Dogway Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 Hello, I don't know what I am doing wrong but I can't enable the GSdx shaders included in "GSdx_FX_Settings.ini", I enable CRT scanlines and other shaders, but when I press "Page Up" key (turn on), I only get a faint antialias effect. If I press F7 I get all sort of scanlines one after another, what is what and how can I make it work? I did the main thing; Fxaa=1 in GSdx.ini and set #define to 1 to the entries in GSdx_FX_Settings.ini. I tried with the Dx9 renderer and Dx11.
gigapig Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 Pressing F7 seems to cycle through different types of scanlines, at least on version 1.2.1. Pressing Page Up has a very subtle effect, I noticed it mainly on text. These are my settings.
Dogway Posted April 16, 2014 Author Posted April 16, 2014 yes gigapig, exactly my observations. I'm trying to make work the shaders included in "GSdx_FX_Settings.ini" as explained here. (Note the linked version is a bit older) PD: funny coincidence, I was testing with ICO lol
gigapig Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 PD: funny coincidence, I was testing with ICO lol That is funny, it's the only PS2 game I have at the moment, and perhaps not the best for testing these effects. So have you tried SweetFX instead of the zip from Asmodean?
Dogway Posted April 16, 2014 Author Posted April 16, 2014 The only one I have too (ATM). I wanted to test this method, I'm not quite fond of the SweetFX effect, so I would rather make this one work. It really looks like a SweetFX port by the looks of it, maybe the effect is similar?
gigapig Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 Did you grab the updated version? Here. You will need to go through the "GSdx_FX_Settings.ini" just like with SweetFX and change the options you like based on the discription. As a test I have increased the Bloom effect from 0.200 to 1.200, see below for the results. A lot of trial and error. /*===============================================================================*\ |######################### [GSdx FX 2.00 Revised] ########################| |########################### By Asmodean ##########################| || || || This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or || || modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License || || as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 || || of the License, or (at your option) any later version. || || || || This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, || || but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of || || MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the || || GNU General Public License for more details. (c)2014 || || || |#################################################################################| \*===============================================================================*/ /*------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [DEFINITIONS & ON/OFF OPTIONS] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ //---------------------------#[CHOOSE EFFECTS]#--------------------------------\\ //-#[ANTIALIASING TECHNIQUES] [1=ON|0=OFF] #READ: For best results: Use post antialiasing OR FS filtering. Not both. Postfix [2D/3D] after descriptions indicates if it's typically better for 2D, or 3D. #define UHQ_FXAA 1 //#High Quality Fast Approximate Anti Aliasing. Adapted for GSdx from Timothy Lottes FXAA 3.11. If using GSdx's internal FXAA, this will act as a second pass, for increased quality & coverage. [3D] //-#[FS FILTERING TECHNIQUES] [1=ON|0=OFF] #READ: For best results: Only enable one type of filtering at one time. Use post antialiasing OR FS filtering, not both. #define BILINEAR_FILTERING 0 //#BiLinear Fullscreen Texture Filtering. BiLinear filtering - light to medium filtering of textures. [2D] #define BICUBIC_FILTERING 0 //#BiCubic Fullscreen Texture Filtering. BiCubic filtering - medium to strong filtering of textures. [2D] #define GAUSSIAN_FILTERING 0 //#Gaussian Fullscreen Texture Filtering. BiLinear filtering - strong to extra strong filtering of textures. [2D] //-#[LIGHTING & COLOUR] [1=ON|0=OFF] #READ: These can all be turned on & off independently of each other. [For High Dynamic Range(HDR) - use Bloom, Tonemapping, & Gamma Correction together] #define BLENDED_BLOOM 1 //#High Quality Bloom, using blend