SweetFX Shader Suite release and discussion thread

[WhiteLightning]

Originally Posted by spajdrik

Thats strange, because it works for me and im also on Win8 x64.

i tried several games like pes 2012, borderlands 2, darksiders 2. the anti-aliasing just doesnt work for me. whenever i try nvidia driver FXAA it works like a charm. which version win8 are you running ? 9200?

[Rich_Guy]

Was going to give this a go, but got a Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, which doesn't have a Scroll_lock key, so is there any way to change it from that ?

[BetA]

yes,. u can change the key urself if u need to..

go to the injector.ini, open it..

find this:

;toggle shader keycode
key_toggle = 145 ; the SCROLL_LOCK key

now go here:

http://www.cambiaresearch.com/articl...odes-key-codes

and search the key number u want to use..Then u just edit the injector.ini line u need..As example..

;toggle shader keycode
key_toggle = 45 ; the SCROLL_LOCK key

i just edited teh 145 to 45, wich represents the INSERT key..

easy as pie

@ Wanny..if u have some time, im gonna post all my comparsions here for Ceejay.dk, so he might can add it to teh first post..

When im home i am going to post em here...

-BetA-

[Rich_Guy]

^ Cheers BetA, i'll give it a whirl, and im also voting for Sticky!

Hmm, can't get it to work, tried Fear and Crysis, i did copy all the files to the game folders that the .exe's are sitting in.

[spajdrik]

Originally Posted by WhiteLightning

i tried several games like pes 2012, borderlands 2, darksiders 2. the anti-aliasing just doesnt work for me. whenever i try nvidia driver FXAA it works like a charm. which version win8 are you running ? 9200?

Yes, 9200, im gonna try it on something else then Rift.

[NimbusTLD]

Hey CeeJay, I have been using your tool since it was called InjectSMAAmod. I have a suggestion for your future releases regarding your default settings.

I find myself turning off LumaSharpen or at least reducing it in most games that I play, as its embellishing is highly dependent on the art style of the game and personal preference. For example I love it in League of Legends at default strength, can't stand it in Guild Wars 2 at all, and in Borderlands 2 I reduce it to 0.5.

Conversely I absolutely love Vibrance and use it in everything, including MPC-HC. Games look so bland without it!!!

Based on my experiences if I were you I would reduce LumaSharpen's default strength or disable it by default - my thinking behind this is because LumaSharpen may turn off users who try your mod without reading the notes and write it off because it makes their game look all weird, when all they want is to get rid of jaggies. You even write yourself that it doesn't anti-alias edges properly in its current state!

Conversely I suggest enabling Vibrance by default

This would not affect power users who will tweak every setting for every game individually, while greatly empowering the new user. I came looking for a cheap AA solution and discovered the existence and joys of post-process filters myself

Thanks for all your hard work :-)

[CeeJay.dk]

Originally Posted by Rich_Guy

Was going to give this a go, but got a Logitech Illuminated Keyboard, which doesn't have a Scroll_lock key

Err .. yes it does.

See : http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/...lling-lock-key

Also as BetA explained you can remap the keys in injector.ini

[Rich_Guy]

Originally Posted by CeeJay.dk

Err .. yes it does.

See : http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/...lling-lock-key

Also as BetA explained you can remap the keys in injector.ini

Well there you go, so it does, thanks

I remapped the key now as well, but i can't get it working for some reason, only tried Crysis and Fear though.

[lycanwrath]

Many thanks, this is a very cool little tool.

Has anyone tested this on BF3 and modified the configuration for the game?
Would be nice to get that config

[AUTh0r1ty]

@CeeJay.dk
Would it be possible to add an contrast or curves shader?
In games like BF3 I really want to alter the contrast of the image.

Would be great.

[MrBonk]

http://maldotex.*************/2012/0...-aliasing.html

[CeeJay.dk]

http://www.maldotex.blog spot.com/2012/09/beating-aliasing.html - Remove the space.

[CeeJay.dk]

Originally Posted by AUTh0r1ty

@CeeJay.dk
Would it be possible to add an contrast or curves shader?
In games like BF3 I really want to alter the contrast of the image.

