentle preset, which is playable at day & looks photorealistic in good light, makes greeneries stunning but has a bit too warm ambient light for photorealism and it's unplayable at night. Some people find it most photorealistic at higher resolutions, some thing it's worse than Nova City, Film Tonemap & Photo Modes. If you prefer the soften touch than Nova CIty - then this is also playable because it does not break the menus with DoF like photomode presets do.

TLDR: Use Nova City all the time - both for playing and pictures, both in FPP & TPP, use Soft DoF at day only, use Photo Modes just for taking photos outside of the actual game photo-mode, use Film Tonemap for playing & photos if you like its filmic feeling (sharp for FPP & TPP, DoF for FPP).

Customizable Options:

a) Focal DoF – keybind: SCRL LOCK
b) Cinematic DoF – keybind: PAUSE
c) Vignette – keybind: *
d) Sharpening (MILD) – keybind: DEL
e) Sharpening (HARD) – keybind: PG DN
 
This way, you are able to set up HOME/END as Reshade overlay key & preset ON/OFF key, PG UP as HUD ON/OFF key (mod) & INS as your Afterburner or any other monitoring overlay. Directional arrows or 4 & 6 or 7 & 9 work best for switching the Reshade Presets and LUT presets. There will be still plenty of keys left for AMM & other useful mods.



Installation:

1. Install Reshade (download all the effect packs when prompted).
2. Copy paste my files into (...)\Cyberpunk 2077\bin\x64.
3. When game opens, press home.
4. Read/Skip Tutorial, set up your effect keybinds (I suggest END to turn the effects ON/OFF and NUM4 & NUM6 or directional arrows to switch the effects live).
5. Enjoy



Tips & Tricks:

How to make everything night-playable: If you like the look of a given preset at day but it makes shadows at night too dark, just find the option REMOVE AMBIENT LIGHT on the list of the active effects and bind a key to switch it on/off. This is what makes some presets night-unplayable but it boosts how things look at day dramatically. Nova City Preset and its derivatives aka Photo Modes do not utilize that particular effect.

DoF without breaking menus: easy solution is to just turn it off with a keybind but the effect called camera has its own DoF available as well - you can check that option under the effects settings. It's not the effect but the setting of the effect called camera - so scroll down to find its settings. It is worse than DoF from separate effects but works and does not break the menus. If you're allergic to keybinds, that would be a middle-ground option for a mix of looks & playability.

Screenshots with Reshade On: some software does not show up the Reshade turned on when you're capturing screenshots. Nvidia overlay does it perfectly - so use that - or if you're not on Nvidia/you hate the Nvidia overlay/it breaks something for you, you can always use the Reshade option for screenshots. There's a keybind under the Reshade settings. Just set it up, modify folders and there you go. It naturally shows the post-effects from Reshade while some other software just captures the raw game renders :-P

Photorealistic weather: we all know that the game looks most photorealistic at weather "cloudy" or "heavy clouds", between 8 A.M and 14 A.M. If you want to catch the great videos & screenshots, just use a weather switching mod like weathermancer to switch weather to "cloudy" or "heavy clouds" and set-up game time + freeze it through AMM or CET simple menu. 

However - remember that my presets look great in all weather conditions. That is the idea. 90% of wow-effect from those "YouTuber" style videos come from filing tricks aka specific camera operation, picking up specific location & adjusting weather. Those presets are made for playing & game photography/filming, no tricks involved in my videos above - but the presets look as good in game as those famous ones we all know.