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Just finishing up the release video, shouldn't be long now.

A screenshot from The Outer Worlds 2 showing some industrial pipes snaking across the floor. The emphasis is on the blurred foreground and background, acting as a showcase for an upcoming ReShade shader release.

Depth of Field shader sprites

That is all

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What's that? A new toy to play with in the upcoming Parallax Depth of Field addon? 🙌

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ICYMI

Demystify confusing ReShade presets with this comprehensive (but easy to understand!) guide on how to set up the order of your shader effects so they not only don't cause problems but also make everything look ✨😍

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YouTube video by Marty's Mods Understanding Load Order in ReShade | Tutorial

UNDERSTANDING LOAD ORDER IN RESHADE

We've made the ultimate guide to getting your shader load order right when using #ReShade

Watch to the end to go through a full shader category list that will make it easy to understand what goes where.

#VirtualPhotography

youtu.be/WG378hzcplo

Completely rewritten, this shader now holds its own when you don't have access to Parallax DoF through the camera tools.

We'll have a more thorough breakdown soon. Expect to hear about the innovative way it deals with near blur handling, sprite rendering, and variable rate shading.

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After our showcase of the upcoming Parallax DoF addon (bsky.app/profile/mart...), here's a little comparison between that and the new version of our Physical Depth of Field shader in the iMMERSE Pro pack.

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So that gives you an idea of what Parallax DoF is doing. The sampling stuff is state of the art in an area that’s really complicated.

And you'll get to try it out soon(™)

Thanks to frame stacking you’ll be able to reliably render frames no matter the game.

With the accumulation controls there'll always be a combination that works to stop the camera spinning out of control.

We’ll have a guide on how to use these settings once the addon releases.

Next, with IGCSDoF sometimes it can be hard to get sharp focus despite the frame wait options.

There are two things in Parallax DoF that will help: the accumulation controls, and Lanczos resampling for sharper focus.

So I optimised it & used it to optimise a snapshot of the progressive pattern with the required amount of samples at runtime.

The 4th eg is what you get in the 3rd but optimised. It’s no longer progressive but that’s a tradeoff.

I found the best solutions available anywhere for both modes.

4. Sliced Optimal Transport Sampling

- Optimises a nonprogressive point set for better spacing and uniformity
- Takes a point set and wiggles it around to maximise spacing
- Problematic for runtime bc it’s slow (normally). Could be precomputed but that is expensive and unfeasible

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3. Coulomb-Optimal Points

- My new progressive pattern (precomputed)
- It offers direct competition to Sobol, but is clearly much better

2. Sobol Sequence

This is a so-called quasirandom sequence, one of the best.

- Progressive, hence more grainy at 4096 samples (so requiring more time to resolve adequately)
- Normally state of the art for progressive patterns

I compared multiple methods at 4096 samples each, seen in the screenshot (left to right) below. Let’s go through each one.

1. Vogel Spiral

- Not progressive
- Mathematically nearly optimal for sample spacing
- But: has an evident structure that can look like moiré patterns

In addition to progressive rendering, bokeh disc sampling has been greatly improved.

You want samples that don’t have a dominant pattern, so it doesn’t create artifacts. But you also want uniform spacing between samples for faster convergence and better quality.

That is challenging.

One major new feature is the progressive rendering mode.

Instead of deciding on a fixed number of samples and hoping it’s enough, you can keep rendering until you’re happy with the quality.

And you can pause and resume rendering whenever you want.

We’re kicking off our Depth of Field previews with Parallax DoF, an addon made to work with camera tools from Otis_inf (@fransbouma.com)

So let’s dive in and see what’s going on under the hood.

Strap in! 🧵

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Keep an eye out in the next update for a rewrite of the iMMERSE Pro DoF shader too. It's the most advanced real time DoF so far, and will bridge that gap for when there are no camera tools available.

A screenshot from The Outer Worlds 2 showing a detail shot of knobs on a console. In the background, blurred heavily, is an assortment of other consoles.

COMING UP!

We'll be covering TWO imminent Depth of Field shaders, er, in depth!

The 1st we've already teased: an addon DoF that utilises the camera tools by @fransbouma.com; the 2nd is a rewrite of iMMERSE DoF, making it the most advanced of its type.

Keep watching!

#VirtualPhotography

It requires Frans' camera tools, but it uses its own addon, so it doesn't require igcs_connector.

The reason I made this into a separate addon is because I did extensive changes to your stuff that were really experimental and I didn't want to be responsible for screwing up your codebase 😅

Got some posts coming with info on what's new.

If in doubt, you can ask over at the official ReShade discord server.

Hover over the red error and see what it says. It will give you hints about what's wrong. Sometimes you need to make sure you've included all the required files, other times you might just need a more up to date version of the shader or of ReShade, or it might not work under dx9.

A before picture from Cyberpunk 2077, showing 2 people in the distance who seem to be working in a kitchen. There's a round white neon sign in front of them. The picture isn't very well composed, and looks kind of flat.

The after picture of the previous one, this time it has been composed to focus more tightly on the people working in the kitchen, and the halo of the neon light forms a sort of frame around the entire image. Colours and contrast have been improved by using ReShade.

WHAT I FIND ---> WHAT I MAKE

#Noticing the details, bringing the quiet moments to life 📸

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A before/after comparison for yesterday's DoF addon teaser - https://imgsli.com/NDQ1Njc2

With several rendering algorithms, lens distortion effects, and comprehensive frame wait controls, you'll be able to achieve realistic DoF quickly and easily.

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Screenshot from a video game showing an overhead view of some vibrant foliage. In the centre is an orange flower, and beneath it in the background is a lot of green foliage. The background/green foliage is out of focus and has bright bokeh discs dotted wherever there are highlights. The orange flower remains in sharp focus.

A screenshot from a video game showing a closeup of some foliage. The background is out of focus and has areas of bright bokeh discs. In the near foreground is a blade of grass, which is perfectly blurred. The transition between near blur, middle focus, and distance blur is smooth and pleasing.

Soon™️

Eagle-eyed viewers may have seen a brief teaser for our upcoming IGCS-style DoF addon in the 2509 update video (youtu.be/afDOZ6rNqrk?...)

Here are a couple of screenshots to whet your appetite 📸

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Did you check out our Depth Buffer video? Probably the most common problems people have come from trying to configure the depth buffer properly. Maybe this will help!

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YouTube video by Marty's Mods Understanding The Depth Buffer | ReShade Tutorial

UNDERSTANDING THE DEPTH BUFFER

Have you ever run into problems trying to use your favourite ReShade depth effects like MXAO, RTGI or ReLight? We made a ReShade guide to help you understand and fix the depth buffer 👇

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xOS...