techniques. Blooms naturally, per environment. [For best results: use bloom, tone mapping, & gamma together]. #define SCENE_TONEMAPPING 1 //#Scene Tonemapping & RGB Colour Correction. [For best results: use bloom, tone mapping, & gamma together]. #define GAMMA_CORRECTION 1 //#RGB Post Gamma Correction Curve. [For best results: use bloom, tone mapping, & gamma together]. #define S_CURVE_CONTRAST 1 //#S-Curve Scene Contrast Enhancement. Naturally adjusts contrast using S-curves. #define TEXTURE_SHARPENING 1 //#HQ Luma-Based Texture Sharpen, looks similar to a negative mip LOD Bias, enhances texture fidelity. #define PIXEL_VIBRANCE 0 //#Pixel Vibrance. Intelligently adjusts pixel vibrance depending on original saturation. #define COLOR_GRADING 0 //#Post-Complement Colour Grading. Alters individual colour components on a scene, to enhance selected colour tones. #define CEL_SHADING 0 //#Cel Shaded toon look, simulates the look of animation/toon. Typically best suited for animated-style games. (cel edges interfere with post AA.) //-#[TV EMU TECHNIQUES] [1=ON|0=OFF] #READ: These can all be turned on & off independently of each other. These effects are typically used to simulated older TVs/CRT etc. #define SCANLINES 0 //#Scanlines to simulate the look of a CRT TV. Typically best suited for 2D/sprite games. #define VIGNETTE 0 //#Darkens the edges of the screen, to make it look more like it was shot with a camera lens. #define DITHERING 0 //#Subpixel Dithering to simulate more colors than your monitor can display. Smoothes gradiants, this can reduce color banding. /*------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [sHADER FX CONFIG OPTIONS] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ //-[FXAA OPTIONS] #define FxaaSubpixMax 0.00 //[0.00 to 1.00] Amount of subpixel aliasing removal. Higher values: more subpixel antialiasing(softer). Lower values: less subpixel antialiasing(sharper). 0.00: Edge only antialiasing (no blurring) #define FxaaQuality 4 //[1|2|3|4] Overall Fxaa quality preset (pixel coverage). 1: Low, 2: Medium, 3: High, 4: Ultra. I use these labels lightly, as even the 'low coverage' preset is in fact, still pretty high quality. #define FxaaEarlyExit 1 //[0 or 1] Use Fxaa early exit pathing. This basically tells the algorithm to offset only luma-edge detected pixels. When disabled, the entire scene is antialiased(FSAA). 0 is off, 1 is on. //-[bILINEAR OPTIONS] #define FilterStrength 1.00 //[0.10 to 1.50] Bilinear filtering strength. Controls the overall strength of the filtering. #define OffsetAmount 0.0 //[0.0 to 1.5] Pixel offset amount. If you want to use an st offset, 0.5 is generally recommended. 0.0 is off. //-[bICUBIC OPTIONS] #define Interpolation Triangular //[CatMullRom, Bell, BSpline, Triangular, Cubic] Type of interpolation to use. From left to right is lighter<-->stronger filtering. Try them out, and use what you prefer. #define BicubicStrength 0.75 //[0.10 to 1.50] Bicubic filtering strength. Controls the overall strength of the filtering. #define PixelOffset 0.0 //[0.0 to 1.5] Pixel offset amount. If you want to use an st offset, 0.5 is generally recommended. 0.0 is off. //-[GAUSSIAN OPTIONS] #define FilterAmount 1.00 //[0.10 to 1.50] Gaussian filtering strength. Controls the overall strength of the filtering. #define GaussianSpread 0.75 //[0.50 to 4.00] The filtering spread & offset levels. Controls the sampling spread of the filtering. //-[bLOOM OPTIONS] #define BloomType BlendBloom //[blendBloom, BlendScreen, BlendOverlay, BlendAddLight] The type of blend for the bloom (Default: BlendScreen). If using BlendOverlay set ToneAmount to 2.20, or it may be too dark. [b][color="#FF0000"]#define BloomPower 1.200 [/color][/b] //[0.000 to 2.000] Strength of the bloom. You may need to readjust for each blend type. #define BlendPower 1.000 //[0.000 to 1.500] Strength of the bloom blend. Lower for less blending, higher for more. Default is 1.000. #define BlendSpread 4.000 //[0.000 to 8.000] Width of the bloom glow spread. Scales with BloomPower. Raising SharpenClamp affects this. 0.000 = off. #define BloomMixType 1 //[1|2|3] The interpolation mix type between the base colour, and bloom. (Default is 1) BloomPower/BlendSpread may need re-adjusting depending on type. //-[TONEMAP OPTIONS] #define TonemapType 1 //[1 or 2] Type of tone mapping. 