Best Shaders for smoothing SNES?

  • bmardiney
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11 months 1 week ago #1 by bmardiney Best Shaders for smoothing SNES? was created by bmardiney
Hi, sorry in advance if this is the wrong section to ask this. I'm trying to figure out which shader packages to download and use, specifically for the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters. I'm used to using the ones found natively in Retroarch for SNES emulation, but I want to use the official remasters for various QoL reasons. The best one I could find is the HQ4X one, and that gets about halfway to what I'm seeking, but can anyone tell me which packages might do a better job? I don't want the CRT look, I just want smoothed out graphics so it (ironically) doesn't look pixelated. Thanks!

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11 months 3 days ago #2 by VelicoNex Replied by VelicoNex on topic Best Shaders for smoothing SNES?
I find ScaleFX to be really good for this use case :)

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1 week 1 day ago - 1 week 1 day ago #3 by johnnyjackson1 Replied by johnnyjackson1 on topic Best Shaders for smoothing SNES?
ScaleFX is really the best one, hands down. Unfortunately nobody has ever been able to port it to Reshade. 

Especially scalefx+rAA is one of the best 2D shaders ever made. And I'm saying this as someone who usually hates the filtered look. But this shader somehow is able to keep the detail intact while smoothing out all the edges, sometimes even making it look like theres's additional detail. Also works really well if you combine it with a good CRT shader. It gives it the retro look that you remember, while still looking more smooth than the original, without any significant loss of detail.

The best 2D upscaling shader for Reshade at the moment is this one by guest-r: reshade.me/forum/shader-presentation/560...g-shader-for-reshade

You can get an updated version from his Github page:
github.com/guestrr/ReshadeShaders

For my purposes, the original version from the MEGA link produces better results, but your results may vary. It's definitely an improvement over xBRZ but still nowhere near as good as ScaleFX.
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