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#635

I know that you’re primarily engaged in trying to match a real Phillips TV that you have these days but whenever you have time it might be a nice escape/vacation to program some Shadow (Dot) Mask presets.

That is because it is the brightest Mask we can emulate at 4K due to the lack of the ability to draw the black mask holes themselves at the fine pitches that would be required.

I know that one of the most difficult aspects of doing these things is getting things to look realistic while maintaining adequate brightness and gamma levels. Well Shadow Mask should make that a bit simpler and allow you to enjoy more time playing as opposed to tweaking.

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#636

Although the video is in 4k, I made this to keep better bitrate so the video doesn’t look pixelated and keep best image quality as possible, also in the video looks a bit darker of what really is, maybe because of the upscale, but it’s a 1080p preset upscaled to a video recording 4K.

About shadow mask I have no idea how to achieve that, I hope you can explain in a simple way in which options I have to set to achieve that, and I can give it a try. About playing I do, but in my real CRT, about shaders is a personal thing :sweat_smile:

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#638

Great job man! These look excellent! I think you deserve much more credit and recognition for what you do. Many RetroGamers don’t know what they’re missing.

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#639

Thank you man!!!. It’s been hard, but finally I achieved what I was looking for. Also I saved the file carefully this time so I won’t miss anything. :smiley:

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#642

After a long wait, I will upload my first settings for the Philips CRT tonight, Stay tuned!!!

This is the result.

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#643

Last image looks straight out of a mid 90’s gaming magazine page, nice.

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#645

Here is my first Philips release settings and I will update it with time, I recommend to switch SCREEN NOTIFICATIONS OFF on Retroarch, it affects the image in a way, it’s one of those “invisible layers or something” that blurs the image slightly, also leave simple preset toggle ON… I hope you enjoy it! :slightly_smiling_face: …

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#647

So, as I look over this thread, these screenshots look really great. I’ve been running basic side to side scanlines for a long time and I want to get my games looking better with something more complex and realistic. Given that… 1) It seems like there are a ton of choices. 2) I don’t really know what I’m doing.

What’s a good place to start to just plug in a couple nice 80’s-ish shaders to get my games looking better, like some of these screenshots?

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#649

Thank you, these last screenshots are my last settings, and soon I will update them on this thread, just making sure everything is alright. About where to start it depends what are you looking for, but you have good different styles out there, you can start with @guest.r shaders inside retroarch, inside CRT folder :file_folder:. Also @Cyber thread also has realistic shaders with pure masks with different options, @sonkun , @kokoko3k, and @Hyllian threads. You can start with one of those until I update mine.

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#650

Thanks. Do any of these options relate specifically to an era TV… for instance which would be most suited for 80’s, and 90’s etc? I don’t know what different mask, etc options will give me realistic styles for different periods, or if it even works that way. Sorry for the basic questions… this is something I’ve ignored for a while, even though I always enjoy the screenshots. Thanks again.

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#651

My settings are based on a 90-2000’s CRT philips, so if you are looking for that, then this thread is for you :smiley:

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#652

Ok… sounds good. I could use that for later systems. Does anyone making these “specialize” in an 80’s look that you know of?

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#653

Sorry, I couldn’t tell, I can’t help you in that. :worried:

#654

Many of these consoles were enjoyed in the 80’s and 90’s so it’s possible that folks who make presets might be channelling the 80’s vibe even if they weren’t trying.

I think the best thing you can do is install all of them and try them.

I’ve got quite a number of presets packs with a lot of variety in between. Especially if you have a bright display you’ll be in for a treat but you’ll have to discuss that over at my thread.

@RetroGames4K started off with a very accurate Sanyo CRT Emulation. I wonder if that is still available.

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#655

It still available in the last update…

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