GSHADEVISUAL GUIDE

ABOUTWHAT IS GSHADE?

GShade is a heavily enhanced and online-focused fork of ReShade Hello and welcome to the revamped GShade Visual Guide! maintained by Marot Satil. It’s a package of Presets, from-scratch utilities, and a whole ecosystem of shaders aimed at improving the realtime post- Since the beginning of the project, we have had countless amounts of processing experience in any game. support and feedback that have taken GShade to a whole new level. In the following chapters we’ll explain to you what GShade is, how to install Originally inspired by Miiolk’s amazing work on the ReShade 3.4 Angelite it on different operating systems, how you can use it, how to use the pack and the now-depreciated fork Stormshade, its creation would not optional Shaders/Textures, and a few other things we thought you might have have been possible without all of the countless hours of work from find useful. We have tried to make everything as hassle-free as possible our developers (past and current), feedback from the community, the for you, the user. We hope that you will enjoy your journey with us and daily trudging of our testing team, and the contributions of those who look forward to what is to come! are no longer with us.

About 03 Unlike other builds, GShade’s network check is disabled on a per-executable 01 Start-Up 04 whitelist basis, enabling you to use depth-based Shaders in select online Windows Installation 05 games with no ethical quandries. From its easy-to-use installer that takes Linux Installation 10 care of everything for you to its comprehensive Control Panel, you’ll be Steam Installation 12 wondering why you weren’t using GShade already. 02 The Control Panel 16 03 How to Uninstall 26 If you’ve managed to read this far, you’re probably either using GShade 04 DON’T PANIC! Just Update 32 already or are highly interested in giving it a try. From all of us who have 05 IntoThe Overlay 34 worked on the project: thank you, we appreciate the time and effort you 06 Presets and Techniques 40 put into using our software and hope that you’ll continue to stick with us 07 Mini-Tutorials 50 as we continue to push the boundaries of post-processing in the future. Tutorial 01 — How to Use Layer.fx and Stagedepth.fx 51 Tutorial 02 — ChromaKey 55 Tutorial 03 — Silhouette 59 Tutorial 04 — Spotlights 63 Tutorial 05 — Depth of Field Overview 65 08 Optional Shaders and Textures 70 09 Proper Shader Ordering 76 10 FAQ 82 11 Preset Library 86 12 Credits 92

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A note for pre-existing users of other versions of ReShade: GShade will not override or remove any Presets you may have personally created or installed from other sources. If you choose to do a backup, everything related to your CHAPTER 01 previous installation including .ini Presets, .ini config files, .dll files, Textures, Start-Up and Shaders will be placed into a backup folder.

After downloading the .exe file, go ahead anddouble click (or right click > “Open”). You will be met with a Windows Smartscreen box for the first installation. Click on the underlined words “More Info”, then proceed to allow Windows to make the changes by pressing “Run anyway”.

“More info”

This is a Windows security measure to notify you that you are installing a program from an unidentified producer. It is nothing to worry about and is implemented for your own safety as a part of the Windows Operating System. After the Smartscreen you may also The following chapter will be covering the process of installing be prompted by the Windows Security GShade for Windows. A Linux update will be added at a later date. Administration check.

Go ahead and click “Yes”. Over the past year, we have increased our points of access for GShade—originated on our GPOSERS Discord channel—and have Once you’re past the security of your since moved it to the website as well. operating system, you will be met with a language select box.

You can access these by clicking the icons below: And then following this is the first page of our disclaimer that was put in place as a joke, it is merely our Developers’ response to a complaint in relation to the distribution of updates. You may go ahead and read it or not, we don’t actually want your soul.

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For the guide we are focusing on the installation for Final Fantasy XIV Welcome to the pride and joy of our installers main attraction! If you were with us for any length of time through previous versions of the installer, you’ll be delighted to know that all those little clicky pop-up On the next page, you will point to your game’s .exe. If it’s not already boxes that came in the dozens have been exterminated. What a relief! filled out correctly, you will need to press “Browse” and proceed to your game’s folder in order to install GShade to the correct file—in this case, the .exe location is: “C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\game\ffxiv_dx11.exe”

For the past couple of months, the team had been brainstorming on how the overflowing amount of selections and pop-ups could be contained and compiled into something that is a lot less intimidating and time-consuming.

If you feel confident that the default selections are the right ones, you can skip the next sections of the guide.

