Or it may not need fixing at all since the added contrast and deep blacks might make up for it. The presets we use which include bloom don’t push the brightness limits of any display technology like a shader like Sony Megatron Color Video Monitor would or presets like @Nesguy’s would so I don’t think it’s anything to worry about.
From what I’ve seen of your recent presets, the brightness looks pretty normal, for example in the recent RetroCrisis videos, on my OLED TV.
Even better, my aim with my presets has always been “set it and forget it” but I understand if a user may still tweak a setting here or there to their liking.
That’s good information to know. Since those videos he posted I raised the brightness/glow a bit more but I assume things will still look good enough when he makes a new video with my presets (that guy loves my presets lol).
I can also confirm that brightness is not at all a problem with your presets on my OLED tv
Good evening, I just realized that my Galaxy Tab S8 have aspect ratio 16:10 and resolution 2560 x 1600p. Is it good to just use 1440p presets or do I have to change something? Thanks in advance.
That resolution is closest to 1440p so yeah I say try that one for sure.
New Version Release (03/10/2023)
Changes Made
Still uses guests latest version ( 2023-02-25-r1) shader update.
Retweaked all ntsc presets mainly the standard 2-phase composite preset. I wanted a more basic dithering blending for things like the Sonic waterfall so now we’re going from this:
Previous standard composite ntsc 2-phase
to this:
New standard composite ntsc 2-phase version
Looks better on certain pc cores this way as well since I’ve lowered the rainbow effect.
Grab the new pack in the first post.
And for those who haven’t seen it yet, Youtuber Retro Crisis has made a 3rd video now showcasing my lateset preset pack. You can check it out here:
Edit as of 03/12/2023
I put up another pack, restored “interlacing scanlines” from 0 back to default .20. Was an issue where the screen gets too bright on interlaced content. Should look normal again. New link can be grabbed in the same spot.
Hi @Sonkun - I wanted to share a thought with you: so far I’ve got my evaluations wrong (like for example my search for a clean image trying to use ScaleFX). I wanted to give another chance to your “standard” presets and I realized my mistakes: your work with slotmask is beautiful and authentic. Thanks again for your work, your patience, your infinite availability and for sharing. I just have to play hard. Thank you.
I appreciate it and my presets will always be here ready to welcome you back with open arms. Yeah standard is the way for me, gotta respect that natural pixel look, the scalefx presets are a nice bonus though, if it wasn’t for you they wouldn’t even be there at all so thank you as well for putting in the request.
As far as being “authentic” I look at them somewhat that way, I always say my presets are more “a mix of basic crt attributes that invokes a nostalgic vibe with a modern twist.” I like how that sounds, I should use that as a caption in my first post haha.
By the way I’m already working on my next update, hd presets are returning, guest adding magic glow to the hd shader almost turned me into a kid on christmas day. I’ve already put together my first sample rgb preset that I’ll probably post up later today for you guys to try out.
My change of mind was born when my brother-in-law had pulled out his old CRT - and the effect of your shader is very close - maybe that CRT had a bad calibration but in my eyes it was fantastic. I love the slotmask and your version looks great in 1080p. I wanted to ask you two questions. The first is : what is the difference between the guest advance and the HD version ? The second is: tomorrow in your projects you will also work on something for Computer (I come from MS-DOS and it would be nice to use your work) and handled them ? Thanks again for your work, now I’m rediscovering the Darkstalkers saga and with your shader it’s beautiful
The Capcom Fighting Collection is a beginner’s job, your work is light years ahead.
That’s amazing to know, I haven’t laid eyes on a Slot Mask tv up close in person in years since the 90’s actually so that makes me feel good about my presets reading that, thank you.
The difference for me is that the hd version has this certain “sheen” to it that I don’t see with the standard version, my answer is based off of eyeballing the two shaders back to back. I just like how the hd version looks more plus it gives off thicker lines on pixel edges that I also like better than the standard version. For a more technical answer maybe @guest.r can give you a better accurate answer.
For the second question I figured Shadow Mask presets would be a suitable pc shader preset to use? Or are you looking for something a bit different?
Thank you for the kind words. We all gotta start somewhere, I say keep going until you’re satisfied. You can get pointers from all the guys here but in the end it’s up to you on how you want your presets to look since it’s for your personal use. If you go back to some of my old posts you’ll see how crazy some of my presets looked (my current ones may still may look crazy/crazier by some lol) but I kept going now here we are today getting YouTube videos talking about them.
Then I will use the Shadow Mask, perhaps using the neutral settings since the PC did not have such strong regional differences situations due to the TV format and how the consoles were connected. A thousand thanks.
can you combine this with the mega bezel one?
That’s possible, but that’s out of my power to do myself since that’s not my project. You’d have to ask the creator @HyperspaceMadness for that.
HD is King
Little rgb sample of what I’ve been working on swapping back over to the hd guest shader with the new magic glow added in:
I’ve pretty much adapted the same style of settings from the standard version presets over to hd to make it look like a seamless transfer, main differences is that sharpness looks a little sharper (and better) on things like pixel edges than rgb settings from the current pack using the standard guest shader.
Try out the sample pack:
Place presets right into your shader folder. This pack works with guest’s latest shader update version (2023-03-11-r1) so be sure you’re updated to that version before trying the pack. New update coming soon
Sorry for my lack of knowledge. Are there any cons to using RGB presets with older Core systems? RGB always look better to me. 
How to know that chosen shader will not cause loss? I’m still not sure if RF/Composite/NTSC fixes anything or if they exist just for nostalgia.
It’s true you get the sharpest clearest picture using the rgb presets but what you will lose and not get are all the dithering/blending effects like the Sonic waterfall. The old systems played on crts took advantage of those kind of effects so it all comes down to if you prefer a sharp crisp clear image or you can play with rf/composite to get the effects that devs at the time took advantage of. I think there’s a youtube video out there that goes more in depth on the topic but I’m too lazy to find and link it lol. But yeah that’s pretty much the answer in a nutshell.
I’ve been wondering since im a bit overwhelmed by options but whats the best option for neo geo my laptop can handle the originals but not scale fx, so im looking for something that can emulate the dithering on the neo geo. I know metal slug 1 has the rainbows during stage 1 last time i checked.
Hello and welcome to the forum, yeah the scalefx presets are kind of gpu demanding. For dithering you can try either the composite or svideo presets. I’ve added the “sgenpt-mix multipass” shader to my svideo which deal with checkerboard dithering and some light vertical line dithering. Composite 2-phase will give you rainbow effects though.
Also be on the look out for my next shader pack update coming this week, I’ve reworked my composite 2-phase presets so expect a different look on the next update.
might i ask
what are the best settings for this game im getting the clouds rapidly flashing i think its dithering am i right?