Would be great.

Curves are planned for version 1.3 - see the roadmap in one of the first posts in this thread.

[AUTh0r1ty]

Originally Posted by CeeJay.dk

Curves are planned for version 1.3 - see the roadmap in one of the first posts in this thread.

Missed that- sorry!

And thanks!

[CeeJay.dk]

Originally Posted by NimbusTLD

...
Based on my experiences if I were you I would reduce LumaSharpen's default strength or disable it by default - my thinking behind this is because LumaSharpen may turn off users who try your mod without reading the notes and write it off because it makes their game look all weird, when all they want is to get rid of jaggies. You even write yourself that it doesn't anti-alias edges properly in its current state!

Conversely I suggest enabling Vibrance by default
...

I too find 1.0 to be too much in several games, but originally chose 1.0 so people wouldn't complain that they couldn't see any difference.

But you may be right .. using a milder default setting could be a good idea and so will enabling Vibrance per default (at maybe 0.2 or 0.3 ?)

What does everyone else think?

What should I put as the default settings? Share your opinions!

[CeeJay.dk]

Heh

I just solved the problem with precision errors in the dither shader.
I'm quite happy with it because not only did I fix it, but I did it very elegantly, without making it any slower - it's actually a little bit faster now.

I love it when things work out the way you plan.

[mypc]

what really dither do i mean what is the difference in the game of using dither

[vejn]

Here is contrast shader from Boris Vorontsov but you may ask him for permision to add it
Parameters are:
float EIntensityContrastV2=1.25
float EColorSaturationV2=2.2;//saturation, works in conjunction with contrast. If you want to decrease or increase colours, youd better use next option
float EToneMappingCurveV3=7.0 // this is very good

 Click to show spoiler

//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
//ENBSeries: boris-vorontsov@yandex.ru, boris-vorontsov.narod.ru
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
/*
THIS IS HLSL (HIGH LEVEL SHADER LANGUAGE) FILE FOR EXECUTING ADDITIONAL
HARDWARE EFFECTS. MAKE THE COPY BEFORE CHANGING IT!
edited by Dpeasant, credits go to DKT for his hdr-tonemap, to OBGE-shader coder guy(didnt remeber his nickname, and i dont have obge currently) for his crysis-colourmood code and to Boris for his enb and skyrim tonemap shader
*/

//keyboard controled variables
float tempF1;
float tempF2;
float tempF3;
float tempF4;
float tempF5;
float tempF6;
float tempF7;
float tempF8;
float tempF9;
float tempF0;



float EIntensityContrastV2=1.25;//contrast,as it says

float EColorSaturationV2=2.2;//saturation, works in conjunction with contrast. If you want to decrease or increase colours, youd better use next option

float Color1=0.85;//use this to control overall colours
float EAdaptationMinV3=0.086;
float EAdaptationMaxV3=0.28;
float EToneMappingCurveV3=7.0;
float Defog=0.05;//this controls the intensity of colourfilter, fogcolor.

float4 FogColor={0.06, 0.023, 0.086, 0.2}; //Values for blue, green, red and white. Cant remember which goes for what, experiment.

float4 FogColor2={0.09, 0.1, 0.02, 0.0};//not used

float Exposure=0.1;//exposure. Can be negative also. I have very poor contrast ration on my screen(350:1), so maybe it will be too exposed for you. Change it yourself.

float Gamma=1.0;//gamma. Thats it
float BlueShift=0.05;//Blueshift - overall tint of the image.
float fRatio = 0.5; // blend ratio (0-1)
float moodR = 0.75; // mood color red component
float moodG = 0.66; // mood color green component
float moodB = 0.515; // mood color blue component
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//global variables, already set before executing this code
float ScreenSize; //width of the display resolution (1024 f.e.)
float ScreenScaleY; //screen proportions (1.333 for 1024/768)
float ScreenBrightnessAdaptation;//(-10..10) for bloom it controls how much to dark in the night or when scene is dark (user defined constant factor)
float bloomPower;//(0..10) actually used for bloom, but may be useful here (user defined constant factor)
float useBloom;//(0 or 1) if bloom enabled by user



