Please post your personal best efforts!

[Squalo]

Part two of the show-off

The forum is kind of quiet these days, and I have noticed that most of the still active people are either devs or power users, folk who know what’s up. Things have also evolved quite a bit in recent years. So I thought it would be a good idea to separate the wheat from the chaff and post the presets we are really happy about and use the most. So please no experiments here, only settings that are more or less fully matured. I suggest the following format for posting them:

-Target-monitor: type of crt screen we intend to replicate.

-Target-source: type of content that benefits the most from the filter. 240p, 240p upscaled, 480i, 480p, 480p upscaled, 2D+3D (games with 3D models on pre-rendered backgrounds and the like)…

-Screen: the settings for which the preset was created (1080p, 1440p, 4k, HDR/SDR…)

-High dynamic range screenshot/s (deep shadows and bright highlights) accompanied by 100%+ crop/s.

-Notes: additional information.

-The chain itself.

Really looking forward to your results and feedback!

[Squalo]

Target monitor: high end Sony Wega/PVM hybrid.

Target source: 240p content not upscaled.

Screen: 1440p, SDR

Notes: this was achieved with crt_yah but I have created very similar settings for other shaders that I use all the time (consumer, hyllian, guest, easymode). I can post those too if someone is interested. Also, the parameters.h file was modified for minmaxing purposes. Here is the one I use. It goes in \shaders\shaders_slang\crt\shaders\crt-yah

shaders = "9"
feedback_pass = "0"
shader0 = "shaders_slang/misc/shaders/color-mangler.slang"
alias0 = ""
wrap_mode0 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input0 = "false"
float_framebuffer0 = "false"
srgb_framebuffer0 = "false"
scale_type_x0 = "source"
scale_x0 = "1.000000"
scale_type_y0 = "source"
scale_y0 = "1.000000"
shader1 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/crt-yah/ntsc-pass1.slang"
alias1 = ""
wrap_mode1 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input1 = "false"
filter_linear1 = "true"
float_framebuffer1 = "true"
srgb_framebuffer1 = "false"
scale_type_x1 = "source"
scale_x1 = "4.000000"
scale_type_y1 = "source"
scale_y1 = "4.000000"
shader2 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/crt-yah/ntsc-pass2.slang"
alias2 = ""
wrap_mode2 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input2 = "false"
filter_linear2 = "true"
float_framebuffer2 = "false"
srgb_framebuffer2 = "false"
scale_type_x2 = "source"
scale_x2 = "0.250000"
scale_type_y2 = "source"
scale_y2 = "0.250000"
shader3 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/crt-yah/deconverge.slang"
alias3 = ""
wrap_mode3 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input3 = "false"
filter_linear3 = "true"
float_framebuffer3 = "false"
srgb_framebuffer3 = "false"
shader4 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/crt-yah/phosphor.slang"
alias4 = ""
wrap_mode4 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input4 = "false"
filter_linear4 = "true"
float_framebuffer4 = "false"
srgb_framebuffer4 = "false"
shader5 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/crt-yah/lut.slang"
alias5 = ""
wrap_mode5 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input5 = "false"
filter_linear5 = "true"
float_framebuffer5 = "false"
srgb_framebuffer5 = "false"
shader6 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/crt-yah/blur-horizontal.slang"
alias6 = ""
wrap_mode6 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input6 = "false"
filter_linear6 = "true"
float_framebuffer6 = "false"
srgb_framebuffer6 = "false"
shader7 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/crt-yah/blur-vertical.slang"
alias7 = ""
wrap_mode7 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input7 = "false"
filter_linear7 = "true"
float_framebuffer7 = "false"
srgb_framebuffer7 = "false"
shader8 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/crt-yah/crt-yah.slang"
alias8 = ""
wrap_mode8 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input8 = "false"
filter_linear8 = "true"
float_framebuffer8 = "false"
srgb_framebuffer8 = "false"
lum = "1.200000"
r = "0.900000"
gb = "0.100000"
br = "0.050000"
br = "0.050000"
GLOBAL_MASTER = "1.750000"
COLOR_SATURATION = "1.100000"
COLOR_CONTRAST = "-0.250000"
COLOR_OVERFLOW = "0.500000"
COLOR_BLACK_LIGHT = "0.000000"
SCANLINES_STRENGTH = "1.200000"
BEAM_WIDTH_MAX = "2.750000"
BEAM_FILTER = "-0.200000"
MASK_INTENSITY = "1.200000"
MASK_BLEND = "0.750000"
MASK_COLOR_BLEED = "1.000000"
DECONVERGE_LINEAR = "-0.000000"
PHOSPHOR_AMOUNT = "0.000000"
PHOSPHOR_DECAY = "0.000000"
HALATION_INTENSITY = "0.150000"
HALATION_DIFFUSION = "0.200000"
CRT_CURVATURE_AMOUNT = "0.050000"
CRT_NOISE_AMOUNT = "0.000000"
CRT_CORNER_RAIDUS = "0.020000"
CRT_CORNER_SMOOTHNESS = "0.500000"
textures = "SamplerLutNtsc;SamplerLutTrinitron"
SamplerLutNtsc = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/crt-yah/lut/ntsc-lut.png"
SamplerLutNtsc_mipmap = "false"
SamplerLutNtsc_wrap_mode = "clamp_to_border"
SamplerLutTrinitron = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/crt-yah/lut/trinitron-lut.png"
SamplerLutTrinitron_mipmap = "false"
SamplerLutTrinitron_wrap_mode = "clamp_to_border"

[DariusG]

Just a loose translation how a decent crt like a 1084s would look like in 240p, using crt-sines SLANG and a bit of tweaking.

[Squalo]

Looks awesome. Is it your number 1, reference 240p preset? That’s what I’m looking for. And would you care to share the chain, and/or any additional details about it like I proposed in the OP?

[Jobima]

-Target-monitor: mainly sony aperture grille (trinitron) but with a bit of hybrid of both dot mask and slot mask

-Target-source: 240p and 480i, I have a sub-presets for 4x upscaled 480 and 240p too

-Screen: mainly 1080p SDR

-Notes: unlike many presets that made as console base presets, my presets flavors focus on interlace and prescaled x4, my main goal and future focus is general purpose preset with more crt tv effects

-The chain itself:- Jobima crt guest advanced presets also I have preset to replicate SONY Trinitron without hybrid mask Sony "CRT Pixels" Preset

[DariusG]

I got another fixed mask in another shader (not published) that resembles the actual 1084S mask better but don’t want to replace it (in the meantime) and break the shader’s adjustable “stagger” mask, even though it looks way better and more accurate. This mask was created after studying actual 1084S shots and decrease image to 1080p with lanczos, so it’s as good as it gets.