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RetroArch Additions Shaders
#4319

I’ve been working on a couple of presets based on and adapted slightly from @Nesguy 's presets from @HyperspaceMadness 's Mega Bezel.

Some changes I made are: they are glass based, Trinitron curve style, D65 color, color management for HDR and tuned down some of the strong whitening because my TV has white pixels so it’s not as needed (but helps for brightness).

Here’s a look at a couple of them. One is for a low TVL tv and the other for a high TVL. Close pictures by my mediocre phone. The first pic is low tvl; second is high. They both have their place, imo.

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#4320

Now that the changes have been merged to Github, i have to say it kind of reminds me my old 1084s on cores that use 256x224 (these scale well 6x5 integer at 1080p) like SNES.

Guest.r-mini with mask 9

Chuck Rock (USA)-220220-103751
Chuck Rock (USA)-220220-1037511440×1080 1.13 MB

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#4321

It looks nice. I like the additions that you keep bringing in

#4322

You won’t see RGB triads at mask size 1 with RGB subpixels. This is the entire reason why subpixel masks were created. An RGB pattern just results in magenta green stripes on a display with RGB subpixels.

You should be able to see RGB triads using mask size 1 if using BGR subpixels. It looks like this:

xxRxGxBxx

Which kinda raises a question- why isn’t BGR a common mask pattern? On an RGB display it looks like this:

xxBxGxRxx

Which I guess is what @DariusG realized, too. This gives us 360 TVL at 1080p, very suitable for emulating a consumer-grade display.

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#4323

Been a while since I did those. I think I need to adjust the beam dynamics for the low TVL preset, it looks weird how the “phosphors” turn into horizontal rectangles when the picture line gets thin. Maybe some scanline deconvergence could also help.

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#4324

Yeah I did my homework and the settings for clear photos with a cellphone helped too (iso, 1/60 etc). RGB on RGB creates a crap Magenta-Green and not only that but it has an offset too (2 pixels have a huge magenta line).

Clipboard02
Clipboard021004×692 12.9 KB

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#4325

Nice graphic, but I think it got scaled poorly.

The cgwg mask actually results in perfectly spaced subpixels, too.

Another thing is that if we’re using a very bright display that bleeds, the black gaps will get filled in by the display’s bloom or subpixel bleed or whatever, reducing the visibility of the black gaps.

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#4326

Oh no there should be a black strip between them or else on my pattern (2) I would have gotten a cyan line instead of blue green

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#4327

I’m not sure what you mean. I was referring to the fact that the gaps between the green subpixel and the red and blue subpixels is wider than the gap between the red and blue subpixels. Magenta-green looks like this with RGB subpixels:

RxBxGxRxBxGxRxBxGxRxBxGxRxBxGxRxBxGx

The size of the gaps between subpixels is consistent; it’s always 1 subpixel ON followed by one subpixel OFF.

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#4328

Anyway the point is you can’t have 2 subpixels of different LCD pixels one right next to the other without blending to another color.

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#4330

universal aesthetic pixel art

I’m done with realistic shaders! This preset has 2 passes of Dilation to preserve small line details and squeezes them. Adaptive sharpening is very heavy compared to anything else but gets any job done without ringing artefacts. The second pass may be unnecessary. xBRZ4x rounds sharp corners and smoothens jagged lines. Vibrancy + Unsharp help punch out more colors and contrast. Lottes CRT is extremely straight-forward for how good it looks. I prefer very subtle effect. Finally, the secret incredient, GaussianBlur with a nice blooming effect and I went totally overboard with it.

I totally recommend little blooming if you feel like there’s something missing from your own CRT imitation setup. This here is somehow different from all the halation and diffuse effects I’ve tried before. All this is achieved via ReShade and can be applied on any game/media than runs on openGL, Vulcan or DirectX9+.

