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Bright and sunny

Created by donkeyhotie3
Added July 28, 2016
Updated 30 Jul 09:45 CEST
Shader used: SweetFX 2.0
Preset description:
I made this for personal use but since there's no other presets, I thought I might as well put it here. I used a few reference images to make the colors look as realistic as I could
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//============================================// // Choose // // Effects // //============================================*/ // Effects are listed in the order that they are applied. // Set to 1 for ON or 0 for OFF #define USE_ASCII 0 //[0 or 1] Ascii : Converts the image to Ascii-art. #define USE_CARTOON 0 //[0 or 1] Cartoon : "Toon"s the image. #define USE_SMAA 0 //[0 or 1] SMAA Anti-aliasing : Smoothens jagged lines using the SMAA technique. #define USE_FXAA 1 //[0 or 1] FXAA Anti-aliasing : Smoothens jagged lines using the FXAA technique. #define USE_EXPLOSION 0 //[0 or 1] Explosion : Scatters the pixels, making the image look fuzzy. #define USE_CA 0 //[0 or 1] Chromatic Aberration : Mimics the look of a cheap camera lens, by distorting the colors. #define USE_ADVANCED_CRT 0 //[0 or 1] Advanced CRT : Simulates an old CRT TV display. (has a very high performance cost) #define USE_PIXELART_CRT 0 //[0 or 1] PixelArt CRT : Scanlines for pixel art (high performance cost) #define USE_BLOOM 0 //[0 or 1] Bloom : Makes bright lights bleed their light into their surroundings (relatively high performance cost) #define USE_HDR 0 //[0 or 1] HDR : Not actual HDR - It just tries to mimic an HDR look (relatively high performance cost) #define USE_LUMASHARPEN 1 //[0 or 1] LumaSharpen : Sharpens the image. #define USE_LEVELS 1 //[0 or 1] Levels : Sets a new black and white point. This increases contrast but causes clipping. Use Curves instead if you want to avoid that. #define USE_TECHNICOLOR 0 //[0 or 1] TECHNICOLOR : Attempts to mimic the look of an old movie using the Technicolor three-strip color process (Techicolor Process 4) #define USE_DPX 0 //[0 or 1] Cineon DPX : Should make the image look like it's been converted to DXP Cineon - basically it's another movie-like look similar to technicolor. #define USE_MONOCHROME 0 //[0 or 1] Monochrome : Monochrome makes the colors disappear. #define USE_COLORMATRIX 0 //[0 or 1] Color Matrix : Allows color modification using a user-defined color matrix. #define USE_LIFTGAMMAGAIN 1 //[0 or 1] Lift Gamma Gain : Adjust brightness and color of shadows, midtones and highlights. #define USE_TONEMAP 1 //[0 or 1] Tonemap : Adjust gamma, exposure, saturation, bleach and defog. (may cause clipping) #define USE_VIBRANCE 1 //[0 or 1] Vibrance : Intelligently saturates (or desaturates if you use negative values) the pixels depending on their original saturation. #define USE_CURVES 1 //[0 or 1] Curves : Contrast adjustments using S-curves. #define USE_SEPIA 0 //[0 or 1] Sepia : Sepia tones the image. #define USE_VIGNETTE 0 //[0 or 1] Vignette : Darkens the edges of the image to make it look more like it was shot with a camera lens. May cause banding artifacts. #define USE_FILMGRAIN 0 //[0 or 1] Film Grain : Adds film grain to the image. #define USE_DITHER 1 //[0 or 1] Dither : Applies dithering to simulate more colors than your monitor can display. This lessens banding artifacts (mostly caused by Vignette) #define USE_BORDER 0 //[0 or 1] Border : Can be used to create letterbox borders around the image. #define USE_SPLITSCREEN 0 //[0 or 1] Splitscreen : Enables the before-and-after splitscreen comparison mode. #define USE_TRANSITION 0 //[0 or 1] Transition : Shows a welcome screen and then transitions to the regularly scheduled programming #define USE_DISPLAY_DEPTH 0 //[0 or 1] Display Depth : Enables the possibility to display the depth buffer - You will still need to toogle it on/off with (*) in-game #define USE_CUSTOM 0 //[0 or 1] Custom : Write your own shader by editing custom.h, and then enable it here. //===========================================// // Ascii // // Settings // //===========================================// #define Ascii_input_image 1 //[1 or 2] 1 = Color buffer, 2 = Depth buffer. #define Ascii_spacing 1 //[0 to 9] Determines the spacing between characters. I feel 1 to 3 looks best. #define Ascii_font 1 //[1 or 2] 1 = 5x5 font, 2 = 3x5 font #define Ascii_font_color float3(255, 255, 255) //[0 to 255, 0 to 255, 0 to 255] What color the font should be. In integer RGB colors. #define Ascii_background_color float3(0, 0, 0) //[0 to 255, 0 to 255, 0 to 255] What color the background should be. In integer RGB colors. #define Ascii_swap_colors 0 //Swaps the font and background color when you are too lazy to edit the settings above (I know I am) #define Ascii_invert_brightness 0 //[0 or 1] #define Ascii_font_color_mode 1 //[0 to 2] 0 = font_color, 1 = image color, 2 = colorized grayscale //===========================================// // SMAA Anti Aliasing // // Settings // //===========================================// #define SMAA_THRESHOLD 0.05 #define SMAA_MAX_SEARCH_STEPS 32 #define SMAA_MAX_SEARCH_STEPS_DIAG 16 #define SMAA_CORNER_ROUNDING 25 // -- Advanced SMAA settings -- #define SMAA_EDGE_DETECTION 2 //[1|2|3] 1 = Luma edge detection, 2 = Color edge detection, 3 = Depth edge detection #define SMAA_DIRECTX9_LINEAR_BLEND 0 //[0 or 1] Using DX9 HARDWARE? (software version doesn't matter) if so this needs to be 1 - If not, leave it at 0. //Enable this only if you use a Geforce 7xxx series or older card, or a Radeon X1xxx series or older card. // -- SMAA Predication settings -- #define SMAA_PREDICATION 0 //[0 or 1] Enables predication which uses BOTH the color and the depth texture for edge detection to more accurately detect edges. #define SMAA_PREDICATION_THRESHOLD 0.09 // Threshold to be used in the depth buffer. #define SMAA_PREDICATION_SCALE 1.0 // How much to scale the global threshold used for luma or color edge detection when using predication #define SMAA_PREDICATION_STRENGTH 20.4 // How much to locally decrease the threshold. // -- Debug SMAA settings -- #define SMAA_DEBUG_OUTPUT 0 //[0 to 4] 0 = Normal, 1 = edgesTex, 2 = blendTex, 3 = areaTex, 4 = searchTex - Only for troubleshooting. Users don't need to mess with this. //===========================================// // FXAA Anti Aliasing // // Settings // //===========================================// #define FXAA_QUALITY__PRESET 9 //[1 to 9] Choose the quality preset. 9 is the highest quality. #define fxaa_Subpix 0.35 //[0.000 to 1.000] Choose the amount of sub-pixel aliasing removal. Higher values makes the image softer/blurrier. #define fxaa_EdgeThreshold 0.01 //[0.000 to 1.000] Edge detection threshold. The minimum amount of local contrast required to apply algorithm. Similar to SMAA_THRESHOLD #define fxaa_EdgeThresholdMin 0.01 //[0.000 to 1.000] Darkness threshold. Pixels darker than this are not processed in order to increase performance. //===========================================// // Explosion // // Settings // //===========================================// #define Explosion_Radius 2.0 //[0.2 to 100.0] Amount of effect you want. //===========================================// // Chromatic Aberration // // Settings // //===========================================// #define Chromatic_shift float2(2.5,-0.5) //[-100.0 to 100.0, -100.00 to 100.0] Distance (X,Y) in pixels to shift the color components. //For a slightly blurred look try fractional values (.5) between two pixels. #define Chromatic_strength 0.1 //Adjust the strength of the effect. //===========================================// // Levels // // Settings // #define Levels_black_point 18 //[0 to 255] The black point is the new black - literally. Everything darker than this will become completely black. Default is 16.0 //===========================================// #define Levels_white_point 250 //[0 to 255] The new white point. Everything brighter than this becomes completely white. Default is 235.0 //Colors between the two points will stretched, which increases contrast, but details above and below the points are lost. // -- Debug settings -- #define Levels_highlight_clipping 0 //[0 or 1] Highlight the pixels that clip. Red = Some detail is lost in the highlights, Yellow = All detail is lost in the highlights, // Blue = Some detail is lost in the shadows, Cyan = All detail is lost in the shadows. //===========================================// // Cartoon // // Settings // //===========================================// #define CartoonPower 1.5 //[0.1 to 10.0] Amount of effect you want. #define CartoonEdgeSlope 1.5 //[0.1 to 8.0] Raise this to filter out fainter edges. You might need to increase the power to compensate. Whole numbers are faster. //===========================================// // Advanced CRT // // Settings // //===========================================// #define CRTAmount 1.00 //[0.00 to 1.00] Amount of CRT effect you want #define CRTResolution 2.0 //[1.0 to 8.0] Input size coefficent (low values gives the "low-res retro look"). Default is 1.2 #define CRTgamma 2.2 //[0.0 to 4.0] Gamma of simulated CRT (default 2.2) #define CRTmonitorgamma 2.4 //[0.0 to 4.0] Gamma of display monitor (typically 2.2 is correct) #define CRTBrightness 1.2 //[1.0 to 3.0] Used to boost brightness a little. Default is 1.0 #define CRTScanlineIntensity 2.0 //[2.0 to 4.0] Scanlines intensity (use integer values preferably). Default is 2.0 #define CRTScanlineGaussian 1 //[0 or 1] Use the "new nongaussian scanlines bloom effect". Default is on #define CRTCurvature 1 //[[0 or 1] "Barrel effect" enabled (1) or off (0) #define CRTCurvatureRadius 2.0 //[0.0 to 2.0] Curvature Radius (only effective when Curvature is enabled). Default is 1.5 #define CRTCornerSize 0.0100 //[0.0000 to 0.0020] Higher values, more rounded corner. Default is 0.001 #define CRTDistance 2.00 //[0.00 to 4.00] Simulated distance from viewer to monitor. Default is 2.00 #define CRTAngleX 0.00 //[-0.20 to 0.20] Tilt angle in radians (X coordinates) #define CRTAngleY -0.15 //[-0.20 to 0.20] Tilt angle in radians (Y coordinates). (Value of -0.15 gives the 'arcade tilt' look) #define CRTOverScan 1.00 //[1.00 to 1.10] Overscan (e.g. 1.02 for 2% overscan). Default is 1.01 #define CRTOversample 0 //[0 or 1] Enable 3x oversampling of the beam profile (warning : performance hit) //===========================================// // Pixel-Art CRT // // Settings // //===========================================// // -- Emulated input resolution -- #define PixelArtCRT_resolution_mode 1 //[1 or 2] 1 = Ratio, 2 = Fixed resolution #define PixelArtCRT_resolution_ratio (1.0/4.0) // #define PixelArtCRT_fixed_resolution float2(320.0,160.0) // -- Hardness -- #define PixelArtCRT_hardScan -24.0 // Hardness of scanline : -8.0 = soft, -16.0 = medium #define PixelArtCRT_hardPix -24.0 // Hardness of pixels in scanline : -2.0 = soft, -4.0 = hard // -- Display warp -- #define PixelArtCRT_warp float2(1.0/64.0,1.0/24.0) // Display warp : 0.0 = none , 1.0/8.0 = extreme // -- Type of shadow mask -- #define PixelArtCRT_ShadowMask 3 // Type of shadow mask : 1 = Very compressed TV style shadow mask, 2 = Aperture-grille // 3 = Stretched VGA style shadow mask, 4 = VGA style shadow mask // -- Amount of shadow mask -- #define PixelArtCRT_maskDark 0.5 // #define PixelArtCRT_maskLight 1.5 // // -- Falloff shape -- #define PixelArtCRT_shape 3.0 // Falloff shape : 1.0 = exp(x), 1.25 = in between, 2.0 = gaussian, 3.0 = more square // -- Amp signal -- #define PixelArtCRT_overdrive 1.25 // //===========================================// // Bloom // // Settings // //===========================================// #define BloomThreshold 20.25 //[0.00 to 50.00] Threshold for