

Poupouri ENB – This is my favorite ENB! I use a modified version of Morning Star (I made it slightly less saturated/bright during day time, with higher DOF), although I love First Seed for a more cinematic look. I do find the default settings oversaturated – I tend to adjust the preset’s saturation level down a little bit (default is 1.6 and I use 1.2). It makes scenes look very sharp and beautiful. RealVision ENB – This is a tried and true classic.

There are hundreds of different styles to choose from – I personally prefer realism ENBs but there are some great fantasy and cinematic ones out there, too.ĮNB – You need to install the ENB base files first before using an ENB preset, so do it. Helmet Toggle Show/Hide – This lets you toggle equipped helmets with the push of a button – great time saver if you’re doing a lot of screenshotsĮNB’s are presets that make your graphics look crazy good. If your computer can support it, do it!ĭynavision Dynamic Depth of Field – This allows you to focus on the object in the foreground while making the background blurry, like if you had a real camera! Skyrim HD – HD textures aren’t required but they make a hell of a difference in high-res screen shots. SkyUI – This gives you a better user interface to navigate and organize your items/magic which is extremely helpful since most “poser” mods require items or magic to activateįace Light – This allows your character’s face to always be in the best light so you can take beautiful screenshots even in dark caves or against backlit scenes – truly a MUST if you’re hoping to take screenshots of characters! It prevents the awful Skyrim crash to desktop (CTD) when you have a bunch of mods installed. Safety Load – This literally saved my game. Immersive HUD – This lets you turn off all the HUD elements (map, crosshairs, etc.) so you can get a clean screenshot without game icons cluttering the screen These are mods that I highly recommend if you want to take high quality screenshots and also make your life easier. It is a base file required for most animation mods. :Dįores New Idles in Skyrim (FNIS) – This allows your characters to strike different poses and use new animations. Skyrim Script Extender (SKSE) – Don’t ask what it does, just accept that you need this and install it. These are mods you must install in order for the other mods to work!


And these are the mods that I can’t live without when it comes to taking great screenshots in Skyrim – all the images in this post are unfiltered with no post-processing: I got a gaming computer for two reasons – 1) to mod the hell out of my games and 2) to take some high quality screen caps! I use FRAPS to take screenshots and capture video from my games – you can read about FRAPS and download it in my post here.