Chrono Cross sequel
Chrono Cross sequel1282×966 1.23 MB
Endless Frontier Exceed
Endless Frontier Exceed1283×965 1.15 MB
Learn to spell again
Learn to spell again1920×1080 555 KB
SMB3-1
SMB3-11443×964 1.03 MB
srw-I-1
srw-I-11341×1006 20 KB
srw-I-2
srw-I-21283×965 1.29 MB

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#4331

Some Saturn gaming

Sega Ages - Out Run (JAP) (v1.005) (DW0151)-220223-133257
Sega Ages - Out Run (JAP) (v1.005) (DW0151)-220223-1332571440×1080 1.65 MB

Sega Ages - Out Run (JAP) (v1.005) (DW0151)-220223-133316
Sega Ages - Out Run (JAP) (v1.005) (DW0151)-220223-1333161440×1080 1.84 MB

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#4332

Been playing around with Mask 11 in guest-advanced, and it appears to work really well with the slot mask effect, especially if I tweak it so as to remove scanlines. Makes for a nice low TVL look that smooths out the whole image, and it works wonders for a game like DKC. The nature of the mask itself, combined with the lack of scanlines, also helps combat the loss in brightness from using a full strength mask together with the slot mask a little.

Donkey Kong Country (USA) (Rev 2)-220225-025522
Donkey Kong Country (USA) (Rev 2)-220225-0255221480×1120 1.2 MB

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#4333

Little tweak to my last shader post, I adjusted the sharpness this time around, here’s how it looked previously:

Super Mario Bros. (World)-220226-160913
Super Mario Bros. (World)-220226-1609131440×1080 2.09 MB

Here’s how it looks now:

Super Mario Bros. (World)-220227-100500
Super Mario Bros. (World)-220227-1005001440×1080 1.99 MB

Mega Man 2 (USA)-220227-104458
Mega Man 2 (USA)-220227-1044581440×1080 1.9 MB

Phantasy Star (USA, Europe)-220227-100542
Phantasy Star (USA, Europe)-220227-1005421440×1080 972 KB

Psycho Fox (USA, Europe)-220227-100607
Psycho Fox (USA, Europe)-220227-1006071440×1080 1.66 MB

Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (USA)-220227-101006
Legend of Zelda, The - A Link to the Past (USA)-220227-1010061440×1080 1.91 MB

Super Metroid (Japan, USA)-220227-101112
Super Metroid (Japan, USA)-220227-1011121424×1058 1.75 MB

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (World)-220227-101301
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (World)-220227-1013011411×1080 1.85 MB

Streets of Rage 2 (USA)-220227-101412
Streets of Rage 2 (USA)-220227-1014121411×1080 1.95 MB

Sega Rally Championship (USA)-220227-101519
Sega Rally Championship (USA)-220227-1015191440×1080 1.72 MB

Panzer Dragoon Saga (USA) (Disc 1)-220227-102626
Panzer Dragoon Saga (USA) (Disc 1)-220227-1026261440×1080 1.86 MB

Castlevania - Symphony of the Night (USA)-220227-102736
Castlevania - Symphony of the Night (USA)-220227-1027361440×1080 1.64 MB

Akumajou Dracula X - Gekka no Yasoukyoku (Japan) (Translated En)-220227-102945
Akumajou Dracula X - Gekka no Yasoukyoku (Japan) (Translated En)-220227-1029451440×1080 1.69 MB

Metal Gear Solid (USA) (Disc 1)-220227-103641
Metal Gear Solid (USA) (Disc 1)-220227-1036411440×1080 1.15 MB

Metal Gear Solid (USA) (Disc 1)-220227-103707
Metal Gear Solid (USA) (Disc 1)-220227-1037071440×1080 1.28 MB

Super Mario 64 (USA)-220227-103922
Super Mario 64 (USA)-220227-1039221440×1080 1.86 MB

Legend of Zelda, The - Ocarina of Time (USA) (Rev B)-220227-104138
Legend of Zelda, The - Ocarina of Time (USA) (Rev B)-220227-1041381440×1080 1.74 MB

mshvsf-220227-085945
mshvsf-220227-0859451440×1080 1.9 MB

Jet Grind Radio (USA)-220226-174317
Jet Grind Radio (USA)-220226-1743171440×1080 1.72 MB

Soul Calibur (USA)-220226-174039
Soul Calibur (USA)-220226-1740391440×1080 1.6 MB