what is a bright light (that causes bloom) and what isn't. #define BloomPower 1.446 //[0.000 to 8.000] Strength of the bloom #define BloomWidth 0.0142 //[0.0000 to 1.0000] Width of the bloom //===========================================// // HDR // // Settings // //===========================================// #define HDRPower 1.30 //[0.00 to 8.00] Strangely lowering this makes the image brighter #define radius2 0.87 //[0.00 to 8.00] Raising this seems to make the effect stronger and also brighter //===========================================// // Lumasharpen // // Settings // //===========================================// // -- Sharpening -- #define sharp_strength 2.75 //[0.10 to 3.00] Strength of the sharpening #define sharp_clamp 0.030 //[0.000 to 1.000] Limits maximum amount of sharpening a pixel recieves - Default is 0.035 // -- Advanced sharpening settings -- #define pattern 2 //[1|2|3|4] Choose a sample pattern. 1 = Fast, 2 = Normal, 3 = Wider, 4 = Pyramid shaped. #define offset_bias 1.3 //[0.0 to 6.0] Offset bias adjusts the radius of the sampling pattern. //I designed the pattern for offset_bias 1.0, but feel free to experiment. // -- Debug sharpening settings -- #define show_sharpen 0 //[0 or 1] Visualize the strength of the sharpen (multiplied by 4 to see it better) //===========================================// // Technicolor // // Settings // //===========================================// #define TechniAmount 0.40 //[0.00 to 1.00] #define TechniPower 4.00 //[0.00 to 8.00] #define redNegativeAmount 0.88 //[0.00 to 1.00] #define greenNegativeAmount 0.88 //[0.00 to 1.00] #define blueNegativeAmount 0.88 //[0.00 to 1.00] //===========================================// // Cineon DPX // // Settings // //===========================================// #define Red 9.0 //[1.0 to 15.0] #define Green 8.0 //[1.0 to 15.0] #define Blue 7.0 //[1.0 to 15.0] #define ColorGamma 0.1 //[0.1 to 2.5] Adjusts the colorfulness of the effect in a manner similar to Vibrance. 1.0 is neutral. #define DPXSaturation 0.6 //[0.0 to 8.0] Adjust saturation of the effect. 1.0 is neutral. #define RedC 0.50 //[0.60 to 0.20] #define GreenC 0.50 //[0.60 to 0.20] #define BlueC 0.50 //[0.60 to 0.20] #define Blend 0.06 //[0.00 to 1.00] How strong the effect should be. //===========================================// // Monochrome // // Settings // //===========================================// #define Monochrome_conversion_values float3(0.21, 0.72, 0.07) //[0.00 to 1.00] Percentage of RGB to include (should sum up to 1.00) #define Monochrome_color_saturation 0.00 //[0.00 to 2.00] Percentage of saturation to keep. Default is 0.00 , values above 1.00 boost saturation above normal. //===========================================// // Color-Matrix // // Settings // //===========================================// // Red Green Blue #define ColorMatrix_Red float3(0.817, 0.183, 0.000) //[0.00 to 1.00] How much of Red, Green and Blue the new red value should contain #define ColorMatrix_Green float3(0.333, 0.667, 0.000) //[0.00 to 1.00] How much of Red, Green and Blue the new green value should contain #define ColorMatrix_Blue float3(0.000, 0.125, 0.875) //[0.00 to 1.00] How much of Red, Green and Blue the new blue value should contain //Should sum to 1.000 if you don't wish to change the brightness #define ColorMatrix_strength 1.0 //Adjust the strength //===========================================// // Lift Gamma Gain // // Settings // //===========================================// #define RGB_Lift float3(1.025, 1.025, 0.99) //[0.000 to 2.000] Adjust shadows for Red, Green and Blue. #define RGB_Gamma float3(1.040, 1.030, 1.055) //[0.000 to 2.000] Adjust midtones for Red, Green and Blue #define RGB_Gain float3(1.020, 1.015, 1.035) //[0.000 to 2.000] Adjust highlights for Red, Green and Blue //Note that a value of 1.000 is a neutral setting that leave the color unchanged. //===========================================// // Tonemap // // Settings // //===========================================// #define Gamma 0.80 //[0.000 to 2.000] Adjust midtones. 