RDShade

RDShade is required to apply below preset. 

For the ‘EA on’ presets: make sure Enhanced Atmospherics is still enabled in P3D after applying the preset. There were some occurrences EA was disabled after changing / applying a RDShade preset.

Also check the Prepar3D lighting settings as shown in the preset information below or settings page of this website.

RDShade is available here:

Reshade

Reshade is required to use with below preset.

The preset is used and tested with Reshade 5.9.2.

When using Reshade with Prepar3D make sure to disable hardware acceleration for UI, in Prepar3D.config:

[USERINTERFACE]
UIHardwareAcceleration=False

For more info on how to install Reshade in Prepar3D v5, follow this link:

In case you did not install any effects/shaders (.fx files) with Reshade, you can find and download them from:

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EA off

RDShade Preset – EA off – v1.3

RDShade Preset – Enhanced Atmospherics disabled – v1.3

This RDShade preset version is developed for P3D v5.4 with Enhanced Atmospherics (EA) disabled.

To be used with a P3D brightness setting 0f 1.20 (but of course monitor / user eyes dependent).

During development, the bloom setting was 0.8 and saturation 0.98.

NOTE: Please check if the Contrast tuning setting has been enabled and set to 1.03 under the Customization > Others tab of RDShade after applying this preset.

NOTE: Please check if the Cloud shadow depth setting has been enabled and set to 0.85 under the Customization > Clouds tab of RDShade after applying this preset.

Size: 2 KB
Version: v1.3
Published: September 23, 2023
RDShade Preset – EA off – v1.2

RDShade Preset – Enhanced Atmospherics disabled – v1.2

This RDShade preset version is developed for P3D v5.4 with Enhanced Atmospherics (EA) disabled.

To be used with a P3D brightness setting 0f 1.10 (but of course monitor / user eyes dependent).

During development, the bloom setting was 0.8 and saturation 0.98.

NOTE: Please check if the Contrast tuning setting has been enabled under the Customization > Others tab of RDShade after applying this preset.

 

Size: 2 KB
Version: v1.2
Published: September 3, 2023
RDShade Preset – EA off – v1.1

RDShade Preset – Enhanced Atmospherics disabled – v1.1

This RDShade preset version is developed when Enhanced Atmospherics (EA) is disabled in P3D.

To be used with a P3D brightness setting 0f 1.20 (but of course monitor / user eyes dependent).

NOTE: Please check if the Contrast tuning setting has been enabled under the Customization > Others tab of RDShade after applying this preset.

 

Size: 2 KB
Version: v1.1
Published: February 21, 2023
RDShade Preset – EA off – v1.0

RDShade Preset – Enhanced Atmospherics disabled – v1.0

This RDShade preset version is developed when Enhanced Atmospherics (EA) is disabled in P3D.

To be used with a P3D brightness setting 0f 1.05 (but of course monitor / user eyes dependent).

NOTE: Please check if the Contrast tuning setting has been enabled under the Customization > Others tab of RDShade after applying this preset.

 

Size: 2 KB
Version: v1.0
Published: January 28, 2023
Reshade Preset – EA off – v1.3

This Reshade preset – used with Enhanced Atmospherics (EA) disabled – uses these effects: FakeHDR, FXAA, LumaSharpen, prod80_02_Bloom.

It improves image sharpness, anti-aliasing and environment lighting.

Size: 4 KB
Version: v1.3
Published: September 23, 2023
Reshade Preset – EA off – v1.2

This Reshade preset – used with Enhanced Atmospherics (EA) disabled – uses these effects: FakeHDR, FXAA, LumaSharpen, Curves, prod80_02_Bloom.

It improves image sharpness, anti-aliasing and environment lighting.

Size: 4 KB
Version: v1.2
Published: September 3, 2023

Reshade Preset – EA off – v1.1

This Reshade preset – used with Enhanced Atmospherics (EA) disabled – uses these effects: FXAA, LumaSharpen, Curves, prod80_02_Bloom.

It improves image sharpness, anti-aliasing and environment lighting.

Size: 4 KB
Version: v1.1
Published: February 21, 2023

Reshade Preset – EA off – v1.0

This Reshade preset – used with Enhanced Atmospherics (EA) disabled – uses these effects: FXAA, LumaSharpen, Curves, prod80_02_Bloom.