1 is Natural(default), 2 is Filmic(cinematic) You might want to increase/decrease ToneAmount to compensate for diff types. #define ToneAmount 2.12 //[1.00 to 4.00] Tonemapping & Gamma curve (Tonemapping/Shadow correction). Lower values for darker tones, Higher values for lighter tones. Default: 2.20 #define Luminance 1.00 //[0.10 to 2.00] Luminance Average (luminance correction) Higher values to decrease luminance average, lower values to increase luminance. Adjust by small amounts, eg: increments of 0.1 #define Exposure 1.00 //[0.10 to 2.00] White Correction (brightness) Higher values = more Exposure, lower = less Exposure. Adjust by small amounts, eg: increments of 0.1 #define WhitePoint 1.00 //[0.10 to 2.00] Whitepoint Avg (lum correction) Adjust by small amounts, eg: increments of 0.01. Generally it's best left at 1.00. #define RedCurve 1.00 //[1.00 to 8.00] Red channel component of the RGB correction curve. Use this to reduce/correct the red colour component. Higher values equals more red reduction. 1.00 is default. #define GreenCurve 1.00 //[1.00 to 8.00] Green channel component of the RGB correction curve. Use this to reduce/correct the green colour component. Higher values equals more green reduction. 1.00 is default. #define BlueCurve 1.00 //[1.00 to 8.00] Blue channel component of the RGB correction curve. Use this to reduce/correct the blue colour component. Higher values equals more blue reduction. 1.00 is default. //-[CONTRAST OPTIONS] #define CurveType 0 //[0|1|2] Choose what to apply contrast to. 0 = Luma, 1 = Chroma, 2 = both Luma and Chroma. Default is 0 (Luma) #define CurvesContrast 0.50 //[0.00 to 2.00] The amount of contrast you want. Controls the overall strength of the texture sharpening. //-[sHARPEN OPTIONS] #define SharpeningType 2 //[1 or 2] The type of sharpening to use. Type 1 is the original High Pass Gaussian, and type 2 is a new Bicubic Sampling type. #define SharpenStrength 0.75 //[0.10 to 2.00] Strength of the texture sharpening effect. This is the maximum strength that will be used. The clamp below limits the minimum, and maximum that is allowed per pixel. #define SharpenClamp 0.015 //[0.005 to 0.500] Reduces the clamping/limiting on the maximum amount of sharpening each pixel recieves. Raise this to reduce the clamping. #define SharpenBias 1.50 //[1.00 to 4.00] Sharpening edge bias. Lower values for clean subtle sharpen, and higher values for a deeper textured sharpen. For SharpeningType 2, best stay under ~2.00, or it may look odd. #define DebugSharpen 0 //[0 or 1] Visualize the sharpening effect. Useful for fine-tuning. //-[VIBRANCE OPTIONS] #define Vibrance 0.10 //[-1.00 to 1.00] Intelligently saturates (or desaturates with negative values) pixels depending on their original saturation. 0.00 is original vibrance. //-[GAMMA OPTIONS] #define Gamma 2.2 //Lower values for more Gamma toning(darker), higher Values for brighter (2.2 correction is generally recommended) //-[GRADING OPTIONS] #define RedGrading 1.02 //[0.0 to 3.0] Red colour grading coefficient. Adjust to influence the red channel coefficients of the grading, and highlight tones. #define GreenGrading 0.96 //[0.0 to 3.0] Green colour grading coefficient. Adjust to influence the Green channel coefficients of the grading, and highlight tones. #define BlueGrading 0.88 //[0.0 to 3.0] Blue colour grading coefficient. Adjust to influence the Blue channel coefficients of the grading, and highlight tones. #define GradingStrength 0.40 //[0.00 to 1.00] The overall max strength of the colour grading effect. Raise to increase, lower to decrease the amount. #define Correlation 0.50 //[0.10 to 1.00] Correlation between the base colour, and the grading influence. Lower = more of the scene is graded, Higher = less of the scene is graded. //-[TOON OPTIONS] #define EdgeStrength 1.40 //[0.00 to 4.00] Strength of the cel edge outline effect. 0.00 = no outlines. #define EdgeFilter 0.60 //[0.10 to 2.00] Raise this to filter out fainter cel edges. You might need to increase the power to compensate, when raising this. #define EdgeThickness 1.25 //[0.50 to 4.00] Thickness of the cel edges. Decrease for thinner outlining, Increase for thicker outlining. 1.00 is default. #define PaletteType 2 //[1|2|3] The colour palette to use. 1 is Original, 2 is Animated Shading, 3 is Water Painting (Default is 2: Animated Shading). Below options don't affect palette 1. #define UseYuvLuma 0 //[0 or 1] Uses YUV luma calculations, or base colour luma calculations. 