Depending on your installation method, the default installation folders are in two different locations for Final Fantasy XIV: Executable Architecture

Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A So starting from the top, let us cover the important stuff! Realm Reborn\game\ffxiv_dx11.exe Your executable: This is the game or program you’re installing GShade Steam: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FINAL to, and all of them are either 32-bit or 64-bit. It’s safe to assume that if FANTASY XIV Online\game\ffxiv_dx11.exe your executable is older it’s 32-bit, and if it’s newer it’s 64-bit, but there are exceptions. Once you are ready, press “Next”. For more details on executables for any specific game, please visit PCGW: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home

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Graphics API Now that we have covered the core parts of the installer, let’s move onward by pressing “Next”. The following page is the installation process—here Once you’ve made your selection, let’s move on to the more crunchy side you will see the flood of files being neatly placed to their appropriate of things: the graphics stuff! locations. When the bar has filled and the installation is complete, simply press “Next” again and this will take you through to the step in The following list is a collection of multimedia and the installation process. graphic handling applications that determine whether or not the floor is shiny. DirectX 11 is the appropriate option for installing to Final Fantasy XIV. If you are installing GShade for another Screenshot Destination game, however, another option may be required. If you are unsure of what to select, the likelihood is that you With this last page, you are being asked to select your screenshot won’t need to change anything unless trying to install destination. By pressing “Browse” you can choose where you want your to a non-whitelisted game. pictures to be saved. By default, the installer will be directing you to “C:\ Users\Public\Pictures”, this is a fail-safe destination that all modern If you know for a fact that your computer requires a different selection Windows Operating Systems come with. Yay! and are unsure of which, please hop into our Discord and have a chat with our people (probably Marot because he never sleeps). The default save destination for the Final Fantasy XIV screenshots is actually “Documents\My Games\FINAL FANTASY XIV - A Realm Reborn\ For more details on which API to select for any specific game, please visit PCGW: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home screenshots”, so if you would like to have your screenshots save with your vanilla ones go right ahead and change the destination to this folder.

Optional

Moving on! Now we have come to the fun optional settings. Now, you may be wondering: “What is all this stuff and why would I even care?” Well, dear reader, if you actually want to know then go right ahead and hover your mouse over any of the items in the list. Instead of us squishing every single thing into the guide and making our lazy author work more than they want to, we have supplied you a more direct approach to finding out what you’re installing. As a whole, the optional settings have a variety of things for you to choose from, they consist of back-ups for previous versions of ReShade/GShade currently installed, the Preset Converter, Update Notification System, Once you are ready, press “Finish”. With this final click, you will be prompted Optimal Settings, Presets and Textures. Take your time to have a look- with the option to launch this very same guide. see. You never know, you might find something you’ll enjoy! Shh… I promise it makes sense! The majority of the available selections have hover text for you to see if the option is to your liking or not. Almost everything on the list has YAY! You’re done! From Chapter 02 onward, we’ll be diving into the the ability to enhance your experience with GShade if you are feeling importance of updating GShade, and its interface. Let’s go! adventurous in exploring them.

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Linux Installation B) Create a backup of existing GShade game installations - The backups created will encompass all of your games. IMPORTANT S) Show games GShade is installed to When installing to Linux, GShade works with Wine or Proton above 4.3, - By choosing this option you will be given the option to see however due to a reported bug, currently will not work with unpatched everything that you have GShade installed to. WINE / Proton. There are 5.x variants that work under this link: L) Change GShade’s Language https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1t4ocQISQpuBCoa9NZdOOp4Ss6OvaItz9 - This option will allow you to change language as you need. R) Remove game from installed games list This section will cover the very basic instructions on how to run the - This option has been put in place for any game that you may Linux Script developed by Eorn. Due to Linux teething problems, please have removed the GShade files from manually. It is to clean be aware of the important disclaimer above. up any residual leftovers. To download the Linux script, please proceed to the following link: D) Delete GShade from game and remove from list https://github.com/HereInPlainSight/gshade_installer - This will wipe the installation of GShade from any games that you choose to uninstall from. With the Script now on hand, it’s time to dive into the Command-line. 0) Redownload Compilers Using either Term, or xTerm, run the Script by entering the following: - When installing GShade, if something goes wrong with the ‘sh ./gshade_installer.sh’. This will then present you with this list. Compilers download process, use this option to fix the problem. Q) Quit - By pressing Quit, you’ll exit out of the script.

Short Linux Q&A with Eorn

Q: Does it always work?

From top to bottom you have the following options available, we’ll provide A: No, but the times it hasn’t, the user hadn’t been able to give sufficient a brief explanation for each of them: information for me to figure out where the problem originated. I need more information. 1) Check for an update to GShade

- By running this the script will check for any updates currently Q: Do changes to the script need to be made every update? available for GShade in regards to your currently installed game. A: Updates are only necessary when Marot asks me to. There is currently 2) Install to a custom game no automatic updater for the script. - Running this will allow you to install to games other than

Final Fantasy XIV. Q: Can you run it once and then forget you ever ran it to begin with?

F) Attempt auto-install for FFXIV A: Due to the banner when updates come out, it will need to update the - Similar to the previous option, except it is created specifically for base files (‘./gshade_installer.sh update’ or use the menu through Final Fantasy XIV. ‘./gshade_installer.sh’ to do the update), but you will not need to re-install it to XIV, or any other game, or the like.

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Steam Installation For those who loaded into the “boot” folder: Turn your attention to the top of the window that opened. In this next segment we will cover how to install GShade to your Steam You will see a little “up” arrow beside the address bar. Press the arrow. version of Final Fantasy XIV. Unlike with default Windows installations, Pressing the arrow will take you to the “Final Fantasy XIV Online” folder. there are a few extra steps that we will be walking you through to make sure you understand and can replicate the process with as little hassle as From this “Final Fantasy XIV Online” folder, please open the folder called possible in the event you need to perform these steps again in the future. “game”. This is the folder that you will be installing GShade to during its setup process. First thing’s first:Make sure your game is currently shut down and that the launcher isn’t open, as this will prevent you from installing GShade.

