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It's not ideal, but there is a way. Assuming you're using a CRT-guest preset: you have to be able to stretch the 4:3 content to fullscreen, then open up the .ini file or Reshade ui(home key) and look for "OverscanX". Hold ctrl and set the value to -400 (not sure what the exact value should be). That should stretch it back to 4:3 with correct curvature.

Try the presets from the "NoGammaChange" folder

I assume you're trying to use this on old PC games that only boot in low-res fullscreen. Unfortunately, your only hope is to find a mod/patch/remaster/source port/emulator that supports borderless fullscreen window or high-res fullscreen.

@kyubus7814 I'm referring to using these with emulators like you are in the video. They look fine in the video, but when I use your SD settings, they look wrong. I can send a picture if necessary.

@@kyubus7814 I can send a picture if need-be

@@drivermanboything Okay, the emulator you're using maybe isn't set to integer scaling, or you may be using a resolution that's incompatible with the presets, modifying the Y resolution in preset would fix that.

In Steam, right click RetroArch > Manage > Browse local files. Install Reshade to that location. The default rendering api I believe is Vulkan. Then copy the zip's contents to the same location.

Absolutely, it can. There are some retroarch shaders as well in the Extra's folder if you don't want to deal with Reshade

@@kyubus7814 I tried the retroarch shader and I get a blurred image without decent pronounced scanlines, nothing like the crisp example shown on github with nice defined scanlines

@@kyubus7814 I tried the retroarch shader and it's blurred and nothing like the nice crisp example on git hub

@@kyubus7814 I keep posting a message and it gets deleted The RA shader looks blurred. It's the third time I've written this message

@@kyubus7814 how do I get it looking crisp like in the sample image? It is blurred in RA

That sounds really strange, maybe there is a conflicting keybind to the Reshade hotkeys? You may need to remove those. I've got it working just fine on Stardew using OpenGL.

@@kyubus7814 I'll see what I can figure out, it's specifically when the screen scrolls the effects seem to stop working Also late reply a few months later but the MvC collection came out and I was wondering if there's a setting/way to get the shader to only affect a portion of the screen so it just affects the center 4:3 area and not the side banner art

@@Lyndis_ Yes, you can create a mask for static ui like that. Install UIMask.fx from the Reshade setup default shaders, you can find instructions how to use it at the Reshade interface.

Does that actually work? My one and only complaint to these otherwise amazing shaders is how much they dim the picture, which isn't what CRTs did

It can be used for watching videos. Reshade can be installed to media player MPC-BE (dx9) or Shaderglass. But it won't work on capture-protected apps such as Netflix.

Sure. Only the trouble with 480p or higher content is that it's hard to record because of youtube compression. So I've got 3 options, record a full image but without any movement, crop the image/zoom in, or use a shader without any scanlines.

@@kyubus7814 i dont mind the zoom

the specific reason I wandered into the comments was to ask about the audio, please share!

@@joonaslehtovaara4537 You can find my instructions here: imgur.com/a/equalizer-apo-setup-pl2cliz

Thanks! Yes, I will port over the crt-guest presets to 4k. No difference between those files, just sloppy of me to leave that there. I haven't looked at the 4k presets past half year. It's on my to-do list.

I have ported as many presets as I can today to 1080p, checkout the new version and instructions.

Sorry it wasn't included here, here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o16nhqCFobR5pqs

Some of them will definitely not work on that resolution. Like the HD Royale and Lottes presets, but others will.

Yes, it works with every emulator that I have tried.

That depends on the content and personal preference. Generally 2D pixelart games look better with a lowres preset. You can cycle through presets with keyboard shortcut Right Alt + > or <

@@kyubus7814 oh thanks for that. Now I know which one to use. :)

This but the highres lottes preset is really nice on duckstation

They are turned off by default now in v31. You can always tweak settings by pressing the 'Home' key to bring up the Reshade interface.

Batocera runs a lot RetroArch cores, doesn't it? I just uploaded a new version with more RetroArch shaders to try out. No idea how it runs on a pi, but performance is important to me.

github.com/frankschoeman/kyubus-shader

It has a ghostling effect. That is not natural, not even in composite video does my Snes and Megaman X look like that on a crt.