And here it is. I believe I’m tracking gamma and saturation pretty accurately with this preset.
NTSC-Adaptive reference image:
My preset, based on Guest NTSC:
It’s not perfect. We can see that the darker column is a bit brighter than it should be, and the midrange should be ever so slightly brighter than it is, but I’m satisfied for now.
Furthermore, I had to raise Gamma Out a lot and I’m afraid of raising it more. I already had to reduce Glow to 0.01 because of that and I don’t know what else I might be breaking. What other parameters should I check because of such a big Gamma Out increase other than Glow?
Anyway, here’s the preset:
#reference "../crt/guest-advanced/crt-guest-advanced-ntsc.slangp"
quality = "0.000000"
ntsc_sharp = "-8.000000"
interm = "3.000000"
shadowMask = "12.000000"
maskstr = "1.000000"
slotmask = "1.000000"
slotmask1 = "1.000000"
slotwidth = "7.000000"
double_slot = "3.000000"
glow = "0.010000"
bloom = "0.800000"
halation = "0.050000"
brightboost = "1.000000"
brightboost1 = "1.000000"
mclip = "0.000000"
gamma_out = "2.800000"
post_br = "1.100000"
Oh, and Mario lost most of it’s exaggerated NTSC magical aura!
I’m open to criticism!