It improves image sharpness, anti-aliasing and environment lighting.

Size: 4 KB
Version: v1.0
Published: January 28, 2023

EA on

RDShade Preset v2.3

Using Enhanced Atmospherics (EA), TrueSky disabled

Improved brightness, complete overhaul

NOTE: Check if Enhanced Atmospherics in P3D is still enabled after opening and applying the SimJuction RDShade preset. There were occurrences where EA was disabled after applying the preset.

Size: 2 KB
Version: v2.3
Published: April 13, 2024

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RDShade Preset v2.2

Using Enhanced Atmospherics (EA), TrueSky disabled

Improved brightness, complete overhaul

NOTE: Check if Enhanced Atmospherics in P3D is still enabled after opening and applying the SimJuction RDShade preset. There were occurrences where EA was disabled after applying the preset.

Size: 2 KB
Version: v2.2
Published: October 15, 2023



RDShade Preset v2.1

Using Enhanced Atmospherics (EA), TrueSky disabled

Improved PBR brightness and reflection, tone improvements

NOTE: Please check if the Contrast tuning setting has been enabled under the Customization > Others tab of RDShade. There seems to be a bug in RDShade which disables Contrast Tuning upon opening a preset. The setting value should read 0.96. 

NOTE: Check if Enhanced Atmospherics in P3D is still enabled after opening and applying the SimJuction RDShade preset. There were occurrences where EA was disabled after applying the preset.

Size: 2 KB
Version: v2.1
Published: December 19, 2022

RDShade Preset v2.0

Using Enhanced Atmospherics (EA), TrueSky disabled

Improved PBR brightness and reflection, tone improvements

Size: 2 KB
Version: v2.0
Published: September 29, 2022

RDShade Preset v1.1

Using Enhanced Atmospherics (EA), TrueSky disabled

Improved PBR brightness and reflection, tone improvements

Size: 2 KB
Version: v1.1
Published: September 1, 2022

RDShade Preset v1.0

SimJunction – RDShade Preset

Using Enhanced Atmospherics (EA), TrueSky disabled

Size: 2 KB
Version: v1.0
Published: August 19, 2022

Reshade Preset v2.3

This Reshade preset, created using Reshade 5.9.2, uses these effects:

  • FXAA (FXAA.fx)
  • ContrastAdaptiveSharpen (CAS.fx)
  • prod80_02_Bloom (PD80_02_Bloom.fx)
  • prod80_04_ContrastBightnessSaturation (prod80_04_Contrast_Brightness_Saturation.fx)
  • Deband (Deband.fx)

It improves image sharpness, anti-aliasing and environment lighting.

Size: 4 KB
Version: v2.3
Published: April 13, 2024

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Reshade Preset v2.2

This Reshade preset, created using Reshade 5.9.2, uses these effects:

  • FXAA (FXAA.fx)
  • ContrastAdaptiveSharpen (CAS.fx)
  • prod80_01A_RT_Correct_Contrast (PD80_01A_RT_Correct_Contrast.fx)
  • prod80_02_Bloom (PD80_02_Bloom.fx)
  • HDR (FakeHDR.fx)

It improves image sharpness, anti-aliasing and environment lighting.

Size: 4 KB
Version: v2.2
Published: October 15, 2023



Reshade Preset v2.1

This Reshade preset uses these effects: FXAA, LumaSharpen, Curves, prod80_02_Bloom.

It improves image sharpness, anti-aliasing and environment lighting.

Size: 4 KB
Version: v2.1
Published: December 19, 2022

Reshade Preset v2.0

This preset uses these effects: FXAA, LumaSharpen, Curves, DPX.

It improves image sharpness, anti-aliasing and environment lighting.

Version: v2.0
Published: September 29, 2022

Reshade Preset v1.1

This preset uses these effects: LumaSharpen, FXAA, Technicolor2.

It improves: image sharpness, anti-aliasing and color vibrance.

Version: v1.1
Published: August 24, 2022

Reshade Preset v1.0

This preset only improves image sharpness by using the LumaSharpen effect.

Size: 2 KB
Version: v1.0
Published: August 19, 2022