1.000 is neutral. This setting does exactly the same as the one in Lift Gamma Gain, only with less control. #define Exposure 0.10 //[-1.000 to 1.000] Adjust exposure #define Saturation 0.15 //[-1.000 to 1.000] Adjust saturation #define Bleach 0.06 //[0.000 to 1.000] Brightens the shadows and fades the colors #define Defog 0.600 //[0.000 to 1.000] How much of the color tint to remove #define FogColor float3(0.03, 0.035, 0.005) //[0.00 to 2.55, 0.00 to 2.55, 0.00 to 2.55] What color to remove - default is blue //===========================================// // Vibrance // // Settings // //===========================================// #define Vibrance 0.15 //[-1.00 to 1.00] Intelligently saturates (or desaturates if you use negative values) the pixels depending on their original saturation. #define Vibrance_RGB_balance float3(1.5, 0.6, 1.2) //[-10.00 to 10.00,-10.00 to 10.00,-10.00 to 10.00] // A per channel multiplier to the Vibrance strength so you can give more boost to certain colors over other //===========================================// // Curves // // Settings // //===========================================// #define Curves_mode 2 //[0|1|2] Choose what to apply contrast to. 0 = Luma, 1 = Chroma, 2 = both Luma and Chroma. Default is 0 (Luma) #define Curves_contrast 0.15 //[-1.00 to 1.00] The amount of contrast you want // -- Advanced curve settings -- #define Curves_formula 3 //[1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11] The contrast s-curve you want to use. //1 = Sine, 2 = Abs split, 3 = Smoothstep, 4 = Exp formula, 5 = Simplified Catmull-Rom (0,0,1,1), 6 = Perlins Smootherstep //7 = Abs add, 8 = Techicolor Cinestyle, 9 = Parabola, 10 = Half-circles. 11 = Polynomial split. //Note that Technicolor Cinestyle is practically identical to Sine, but runs slower. //I prefer 2 myself, but 3 is a nice alternative with a little more effect and it's the fastest formula. //===========================================// // Sepia // // Settings // //===========================================// #define ColorTone float3(1.40, 1.10, 0.90) //[0.00 to 2.55, 0.00 to 2.55, 0.00 to 2.55] What color to tint the image #define GreyPower 0.21 //[0.00 to 1.00] How much desaturate the image before tinting it #define SepiaPower 0.18 //[0.00 to 1.00] How much to tint the image //===========================================// // Daltonize // // Settings // //===========================================// #define Daltonize_type 1 //[1|2|3] Type of colorblindness. 1 = Protanopia (missing red spectrum), 2 = Deuteranopia (missing green spectrum) // 3 = Tritanopia (missing blue spectrum) //===========================================// // Film Grain // // Settings // //===========================================// #define FilmGrain_intensity 0.65 //[0.00 to 1.00] How visible the grain is. Higher is more visible. #define FilmGrain_variance 0.45 //[0.00 to 1.00] Controls the variance of the gaussian noise. Lower values look smoother. #define FilmGrain_SNR 4 //[0 to 16] Higher Signal-to-Noise Ratio values give less grain to brighter pixels. 0 disables this feature. // -- Advanced Film Grain settings -- #define FilmGrain_mean 0.50 //[0.00 to 1.00] The average mean of the gaussian noise. Probably best kept at the middle value (0.50) //A sideeffect of the Film Grain effect is that it also dithers the screen. //You don't need both the Film Grain and the Dither effect enabled at the same time. //===========================================// // Vignette // // Settings // //===========================================// #define VignetteType 1 //[1|2|3] 1 = Original, 2 = New, 3 = TV style #define VignetteRatio 1.00 //[0.15 to 6.00] Sets a width to height ratio. 