0 is base luma, 1 is Yuv luma. Color luma can be more accurate. Yuv luma can be better for a shaded look. #define LumaConversion 1 //[0 or 1] Uses BT.601, or BT.709, RGB<-YUV->RGB conversions. Some games prefer 601, but most prefer 709. BT.709 is typically recommended. #define ColorRounding 0 //[0 or 1] Uses rounding methods on colors. This can emphasise shaded toon colors. Looks good in some games, and odd in others. Try it in-game and see. //-[sCANLINE OPTIONS] #define ScanlineType 3 //[0|1|2|3] The type & orientation of the scanlines. 0 is x(horizontal), 1 is y(vertical), 2 is both(xy), ScanlineType 3 is a different algorithm, to work around PCSX2's IR scaling. #define ScanlineScale 1.00 //[0.20 to 2.00] The scaling & thickness of the scanlines. Changing this can help with PCSX2 IR scaling problems. Defaults: 0.50 for ScanlineType 0|1|2, (1.20 for ScanlineType 3, use 1.0 with low IR (lower than 3x)). #define ScanlineIntensity 0.50 //[0.10 to 1.00] The intensity of the scanlines. Defaults: 0.20 for ScanlineType 0|1|2, 0.50 for ScanlineType 3. #define ScanlineBrightness 1.50 //[0.50 to 2.00] The brightness of the scanlines. Defaults: 1.75 for ScanlineType 0|1|2, 1.50 for ScanlineType 3. //-[VIGNETTE OPTIONS] #define VignetteRatio 1.77 //[0.15 to 6.00] Sets the espect ratio of the vignette. 1.77 for 16:9, 1.60 for 16:10, 1.33 for 4:3, 1.00 for 1:1. #define VignetteRadius 1.00 //[0.50 to 3.00] Radius of the vignette effect. Lower values for stronger radial effect from center #define VignetteAmount 0.15 //[0.00 to 2.00] Strength of black edge occlusion. Increase for higher strength, decrease for lower. #define VignetteSlope 8 //[2|4|8|12|16] How far away from the center the vignetting will start. //-[DITHERING OPTIONS] #define DitherMethod 2 //[1 or 2] 1 is Ordering dithering(faster, lower quality), 2 is Random dithering (better dithering, but not as fast) //-[END OF USER OPTIONS]
Dogway Posted April 16, 2014 Author Posted April 16, 2014 I might have even a newer version (by timestamps) although it is still v2.00. How did you make it work? Does Scanlines or vignetting also work for you?
gigapig Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 How did you make it work? Does Scanlines or vignetting also work for you? They do now I have switched them on read the top section carefully. /*===============================================================================*\ |######################### [GSdx FX 2.00 Revised] ########################| |########################### By Asmodean ##########################| || || || This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or || || modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License || || as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 || || of the License, or (at your option) any later version. || || || || This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, || || but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of || || MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the || || GNU General Public License for more details. (c)2014 || || || |#################################################################################| \*===============================================================================*/ /*------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [DEFINITIONS & ON/OFF OPTIONS] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ //---------------------------#[CHOOSE EFFECTS]#--------------------------------\\ //-#[ANTIALIASING TECHNIQUES] [1=ON|0=OFF] #READ: For best results: Use post antialiasing OR FS filtering. Not both. Postfix [2D/3D] after descriptions indicates if it's typically better for 2D, or 3D. #define UHQ_FXAA 1 //#High Quality Fast Approximate Anti Aliasing. Adapted for GSdx from Timothy Lottes FXAA 3.11. If using GSdx's internal FXAA, this will act as a second pass, for increased quality & coverage. [3D] //-#[FS FILTERING TECHNIQUES] [1=ON|0=OFF] #READ: For best results: Only enable one type of filtering at one time. Use post antialiasing OR FS filtering, not both. #define BILINEAR_FILTERING 0 //#BiLinear Fullscreen Texture Filtering. BiLinear filtering - light to medium filtering of textures. [2D] #define BICUBIC_FILTERING 0 //#BiCubic Fullscreen Texture Filtering. BiCubic filtering - medium to strong filtering of textures. [2D] #define