Oh that issue. I definitely see it’s blended again but then now what, you plan to just stay with that old release? The sonkun presets get updated periodically you know. I rather you try to solve the issue that was happening on the latest release or moreso the release that I used on my current pack from the link in my first post. The latest guest.r update flipped a few things around that I need to rearrange so probably not good to use his latest update yet.
if your preset has blending from dithering & has a pal warm preset i use the newest
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It will like it always has been lol. In any case I’ll let you know right away when I release the next pack, I’ll ping you on discord.
Hey there sonkun, here to let you know that i find your custom shaders extremely gorgeous, I’m personally more towards the Sony Megatron very nice mask, but it lacks updates and features that would enhance it and keep it refreshing to setup.
After that i only really like your base and then i work on it for my personal taste.
Hopefully you receive my cuddle, the updates have been impressive these months also thanks to guest
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Thank you I appreciate it. It’s good that you go around sampling the different packs around here as everyone has something different to offer which I think keeps things unique.
I’m currently in the lab as of this posting playing around with settings lol, playing around with the new “gamma correct” guest.r just implemented. My goal for my next pack will most likely be to enhance the colors a bit more, I want to make the colors pop out even more than it already is and I might rearrange the brightness/glow so I’m just experimenting around. If I don’t come up with satisfying results then I’ll just keep things how they look and just adapt the few new settings that just got added into the shader. Hoping to release something new by tonight or at least by the weekend.
Here’s my current rgb preset:
Here’s after adding in the new gamma correct setting plus some other minor tweaks:
Another before and after shot:
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New Version Release (01-27-2025)
Changes Made
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Uses guest.r shader version 2025-01-23-r1.
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Incorporates the new “Complementary Gamma Correct” setting, in return standard “Gamma Correct” and “Bright Boost Dark Pixels” settings has been lowered.
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Incorporates the newly added “NTSC Preserve ‘Edge’ Colors 3-phase” setting, all composite "Chroma Scaling (2-phase) settings have been adjusted.
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Switched to different “crt mask” settings for 4K Shadow Mask presets.
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Grade shader “CRT U Multiplier” setting raised a little (saturation adjustment), “Green-Red Tint” slightly lowered.
Screenies:
Download this latest pack in the first post.
First new release of the year. My aim for this release was to try to enhance the colors a bit more, I hope I didn’t over do things like usual lol. Let’s see how you guys like this latest experiment.
Edit: Readjusted Gamma Correct settings (both of them), dark areas were looking too dark, barely seeable so now we’re going from this:
To this:
Grab the new “v2” revision in the same spot as always.
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Going to ask a really dumb question…
I really love how this pack looks, it’s the closest I’ve been able to find that works well on my device. However my handheld is naturally quite oversaturated anyway. What would be the best/simplest way to simply tone down the colours found in the shaders in these packs?
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You can try turning the saturation setting down in the parameters, it’s at the top next to the contrast and brightness settings where all those tint settings are as well.
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Sorry it took me so long to test your shader on the AYN Odin 2 Portal but it got delayed multiple times.
I downloaded your last shader and tested a few genesis games using this shader variant: Slot-Mask | Flat | 1440p | Composite
I assume that’s the correct one I should be using based on the screen size / resolution.
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It’s ok, I’ve been popping up late lately myself but yes everything looks the way it should look.
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@sonkun you plan on making these compatible with dx11 shaderglass now that it is now on steam and supports the RA library?
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Sure why not if I ever get around to using that. Both Shaderglass and Reshade ports would be nice to have.
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Hey sonkun, do you have any idea why your shader looks in this way on my PC (every other shader including guest advanced is fine)? …
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Ok I fixed it by setting the default “Display Color Space” shader parameter from -1 to 0.
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You caught it before I got to you. I was gonna say it’s probably one of those settings from the grade shader up there. For some reason on certain pcs some graphical glitches appear. It sucks because changing that changes the overall look I put together but it’s better than nothing I guess.
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Possibly a better solution:
Update to the latest guest, straight from the thread (not the official repo). Solved it for me. This way, sonkun’s vision stays intact. Hopefully it works for you as well!
Incidentally, how’s the tinkering going @sonkun?
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I kind of haven’t been in the lab since the last shots I posted up in the guest.r thread, been caught up in other stuff lately but this is the last tweaked preset I was testing out:
Can’t even remember what I was doing with it but just simply loading it up it seems like it’s good to go as is, plus don’t really have time like I use to to tweak the way I want.
Main thing that I also resolved was getting those OutRun clouds to display the shaded areas while still keeping bright image:
Previously in all my old packs those shaded areas were faded out, fixing that also helped in displaying other shaded areas better too like Ryu’s gi:
Only thing I still may try to play with is composite settings. guest.r has done what he can to add in new features to the ntsc shader so that I can try to sharpen it up more so I’ll play around with that I guess.
I also think I’m going to get rid of all those extra “cool” and “warm” presets and just keep the first few that ends at the RGB one, I don’t really use those presets at all not sure if anyone else uses them either. Just kind of threw them in as a bonus.
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They’re looking great! Don’t remove all the extra cool and warm presets dude. I still use all of them across a range of devices because they look very close to the different CRTs I have. Love them. Sometimes the nostalgia they evoke will be the only thing that can temporarily take me away from the shitshow that is the United States right now.
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Yeah, I also use them. Lately I’ve been having this issue where ‘normal’ is too cool but ‘warm’ is too warm - still, I appreciate the variety!
Would you be willing to share the current state of the preset? I’d love to try it out!