//textures
texture2D texColor;
texture2D texs4;//adaptation enb
texture2D texs3;//bloom enb
sampler2D SamplerColor = sampler_state
{
Texture = <texColor>;
MinFilter = LINEAR;
MagFilter = LINEAR;
MipFilter = NONE;//NONE;
AddressU = Clamp;
AddressV = Clamp;
SRGBTexture=FALSE;
};

sampler2D _s4 = sampler_state
{
Texture = <texs4>;
MinFilter = LINEAR;//
MagFilter = LINEAR;//
MipFilter = NONE;//LINEAR;
AddressU = Clamp;
AddressV = Clamp;
SRGBTexture=FALSE;
MaxMipLevel=0;
MipMapLodBias=0;
};

sampler2D _s3 = sampler_state
{
Texture = <texs3>;
MinFilter = LINEAR;//
MagFilter = LINEAR;//
MipFilter = NONE;//LINEAR;
AddressU = Clamp;
AddressV = Clamp;
SRGBTexture=FALSE;
MaxMipLevel=0;
MipMapLodBias=0;
};


struct VS_OUTPUT_POST {
float4 vpos : POSITION;
float2 txcoord : TEXCOORD0;
};

struct VS_INPUT_POST {
float3 pos : POSITION;
float2 txcoord : TEXCOORD0;
};




//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
//
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
VS_OUTPUT_POST VS_PostProcess(VS_INPUT_POST IN)
{
VS_OUTPUT_POST OUT;

float4 pos=float4(IN.pos.x,IN.pos.y,IN.pos.z,1.0);

OUT.vpos=pos;
OUT.txcoord.xy=IN.txcoord.xy;

return OUT;
}




float4 PS_PostProcess(VS_OUTPUT_POST In) : COLOR
{
/*
float tempF1=5.0;
float tempF2=4.0;
float tempF3=1.0;
float tempF4=1.0;
float tempF5=1.3;
float tempF6=4.35;
float tempF7=1.12;
float tempF8=1.2;
float tempF9=3.17;
float tempF0=1.4;
*/
//START TO MAKE YOUR CHANGES FROM HERE
float4 res;
float4 uvsrc=0;
uvsrc.xy=In.txcoord;


float2 offset[8]=
{
float2(-1.0,-1.0),
float2(-1.0, 1.0),
float2( 1.0, 1.0),
float2( 1.0,-1.0),
float2( 0.0, 1.41),
float2( 0.0,-1.41),
float2(-1.41, 0.0),
float2( 1.41, 0.0)
};
res=0.2;
float4 coord=1.0;
coord.xy=In.txcoord.xy;
float4 origcolor=tex2D(SamplerColor, coord.xy);
float origgray=max(origcolor.r, max(origcolor.g, origcolor.b));
res+=origcolor;
float range=0.0005*tempF1/ScreenSize;
for (int i=0; i<8; i++)
{

coord.xy=In.txcoord+offset[i]*range;
float4 color;
float gray;
color=tex2D(SamplerColor, coord.xy);
float4 colordiff=abs(origcolor-color);
gray=dot(colordiff.rgb,0.333);
float lerpfact=saturate(8.0*abs(gray)*color.a);//saturate
res+=lerp(origcolor, color, lerpfact);
}
res=res*0.142222;



float4 color=res; //tex2Dbias(SamplerColor, uvsrc);

float tf7=tempF7*1.04;
float tf8=tempF8*0.3;
//float3 correctedcolor=saturate((1.0-color*tempF9*0.5)*tempF0*0.11);