GAUSSIAN_FILTERING 0 //#Gaussian Fullscreen Texture Filtering. BiLinear filtering - strong to extra strong filtering of textures. [2D] //-#[LIGHTING & COLOUR] [1=ON|0=OFF] #READ: These can all be turned on & off independently of each other. [For High Dynamic Range(HDR) - use Bloom, Tonemapping, & Gamma Correction together] #define BLENDED_BLOOM 1 //#High Quality Bloom, using blend techniques. Blooms naturally, per environment. [For best results: use bloom, tone mapping, & gamma together]. #define SCENE_TONEMAPPING 1 //#Scene Tonemapping & RGB Colour Correction. [For best results: use bloom, tone mapping, & gamma together]. #define GAMMA_CORRECTION 1 //#RGB Post Gamma Correction Curve. [For best results: use bloom, tone mapping, & gamma together]. #define S_CURVE_CONTRAST 1 //#S-Curve Scene Contrast Enhancement. Naturally adjusts contrast using S-curves. #define TEXTURE_SHARPENING 1 //#HQ Luma-Based Texture Sharpen, looks similar to a negative mip LOD Bias, enhances texture fidelity. #define PIXEL_VIBRANCE 0 //#Pixel Vibrance. Intelligently adjusts pixel vibrance depending on original saturation. #define COLOR_GRADING 0 //#Post-Complement Colour Grading. Alters individual colour components on a scene, to enhance selected colour tones. #define CEL_SHADING 0 //#Cel Shaded toon look, simulates the look of animation/toon. Typically best suited for animated-style games. (cel edges interfere with post AA.) //-#[TV EMU TECHNIQUES] [1=ON|0=OFF] #READ: These can all be turned on & off independently of each other. These effects are typically used to simulated older TVs/CRT etc. [b][color="#FF0000"]#define SCANLINES 1 //#Scanlines to simulate the look of a CRT TV. Typically best suited for 2D/sprite games. #define VIGNETTE 1 //#Darkens the edges of the screen, to make it look more like it was shot with a camera lens.[/color][/b] #define DITHERING 0 //#Subpixel Dithering to simulate more colors than your monitor can display. Smoothes gradiants, this can reduce color banding.
Dogway Posted April 16, 2014 Author Posted April 16, 2014 Damn, I'm going to start from scratch. I already had those enabled as stated on OP. I don't know what I am doing wrong. Could you post a screenshot? If anything to see if the scanlines worth the effort, or I rather use sweetFX. edit: working with the one in your link. The files I had must had been defective. Anyways, I can't seem to enable/disable with "Page Up" key. I need to pause game and resume.
gigapig Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 This is the default setting, just with it switched on, no other effects.
Dogway Posted April 16, 2014 Author Posted April 16, 2014 Thank you, I had edited my above post, but I ask again. What keys do you use to enable and disable effects?
gigapig Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 Thank you, I had edited my above post, but I ask again. What keys do you use to enable and disable effects? This is just from my point of view, in case someone else replies. Basically, I'm just doing this to help you out, so I probably won't be using any keys, I would set it up in the supplied ini first. I would think the keys are for settings within PCSX2 not the add on. If I press F7 it turns on Scanlines from within PCSX2, so I then have 2 instances of scanlines running. So if you want to use the add on, set it up, if you don't, delete the 2 files from your PCSX2 install. I hope that makes sense.
Dogway Posted June 27, 2014 Author Posted June 27, 2014 Let me shed some light on this: I added manually the last one, which toggles the sweetFX-like settings of GSdx made by Asmodean on and off. F7 is internal scanlines Page Up is internal FXAA antialias shader, so if you enable this and the one on GSdx_FX_Settings.ini you will effectively have a 2x FXAA. Home is for toggling Asmodean's GSdx shader suite. I'm trying now to get a nice look for both as an HD good looking game, and also another configuration for retro look CRT. I think I saw a thread with configurations, will add later.
spotUP Posted November 15, 2014 Posted November 15, 2014 did you find that thread with configurations? the default is ugly and i haven't been able to improve it much.. :/
Dogway Posted November 16, 2014 Author Posted November 16, 2014 I just made one myself, pumped up contrast, saturation and added a faint of AA, that's all.
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