1.00 (1/1) is perfectly round, while 1.60 (16/10) is 60 % wider than it's high. #define VignetteRadius 1.00 //[-1.00 to 3.00] lower values = stronger radial effect from center #define VignetteAmount -1.00 //[-2.00 to 1.00] Strength of black. -2.00 = Max Black, 1.00 = Max White. #define VignetteSlope 2 //[2 to 16] How far away from the center the change should start to really grow strong (odd numbers cause a larger fps drop than even numbers) #define VignetteCenter float2(0.500, 0.500) //[0.000 to 1.000, 0.000 to 1.000] Center of effect for VignetteType 1. 2 and 3 do not obey this setting. //===========================================// // Dither // // Settings // //===========================================// #define dither_method 1 //[1 or 2] 1 = Ordered dithering (very good and very fast), 2 = Random dithering (different but slightly slower dithering) //Note that the patterns used by Dither, makes an image harder to compress. //This can make your screenshots and video recordings take up more space. //===========================================// // Border // // Settings // //===========================================// #define border_width float2(0,0) //[0 to 2048, 0 to 2048] (X,Y)-width of the border. Measured in pixels. If this is set to 0,0 then the border_ratio will be used instead #define border_ratio float(3.0 / 4.0) //[0.1000 to 10.0000] Set the desired ratio for the visible area. You MUST use floating point - Integers do not work right. //Examples that work: (1680.0 / 1050.0), (16.0 / 10.0), (1.6) Examples that does NOT work right: (1680 / 1050), (16 / 10) #define border_color float3(0, 0, 0) //[0 to 255, 0 to 255, 0 to 255] What color the border should be. In integer RGB colors, meaning 0,0,0 is black and 255,255,255 is full white. //===========================================// // Splitscreen // // Settings // //===========================================// #define splitscreen_mode 1 //[1|2|3] 1 = Vertical 50/50 split, 2 = Vertical 25/50/25 split, 3 = Vertical 50/50 angled split, //[4|5|6] 4 = Horizontal 50/50 split, 5 = Horizontal 25/50/25 split, 6 = Curvy vertical 50/50 split //===========================================// // Transition // // Settings // //===========================================// #define Transition_time 5000 //[1 to 60000] Milliseconds the transition lasts (1000 milliseconds is 1 second) #define Transition_texture "curtain.jpg" //["filename"] Filename for the texture to use. Put your custom textures in SweetFX/Textures/ #define Transition_texture_width 720 //Image width. #define Transition_texture_height 480 //Image height. #define Transition_type CurtainOpen //Can be "FadeIn", "FadeOut", "CurtainOpen", "CurtainClose" or "ImageFadeOut" //===========================================// // Display // // Depth // //===========================================// #define Depth_z_near 0.08 //[0.00001 to 100000.0] Camera z near #define Depth_z_far 100.00 //[0.00001 to 100000.0] Camera z far, must be further than the near value. //===========================================// // Custom // // Settings // //===========================================// #define custom_strength 1.0 //[0.00 to 1.00] Adjust the strength of the effect

Comments

donkeyhotie3
4 Aug 20:21 CEST

I made these presets specifically for outdoor areas so yeah the tunnels look pretty bad.
I don't think there's a way to make it brighter with post processing since it's already pretty much pitch black.

You can either turn off sweetfx with scroll lock while you're in the tunnels, or you can change the levels settings. I set Levels_black_point to 14 for some contrast outside, but setting it to 0 should make it easier to see

luigi_master
2 Aug 11:08 CEST

I love these presets, however the caves are still much too dark. Would it be possible to experiment with the settings to make the caves less dark? This is especially troubling in the other, vibrant preset.

Good work, regardless!

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