//res.rgb=saturate(color.rgb-correctedcolor);
//res.rgb=pow(res.rgb,0.3)*1.04;





float4 colInput = tex2D(SamplerColor, coord.xy);
float4 colMood = 1.0f;
colMood.r = moodR;
colMood.g = moodG;
colMood.b = moodB;
float fLum = ( colInput.r + colInput.g + colInput.b ) / 3;

colMood = lerp(0, colMood, saturate(fLum * 2.0));
colMood = lerp(colMood, 1, saturate(fLum - 0.5) * 2.0);
float4 colOutput = lerp(colInput, colMood, saturate(fLum * fRatio));
res.rgb=max(0, colOutput);



res.rgb = max(0, res.rgb - Defog * FogColor.rgb);
res.rgb *= pow(2.0f, Exposure);
res.rgb = pow(res.rgb, Gamma);
float3 d = res.rgb * float3(1.00f, 1.06f, 1.3f);
res.rgb = lerp(res.rgb, d, BlueShift);
//r7.rgb=max(0, r7.rgb - Defog * FogColor2.rgb);



float luma=dot(res.xyz,0.333);
float cgray=dot(res.xyz, 0.333);//luma
float3 poweredcolor=pow(res.xyz, Color1);
float newgray=dot(poweredcolor.xyz, 0.333);
res.xyz=poweredcolor.xyz*cgray/(newgray+0.0001);


float colours=(res.r+res.g+res.b)*0.333; //dot(res.xyz, 0.333);
float3 diffcolor=res.rgb-colours;
res.rgb+=diffcolor*0.1;
float4 Adaptation=tex2D(_s4, 0.5);
float grayadaptation=max(max(Adaptation.x, Adaptation.y), Adaptation.z);

grayadaptation=max(grayadaptation, 0.0);
grayadaptation=min(grayadaptation, 50.0);
res.xyz=res.xyz/(grayadaptation*EAdaptationMaxV3+EAdaptationMinV3) ;//*tempF1.x

float3 xncol=normalize(res.xyz);
float3 scl=res.xyz/xncol.xyz;


scl=pow(scl, EIntensityContrastV2);
xncol.xyz=pow(xncol.xyz, EColorSaturationV2);
res.xyz=scl*xncol.xyz;


float3 luma2=res.xyz;
float lumamax=33.0;
res.xyz=(res.xyz * (1.0 + res.xyz/lumamax))/(res.xyz + EToneMappingCurveV3);
//res.xyz=res.xyz*0.6+sin(res.xyz*3.14*0.5)*0.4;
float3 correctedcolor=saturate((1-res*0.15)*0.021);
//res.rgb=saturate(res.rgb-correctedcolor)*0.96;
//res.rgb=pow(res.rgb,0.9)*1.07;


res.a=1.0;

return res;
}







//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
//
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
technique PostProcess
{
pass P0
{
VertexShader = compile vs_2_0 VS_PostProcess();
PixelShader = compile ps_2_a PS_PostProcess();

FogEnable=FALSE;
ALPHATESTENABLE=FALSE;
SEPARATEALPHABLENDENABLE=FALSE;
AlphaBlendEnable=FALSE;
FogEnable=FALSE;
SRGBWRITEENABLE=FALSE;
}
}

[vis]

Originally Posted by vejn

Here is contrast shader from Boris Vorontsov but you may ask him for permision to add it
Parameters are:
float EIntensityContrastV2=1.25
float EColorSaturationV2=2.2;//saturation, works in conjunction with contrast. If you want to decrease or increase colours, youd better use next option
float EToneMappingCurveV3=7.0

 Click to show spoiler

//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
//ENBSeries: boris-vorontsov@yandex.ru, boris-vorontsov.narod.ru
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
/*
THIS IS HLSL (HIGH LEVEL SHADER LANGUAGE) FILE FOR EXECUTING ADDITIONAL
HARDWARE EFFECTS. MAKE THE COPY BEFORE CHANGING IT!
edited by Dpeasant, credits go to DKT for his hdr-tonemap, to OBGE-shader coder guy(didnt remeber his nickname, and i dont have obge currently) for his crysis-colourmood code and to Boris for his enb and skyrim tonemap shader
*/

