I like the bloom setting.. it adds some amazing looking lighting but it is overdone in a lot of areas (Flotsam in the day time, blinding light shafts at night time in some buildings) -- I don't want to turn it off but would be nice to lessen the intensity..

Put it in the mod request thread.

It helps you you disable SSAO, however it adds so much to the lighting.

Can you link the mod request thread please?

The lighting is brilliant.. just wish I could tone a down A BIT!

Have you tried just getting rid of bloom but leaving SSAO and Light shafts on?

But HDR is often something gamers have issues with. Everything from Crysis 1&2, BC2, Valve games etc. And for each if there isn't an option to reduce bloom, there is usually a mod for it. I'm not a fan of bloom on any game, softens too much. TW2 looks great with SSAO and light shafts with bloom off.

So yeah, just sit tight and be patient. In the mean time you should search the net for good sites for mods. You should bookmark the Witcher Nexus, gamemodscore and Moddb websites for the time being.

http://www.moddb.com/games/the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings
http://www.witchernexus.com/
http://gamemodscore.org/forumdisplay.php/29-The-Witcher-2-Mods