All of the vanilla lighting gradient textures upscaled and denoised in Waifu2x for (hopefully) improved lighting clarity.
Permissions and credits
Author's instructions
As these are textures created by Bethesda I merely upscaled, I would say they belong to Bethesda, not myself. As Waifu2x encourages complete freedom in regards to how its software is used, I echo this sentiment. I claim no ownership over this work, and you may feel free to do whatever you wish with it. As it did take a while to do, I wouldn't mind some credit if you choose to redistribute this, but I wont hold it against you if you don't.
File credits
Bethesda, for the original textures. The creator(s) of Waifu2x for their excellent program. (Google it!) Spongeman131 for the invaluable fix and also the invaluable pre-prepared RGB/alpha split textures. Trader Joe's for the wide selection of green tea that served as brain-fuel during the creation of this mod.
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Changelogs
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Long story short, these are upscaled vanilla gradient files. I created this mod as an experiment to see if resolution differences could make a difference in the quality of game lighting, as the default gradient files are very small in resolution. I can't guarantee any great results, or even if this mod makes any difference at all as my desire to mod Skyrim has fallen off a great deal since the creation of this mod. I will however leave it up as a modder's resource if you will, for anyone who is also interesting in messing around with gradients, as there are very few mods that touch all the gradient files (it was quite time consuming for something untested). I will say I can notice a difference in the way lighting behaves with this mod, but due to lack of experience, I can't claim it to be a positive change or negative.
Installation: These are just the vanilla gradient textures upscaled. Install as you would any other mod, placing it before all other mods that overwrite it (for example if another mod adds a custom gradient) in your load order.
I highly recommend Reduced Glow FX by SkyrimFantom (https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/20691) as a companion or even replacement to this mod if you are unsatisfied with how lighting operates in SE.