//keyboard controled variables
float tempF1;
float tempF2;
float tempF3;
float tempF4;
float tempF5;
float tempF6;
float tempF7;
float tempF8;
float tempF9;
float tempF0;



float EIntensityContrastV2=1.25;//contrast,as it says

float EColorSaturationV2=2.2;//saturation, works in conjunction with contrast. If you want to decrease or increase colours, youd better use next option

float Color1=0.85;//use this to control overall colours
float EAdaptationMinV3=0.086;
float EAdaptationMaxV3=0.28;
float EToneMappingCurveV3=7.0;
float Defog=0.05;//this controls the intensity of colourfilter, fogcolor.

float4 FogColor={0.06, 0.023, 0.086, 0.2}; //Values for blue, green, red and white. Cant remember which goes for what, experiment.

float4 FogColor2={0.09, 0.1, 0.02, 0.0};//not used

float Exposure=0.1;//exposure. Can be negative also. I have very poor contrast ration on my screen(350:1), so maybe it will be too exposed for you. Change it yourself.

float Gamma=1.0;//gamma. Thats it
float BlueShift=0.05;//Blueshift - overall tint of the image.
float fRatio = 0.5; // blend ratio (0-1)
float moodR = 0.75; // mood color red component
float moodG = 0.66; // mood color green component
float moodB = 0.515; // mood color blue component
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//global variables, already set before executing this code
float ScreenSize; //width of the display resolution (1024 f.e.)
float ScreenScaleY; //screen proportions (1.333 for 1024/768)
float ScreenBrightnessAdaptation;//(-10..10) for bloom it controls how much to dark in the night or when scene is dark (user defined constant factor)
float bloomPower;//(0..10) actually used for bloom, but may be useful here (user defined constant factor)
float useBloom;//(0 or 1) if bloom enabled by user



//textures
texture2D texColor;
texture2D texs4;//adaptation enb
texture2D texs3;//bloom enb
sampler2D SamplerColor = sampler_state
{
Texture = <texColor>;
MinFilter = LINEAR;
MagFilter = LINEAR;
MipFilter = NONE;//NONE;
AddressU = Clamp;
AddressV = Clamp;
SRGBTexture=FALSE;
};

sampler2D _s4 = sampler_state
{
Texture = <texs4>;
MinFilter = LINEAR;//
MagFilter = LINEAR;//
MipFilter = NONE;//LINEAR;
AddressU = Clamp;
AddressV = Clamp;
SRGBTexture=FALSE;
MaxMipLevel=0;
MipMapLodBias=0;
};

sampler2D _s3 = sampler_state
{
Texture = <texs3>;
MinFilter = LINEAR;//
MagFilter = LINEAR;//
MipFilter = NONE;//LINEAR;
AddressU = Clamp;
AddressV = Clamp;
SRGBTexture=FALSE;
MaxMipLevel=0;
MipMapLodBias=0;
};


struct VS_OUTPUT_POST {
float4 vpos : POSITION;
float2 txcoord : TEXCOORD0;
};

struct VS_INPUT_POST {
float3 pos : POSITION;
float2 txcoord : TEXCOORD0;
};




//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
//
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
VS_OUTPUT_POST VS_PostProcess(VS_INPUT_POST IN)
{
VS_OUTPUT_POST OUT;

float4 pos=float4(IN.pos.x,IN.pos.y,IN.pos.z,1.0);

OUT.vpos=pos;
OUT.txcoord.xy=IN.txcoord.xy;

return OUT;
}




float4 PS_PostProcess(VS_OUTPUT_POST In) : COLOR
{
/*
float tempF1=5.0;
float tempF2=4.0;
float tempF3=1.0;
float tempF4=1.0;
float tempF5=1.3;
float tempF6=4.35;
float tempF7=1.12;
float tempF8=1.2;
float tempF9=3.17;
float tempF0=1.4;
*/
//START TO MAKE YOUR CHANGES FROM HERE
float4 res;
float4 uvsrc=0;
uvsrc.xy=In.txcoord;


