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Sweet, Subtle, and Sharp

Preset for Guild Wars 2
Created by KaguraBeatBox
Added March 15, 2013
Shader used: SweetFX 1.3
Preset description:
These are the settings I use for Guild Wars 2. What it does is that it sharpens the textures a bit, ups the contrast slightly, and activates a bit of Bloom and HDR to the mix. These are the differences between my settings and the Default settings: USE_BLOOM = 1 USE_HDR = 1 USE_VIBRANCE = 0 USE_CURVES = 1 USE_DITHER = 1 SMAA_MAX_SEARCH_STEPS_DIAG = 10 // USE_SMAA_ANTIALIASING SMAA_CORNER_ROUNDING = 20 // USE_SMAA_ANTIALIASING sharp_strength = 1.6 // USE_LUMASHARPEN sharp_clamp = 0.048 // USE_LUMASHARPEN pattern = 4 // USE_LUMASHARPEN offset_bias = 1.5 // USE_LUMASHARPEN BloomPower = 0.725 // USE_BLOOM BloomWidth = 0.0625 // USE_BLOOM HDRPower = 1.075 // USE_HDR radius2 = .825 // USE_HDR Curves_contrast = 0.15 // USE_CURVES Curves_formula = 6 // USE_CURVES I turned off Vibrance because I find that it makes the game a bit too ... Vibrant.
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/*-----------------------------------------------------------. / Choose effects / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ // Set to 1 for ON or 0 for OFF #define USE_SMAA_ANTIALIASING 1 // [0 or 1] SMAA Anti-aliasing : Smoothens jagged lines. #define USE_LUMASHARPEN 1 // [0 or 1] LumaSharpen : Also sharpens the antialiased edges which makes them less smooth - I'm working on fixing that. #define USE_BLOOM 1 // [0 or 1] Bloom : Makes bright lights bleed their light into their surroundings (relatively high performance cost) #define USE_HDR 1 // [0 or 1] HDR : Not actual HDR - It just tries to mimic an HDR look (relatively high performance cost) #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_LIFTGAMMAGAIN 0 // [0 or 1] Lift Gamma Gain : Adjust brightness and color of shadows, midtones and highlights (avoids clipping) #define USE_TONEMAP 0 // [0 or 1] Tonemap : Adjust gamma, exposure, saturation, bleach and defog. (may cause clipping) #define USE_VIBRANCE 0 // [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_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_SPLITSCREEN 0 // [0 or 1] Splitscreen : Enables the before-and-after splitscreen comparison mode. /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / SMAA Anti-aliasing settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ #define SMAA_THRESHOLD 0.12 // [0.05 to 0.20] Edge detection threshold #define SMAA_MAX_SEARCH_STEPS 16 // [0 to 98] Determines the radius SMAA will search for aliased edges #define SMAA_MAX_SEARCH_STEPS_DIAG 10 // [0 to 16] Determines the radius SMAA will search for diagonal aliased edges #define SMAA_CORNER_ROUNDING 20 // [0 to 100] Determines the percent of antialiasing to apply to corners. // -- Advanced SMAA settings -- #define COLOR_EDGE_DETECTION 1 // [0 or 1] 1 Enables color edge detection (slower but slightly more acurate) - 0 uses luma edge detection (faster) #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. /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / LumaSharpen settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ // -- Sharpening -- #define sharp_strength 1.6 // [0.10 to 3.00] Strength of the sharpening #define sharp_clamp 0.048 // [0.000 to 1.000] Limits maximum amount of sharpening a pixel recieves - Default is 0.035 // -- Advanced sharpening settings -- #define pattern 4 // [1|2|3|4] Choose a sample pattern. 1 = Fast, 2 = Normal, 3 = Wider, 4 = Pyramid shaped. #define offset_bias 1.5 // [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) /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / HDR settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ #define HDRPower 1.075 // [0.0 to 8.0] Strangely lowering this makes the image brighter #define radius2 .825 // [0.0 to 8.0] Raising this seems to make the effect stronger and also brighter /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / Tonemap settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ #define Gamma 1.0 // [0.00 to 2.00] Adjust midtones #define Exposure 0.00 // [-1.00 to 1.00] Adjust exposure #define Saturation 0.00 // [-1.00 to 1.00] Adjust saturation #define Bleach 0.00 // [0.00 to 1.00] Brightens the shadows and fades the colors #define Defog 0.008 // [0.00 to 1.00] How much of the color tint to remove #define FogColor float3(0.00, 2.55, 2.30) // [0.00 to 1.00, 0.00 to 1.00, 0.00 to 1.00] What color to remove - default is blue /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / Vibrance settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ #define Vibrance -.10 // [-1.0 to 1.0] Intelligently saturates (or desaturates if you use negative values) the pixels depending on their original saturation. /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / 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 0.725 // [0.0000 to 8.0000] Strength of the bloom #define BloomWidth 0.0625 // [0.0000 to 1.0000] Width of the bloom /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / TECHNICOLOR settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ #define TechniAmount 0.11 // [0.0 to 1.0] #define TechniPower 2.8 // [0.0 to 8.0] #define redNegativeAmount 0.88 // [0.0 to 1.0] #define greenNegativeAmount 0.88 // [0.0 to 1.0] #define blueNegativeAmount 0.88 // [0.0 to 1.0] /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / Cineon DPX settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ #define Red 8.0 // [1.0 to 15.0] #define Green 8.0 // [1.0 to 15.0] #define Blue 8.0 // [1.0 to 15.0] #define ColorGamma 2.5 // [0.1 to 2.5] Adjusts the colorfulness of the effect in a manner similar to Vibrance. 1.0 is neutral. #define DPXSaturation 3.0 // [0.0 to 8.0] Adjust saturation of the effect. 1.0 is neutral. #define RedC 0.36 // [0.6 to 0.2] #define GreenC 0.36 // [0.6 to 0.2] #define BlueC 0.34 // [0.6 to 0.2] #define Blend 0.2 // [0.0 to 0.1] How strong the effect should be. /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / Lift Gamma Gain settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ #define RGB_Lift float3(1.000, 1.000, 1.000) // [0.000 to 2.000] Adjust shadows for Red, Green and Blue #define RGB_Gamma float3(1.000, 1.000, 1.000) // [0.000 to 2.000] Adjust midtones for Red, Green and Blue #define RGB_Gain float3(1.000, 1.000, 1.000) // [0.000 to 2.000] Adjust highlights for Red, Green and Blue /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / Curves settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ #define Curves_contrast 0.15 // [-1.0 to 1.0] The amount of contrast you want // -- Advanced curve settings -- #define Curves_formula 6 // [1|2|3|4|5|6|7] The constrast s-curve you want to use. /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / Sepia settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ #define ColorTone float3(1.40, 1.10, 0.90) // [0.00 to 1.00, 0.00 to 1.00, 0.00 to 1.00] What color to tint the image #define GreyPower 0.11 // [0.0 to 1.0] How much desaturate the image before tinting it #define SepiaPower 0.58 // [0.0 to 1.0] How much to tint the image /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / Vignette settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ #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 8 // [1 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) // [0.00 to 1.00] Center of effect. /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / Dither settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ //No settings yet, beyond switching it on or off in the top section. //Note that the checkerboard pattern used by Dither, makes an image harder to compress. //This can make your screenshots and video recordings take up more space. /*-----------------------------------------------------------. / Splitscreen settings / '-----------------------------------------------------------*/ #define splitscreen_mode 1 // [1|2|3|4|5] 1 = Vertical 50/50 split, 2 = Vertical 25/50/25 split, 3 = Vertical 50/50 angled split, 4 = Horizontal 50/50 split, 5 = Horizontal 25/50/25 split

Comments

n00k13
11 Jan 00:46 CET

I have similar settings for TERA/BNS, and will port for the new version..

ty!

MasterFiren
22 Sep 12:47 CEST

Is there a version of this Settings for Reshade. You can't use the same values it looks different on reshade.

varulv
17 Jul 01:16 CEST

Easily the best preset for GW2. Thank you!

AziD
2 Aug 18:43 CEST

Absolutely perfect and gorgeus. I don't understand why more people haven't grabbed this preset. In my eyes. GOOD JOB, PERFECT.

da_kung
20 Jun 19:36 CEST

Awesome, I really like it.
It also doesn't affect the performance on my gaming rig too much <3

fallen
12 Apr 07:21 CEST

Preset is exactly as described, everything looks clean, crisp, and clear!

Asufeld_ins
19 Mar 13:14 CET

Great , i don't play GW2. But the comparaison/setting is great. 865 download... 1 comment... WTF ?

GianPacayra
16 Mar 19:24 CET

GJ!

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