HOW TO USE SWEETFX WITH MASTER EFFECTS MOVIE
HOW TO USE SWEETFX WITH MASTER EFFECTS ZIP FILE
HOW TO USE SWEETFX WITH MASTER EFFECTS TV

This lessens banding artifacts (mostly caused by Vignette) #define USE_DITHER 0 // Dither : Applies dithering to simulate more colors than your monitor can display. #define USE_VIGNETTE 0 // Vignette : Darkens the edges of the image to make it look more like it was shot with a camera lens. #define USE_SEPIA 0 // Sepia : Sepia tones the image. #define USE_CURVES 1 // Curves : Contrast adjustments using S-curves. #define USE_VIBRANCE 0 // Vibrance : Intelligently saturates (or desaturates if you use negative values) the pixels depending on their original saturation. #define USE_TONEMAP 1 // Tonemap : Adjust gamma, exposure, saturation, bleach and defog. #define USE_LIFTGAMMAGAIN 0 // Lift Gamma Gain : Adjust brightness and color of shadows, midtones and highlights #define USE_MONOCHROME 0 // Monochrome : Monochrome makes the colors disappear. #define USE_DPX 0 // 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.

HOW TO USE SWEETFX WITH MASTER EFFECTS MOVIE

#define USE_TECHNICOLOR 0 // TECHNICOLOR : Attempts to mimic the look of an old movie using the Technicolor three-strip color process (Techicolor Process 4) Use Curves instead if you want to avoid that.

This increases contrast but causes clipping. #define USE_LEVELS 0 // Levels : Sets a new black and white point. #define USE_LUMASHARPEN 1 // LumaSharpen : Also sharpens the antialiased edges which makes them less smooth - I'm working on fixing that. #define USE_HDR 0 // HDR : Not actual HDR - It just tries to mimic an HDR look (relatively high performance cost) #define USE_BLOOM 0 // Bloom : Makes bright lights bleed their light into their surroundings (relatively high performance cost) (Interferes with SMAA, Cartoon, Bloom, HDR and Lumasharpen, and it has a very high performance cost)

HOW TO USE SWEETFX WITH MASTER EFFECTS TV

#define USE_ADVANCED_CRT 0 // Advanced CRT : Simulates an old CRT TV display. (Interferes with SMAA, CRT, Bloom, HDR and Lumasharpen)

#define USE_CARTOON 0 // Cartoon : 'Toon's the image. #define USE_EXPLOSION 0 // Explosion : Scatters the pixels, making the image look fuzzy. WIP - Currently only works in DX9 and you need to use the FXAA injector dlls. #define USE_FXAA_ANTIALIASING 0 // FXAA Anti-aliasing : Smoothens jagged lines using the FXAA technique. #define USE_SMAA_ANTIALIASING 1 // SMAA Anti-aliasing : Smoothens jagged lines using the SMAA technique. Just delete this description and fill in your own and then share it with the world. This description field and the above Game and Author fields are here so you can fill in your own details for the presets you create. If you made a good settings preset please share it with your friends, on forums and websites,Īnd/or submit it to the SweetFX Settings Database : Please note when tweaking settings that higher numbers does not always equal better (nor does lower).įinding the best settings for your game and your taste is about finding just the right amount to apply. '-/ĭescription: Medium anti-aliasing, medium sharpness of details, a bit less saturation, a bit more contrast. Then edit the file 'SweetFX_settings.txt' and replace all its content by the following one, then save it and launch Lotro, use the 'SCROLL_LOCK' key to toogle effects on/off:Ĭode: /*.

HOW TO USE SWEETFX WITH MASTER EFFECTS ZIP FILE

Simply copy-paste the content of the zip file in your Lotro installation directory (it does not modifies or overwrite any Lotro file), In order to use SweetFX you MUST disable anti-aliasing in lotro graphic options.Īnd before playing with brightness and contrast in SweetFx ensure you have optimal settings in lotro settings to fit with your monitor.

If you don't own a gaming computer already able to run Lotro in ultra details you should better probably forget it.ĭisclaimer : I won't provide any support related to SweetFX. I use it since 10 months on Lotro, it is very stable, I have no game crash using it, and really enjoy it, so I just wanted to share with you this good experience and my new settings for Lotro. SweetFX is a freeware shader effects suite which acts like an addon in DX9 and higher games. I did not wanted to write an actual post for this, since it is not neither a LUA plugin neither a skin.

How to use sweetfx with master effects