float2 offset[8]=
{
float2(-1.0,-1.0),
float2(-1.0, 1.0),
float2( 1.0, 1.0),
float2( 1.0,-1.0),
float2( 0.0, 1.41),
float2( 0.0,-1.41),
float2(-1.41, 0.0),
float2( 1.41, 0.0)
};
res=0.2;
float4 coord=1.0;
coord.xy=In.txcoord.xy;
float4 origcolor=tex2D(SamplerColor, coord.xy);
float origgray=max(origcolor.r, max(origcolor.g, origcolor.b));
res+=origcolor;
float range=0.0005*tempF1/ScreenSize;
for (int i=0; i<8; i++)
{

coord.xy=In.txcoord+offset[i]*range;
float4 color;
float gray;
color=tex2D(SamplerColor, coord.xy);
float4 colordiff=abs(origcolor-color);
gray=dot(colordiff.rgb,0.333);
float lerpfact=saturate(8.0*abs(gray)*color.a);//saturate
res+=lerp(origcolor, color, lerpfact);
}
res=res*0.142222;



float4 color=res; //tex2Dbias(SamplerColor, uvsrc);

float tf7=tempF7*1.04;
float tf8=tempF8*0.3;
//float3 correctedcolor=saturate((1.0-color*tempF9*0.5)*tempF0*0.11);

//res.rgb=saturate(color.rgb-correctedcolor);
//res.rgb=pow(res.rgb,0.3)*1.04;





float4 colInput = tex2D(SamplerColor, coord.xy);
float4 colMood = 1.0f;
colMood.r = moodR;
colMood.g = moodG;
colMood.b = moodB;
float fLum = ( colInput.r + colInput.g + colInput.b ) / 3;

colMood = lerp(0, colMood, saturate(fLum * 2.0));
colMood = lerp(colMood, 1, saturate(fLum - 0.5) * 2.0);
float4 colOutput = lerp(colInput, colMood, saturate(fLum * fRatio));
res.rgb=max(0, colOutput);



res.rgb = max(0, res.rgb - Defog * FogColor.rgb);
res.rgb *= pow(2.0f, Exposure);
res.rgb = pow(res.rgb, Gamma);
float3 d = res.rgb * float3(1.00f, 1.06f, 1.3f);
res.rgb = lerp(res.rgb, d, BlueShift);
//r7.rgb=max(0, r7.rgb - Defog * FogColor2.rgb);



float luma=dot(res.xyz,0.333);
float cgray=dot(res.xyz, 0.333);//luma
float3 poweredcolor=pow(res.xyz, Color1);
float newgray=dot(poweredcolor.xyz, 0.333);
res.xyz=poweredcolor.xyz*cgray/(newgray+0.0001);


float colours=(res.r+res.g+res.b)*0.333; //dot(res.xyz, 0.333);
float3 diffcolor=res.rgb-colours;
res.rgb+=diffcolor*0.1;
float4 Adaptation=tex2D(_s4, 0.5);
float grayadaptation=max(max(Adaptation.x, Adaptation.y), Adaptation.z);

grayadaptation=max(grayadaptation, 0.0);
grayadaptation=min(grayadaptation, 50.0);
res.xyz=res.xyz/(grayadaptation*EAdaptationMaxV3+EAdaptationMinV3) ;//*tempF1.x

float3 xncol=normalize(res.xyz);
float3 scl=res.xyz/xncol.xyz;


scl=pow(scl, EIntensityContrastV2);
xncol.xyz=pow(xncol.xyz, EColorSaturationV2);
res.xyz=scl*xncol.xyz;


float3 luma2=res.xyz;
float lumamax=33.0;
res.xyz=(res.xyz * (1.0 + res.xyz/lumamax))/(res.xyz + EToneMappingCurveV3);
//res.xyz=res.xyz*0.6+sin(res.xyz*3.14*0.5)*0.4;
float3 correctedcolor=saturate((1-res*0.15)*0.021);
//res.rgb=saturate(res.rgb-correctedcolor)*0.96;
//res.rgb=pow(res.rgb,0.9)*1.07;


res.a=1.0;

return res;
}







//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
//
//++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
technique PostProcess
{
pass P0
{
VertexShader = compile vs_2_0 VS_PostProcess();
PixelShader = compile ps_2_a PS_PostProcess();

FogEnable=FALSE;
ALPHATESTENABLE=FALSE;
SEPARATEALPHABLENDENABLE=FALSE;
AlphaBlendEnable=FALSE;
FogEnable=FALSE;
SRGBWRITEENABLE=FALSE;
}
}

Oh God, that guy is insanely jealous of anyone getting near his "work". Avoid it like the plague. He's such a tool.