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scale_type_x14 = "absolute"
scale_x14 = "640"
scale_type_y14 = "absolute"
scale_y14 = "480"
shader15 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/guest/advanced/crt-guest-advanced-ntsc.slang"
filter_linear15 = "true"
wrap_mode15 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input15 = "false"
alias15 = ""
float_framebuffer15 = "true"
srgb_framebuffer15 = "false"
scale_type_x15 = "viewport"
scale_x15 = "1.000000"
scale_type_y15 = "viewport"
scale_y15 = "1.000000"
shader16 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/guest/advanced/deconvergence-ntsc.slang"
filter_linear16 = "true"
wrap_mode16 = "clamp_to_border"
mipmap_input16 = "false"
alias16 = ""
float_framebuffer16 = "false"
srgb_framebuffer16 = "false"
scale_type_x16 = "viewport"
scale_x16 = "1.000000"
scale_type_y16 = "viewport"
scale_y16 = "1.000000"
SHARPEN = "2.999999"
CONTR = "0.150000"
GAMMA_INPUT = "2.200000"
SIGMA_HB = "0.750000"
SIGMA_VB = "0.750000"
bloom = "0.700000"
bloom_dist = "0.500000"
halation = "0.100000"
gamma_c = "1.360000"
brightboost = "1.300001"
brightboost1 = "1.250000"
gsl = "-1.000000"
scanline1 = "2.500000"
scanline2 = "14.000000"
beam_min = "1.800000"
beam_max = "0.775000"
beam_size = "0.750000"
scan_falloff = "0.250000"
spike = "1.500000"
sth = "0.300000"
BLOOM = "3.000000"
warpX = "0.040000"
warpY = "0.050000"
csize = "0.115000"
bsize1 = "0.300000"
shadowMask = "10.000000"
maskstr = "1.000000"
mask_gamma = "2.399999"
slotmask = "1.000000"
slotmask1 = "1.000000"
slotwidth = "4.000000"
double_slot = "2.000000"
mclip = "0.350000"
gamma_out = "2.200000"
deconrr = "1.750000"
deconrb = "-1.750000"
deconrry = "1.250000"
deconrby = "-1.250000"
decons = "1.200000"
addnoised = "-0.300000"
noiseresd = "1.000000"
post_br = "1.100000"
textures = "SamplerLUT1;SamplerLUT2;SamplerLUT3;SamplerLUT4"
SamplerLUT1 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/guest/advanced/lut/trinitron-lut.png"
SamplerLUT1_linear = "true"
SamplerLUT1_wrap_mode = "clamp_to_border"
SamplerLUT1_mipmap = "false"
SamplerLUT2 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/guest/advanced/lut/inv-trinitron-lut.png"
SamplerLUT2_linear = "true"
SamplerLUT2_wrap_mode = "clamp_to_border"
SamplerLUT2_mipmap = "false"
SamplerLUT3 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/guest/advanced/lut/nec-lut.png"
SamplerLUT3_linear = "true"
SamplerLUT3_wrap_mode = "clamp_to_border"
SamplerLUT3_mipmap = "false"
SamplerLUT4 = "shaders_slang/crt/shaders/guest/advanced/lut/ntsc-lut.png"
SamplerLUT4_linear = "true"
SamplerLUT4_wrap_mode = "clamp_to_border"
SamplerLUT4_mipmap = "false"

As always you must have the latest guest advanced shader which can be downloaded here for my presets to display properly.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/0veovpnw2qwfe95/crt-guest-advanced-ntsc-slotmask+presets+2-26-2022.zip/file

@HyperspaceMadness they’re all yours whenever you decide to update your project.

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#4334

Good work on the Slot Mask presets @sonkun! I like to see things getting clearer and sharper, particularly text.

Time to start your own little thread and zip those presets!

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#4335

A tweak of zfast-crt to run 60+fps on my tiny netbook with 1024x600 and Atom. And still runs 60+ on a 1080p monitor, at 1280 x 720 resolution (3x or 4x-handhelds) Before it was running around 40-45 on it’s tiny 600p monitor. Scanlines in reality are almost pefrectly aligned even at non-integer.

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (U)-220227-145056
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (U)-220227-145056900×600 639 KB

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (U)-220227-145105
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (U)-220227-145105900×600 439 KB

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (U)-220227-145150
Kirby & The Amazing Mirror (U)-220227-145150900×600 473 KB

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#4336

Wow @DariusG! You just keep getting better and better! Great job!

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#4337

I passed the mask coordinates to vertex shader and that gave it a huge boost for some reason.

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#4338

doing anything in the vertex instead of the fragment means it runs just 4x per frame instead of once per pixel per frame (that is, 4x vs >2 million times at 1920x1080). However, that usually doesn’t work for things like masks that need to know the exact pixel location.

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#4339

This works on vertex shader and then passed to mask

mod_factor = TEX0.x * OutputSize.x * TextureSize.x / InputSize.x;

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