[BetA]

Originally Posted by CeeJay.dk

I too find 1.0 to be too much in several games, but originally chose 1.0 so people wouldn't complain that they couldn't see any difference.

But you may be right .. using a milder default setting could be a good idea and so will enabling Vibrance per default (at maybe 0.2 or 0.3 ?)

What does everyone else think?

What should I put as the default settings? Share your opinions!

Well. I think around 0.4- 0.5 should be the standart for sharpen. There it is Not too sharpen but also u Do See the mild effect on it. So i would saY 0.4 -0.6.

Greetz Beta

[TFL Replica]

Originally Posted by CeeJay.dk

I too find 1.0 to be too much in several games, but originally chose 1.0 so people wouldn't complain that they couldn't see any difference.

But you may be right .. using a milder default setting could be a good idea and so will enabling Vibrance per default (at maybe 0.2 or 0.3 ?)

What does everyone else think?

What should I put as the default settings? Share your opinions!

In my experience, 0.3 Vibrance can be a bit too much for quite a few games. A default value of 0.2 would be more sensible.

Btw: congrats on your new thread. It was about time.

[CeeJay.dk]

Originally Posted by mypc

what really dither do i mean what is the difference in the game of using dither

Some effects .. mostly the vignette but also really big color, exposure and gamma changes to the image, will cause banding artifacts.

A banding artifact is where color gradients in the image have too few colors to change between and you can clearly see the different steps between the colors.

The Dither shader interlaces two close colors using a checkerboard pattern to make it look like there is a third middle color.
This doubles the number of perceived colors and really helps to reduce or remove the banding problem.

It only dithers the changes SweetFX makes, not the original image though I have some ideas to make that happen in a future version.

In short - it makes the vignette gradients look smoother.

Here is a comparison

[Kuldebar]

SweetFX is amazing in Guild Wars 2. Finally I can turn off that crap FXAA in game and just use this injector with out any detectable performance decrease.

[BetA]

Here, i did some BF3 comparsions for the ones who asked..

This is not my normal BF3 settings, these are just for Closed Quarters..
I used Vibrance, luma sharpen and smaa..

Its a small but impressive change..look at the textures, at the AA and colors..i dont liek it tooo colorfull, so i opnyl used a little of vibrance..but i think u can spot the Diff..

Also, heres an better comparsion with one of those scenes..
MOUSE OVER = SWEETFX ENABLED WITH MY SETTINGS

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/147533

all screens:

Original:


SweetFX:



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SweetFX:



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SweetFX:



I used SweetFX there pretty light..no values that are to high, that doesnt fit BF3...But of course u could even use more vibrance and sharpen or other effects..But i dont like that..for some games i use all effects but BF3 - nope..

At the start i only cared about AA in BF3, casue with the AA Settings form BF3 there was no way i could play while keeping my gfx settings..And sweetfx (smaa) helped me a lot..2 fps drop at all and very nice GFX...

-BetA-

edit:

if u guys want more comparsions and stuff, just tell me what game u would like to see and ill make some screens.

I also thought ill do some screens with each effect so u guys can see what is what..Maybe CeeJay will put them in teh first post then , like an littel expplanation of teh effects..dunno..

anyway, Just say what game and im on it..
-BetA-

[CeeJay.dk]

Originally Posted by vejn

Here is contrast shader from Boris Vorontsov
....

Not just the contrast shaders .. all the effect shaders it seems.
It's a mess and hard to read at a glance. Almost no comments , functions, named sections and many variables have cryptic names that don't explain what they are used for.