Next, open Steam and head into your Library. From there, locate the game you wish to install GShade on. Once you have located it, go ahead and right click the game’s name Now that we have located the correct folder, run the GShade Installer file and head down the sub menu that you will have already downloaded from either the GPOSERS website, to “Properties...”. Click It. or the GPOSERS discord. When you get to the “executables” section of the installation process, click on the “browser” button to bring up another Explorer window. Once the Properties window has loaded, click on the third tab, “Local Files”, and then click on the top button: “Browse Local Files”. This will bring you to the core “Final Fantasy XIV Online” folder.

Click Here

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Head back to the previous window that we were navigating previously, and look to the address bar at the top where it shows you your current destination. Click in an empty space at the far right for it to highlight automatically for you. We want to copy this address, you can either press “CTRL+C”, or right click it and select “copy”.

Right click in this space here

With the address copied, return to the GShade Installer, and once again click the address bar at the top like before. With it highlighted you can either press “CTRL+V”, or right click it and select “paste”. Then press enter to open the correct location.

Now, if you look down at the folder’s contents, click on the file called “xiv_dx11.exe” and then press the “open” button at the bottom. You are now good to go and can continue installing as normal. Yay!

If you have both, Steam and Windows versions of your game installed, please make sure GShade is installed to all of them. We recommend you do this through the “GShade Control Panel” after the first installation.

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As GShade has expanded outward from Final Fantasy XIV to cover more games and possibilities, it became increasingly clear that keeping track of all installed copies of GShade was quite tedious. With this in mind, CHAPTERThe Control Panel 02 our developers put their heads together and came to the conclusion that for the benefit and sanity of all, it would be best to have a hub where you could access your installations easily to make updates and adjustments as you see fit. From this, the Control Panel was created.

Let us hop straight into things, the journey is far from over and there is still much for us to cover! Once your GShade installation is complete, you’ll now find a newshortcut icon on your computer’s desktop called “GShade Control Panel”. Assuming you haven’t already deleted, go right ahead and double click this icon.

In the off chance you have deleted the shortcut, you will also find it in the “GShade” folder under your start menu.

Home Tab

Once you have opened up the Control Panel, the first thing you are going to be met with is a sleek black window featuring our slogan “Beauty. Stability. Compatibility. GShade”, with a red button below it saying “NO UPDATE AVAILABLE”. To the left of this you have four tabs. The red tab called “Home” is the page you are currently on.

With every creation comes untold potential and progress. That is how the feature of this next chapter came to be. With you in mind, our developers took the next step in making things easier for you, the users. If only life came with one of these panels attached.

The Control Panel is amazing, just like our community. Come see!

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Installations Tab Name: As the header implies, this is the file that GShade is hooked to. In the case of Final Fantasy XIV, your file will be “ffxiv_dx11. The second tab “Installations” is where most of the magic will be taking 1 exe”, and each game that follows will display the boot exe’s of place. Whether you only play one game or many, you can easily modify those respective games in turn. and remove games allowing for a much easier and cleaner experience when managing your files. Filepath: The File path is exactly as you would expect, it is the 2 directory where you installed GShade to, the same folder that houses the named .exe from number one. Let’s take a closer look at each of the options so you know exactly what to expect from them. Cog: Interacting with the cog will allow you to access all of the initial Preset setup options that you originally had access to during 3 your installation process. This means you can go in and edit which installed Presets you have active in your GShade Presets menu.

Folder: If you click on this icon, it will open the folder where your 1 2 3 4 5 4 games .exe is stored allowing for easy access to your files.

Bin/Trash Can: By clicking this icon you will be able to remove GShade from its destination instantly. This is especially useful if 5 you no longer wish to have GShade associated with the game it is linked to. Custom named files and folders will not be deleted.

Update Presets: When you make changes using the Cog that we 6 covered under number three, you will need to press this button to finalize the process so that GShade can update your files accordingly.

Add New: By clicking here, a directory box will pop up.This will take you through the initial installation process of selecting file 6 7 8 7 destination and the various other steps allowing you to add more games to the list such as World of Warcraft or Phantasy Star Online 2.

Clean Removed: This button was designed in the event that you 9 uninstall a game but did not uninstall GShade beforehand. By 8 clicking this after you have uninstalled a game, you will then have GShade and its respective files removed from the destination. Preset files will never be deleted.

Vulkan (x64) and Vulkan (x86): As GShade is enabled for all Vulkan applications on your computer after being installed to one Vulkan 9 game, you can use these to toggle GShade’s global Vulkan support on or off. Live long and process.

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Button Exploration: Cog Button Exploration: Add New

These are the configuration options for Presets in relation to the installation Like your original installation, the steps for adding new games is the exact you clicked the cog for. same. Though we covered these steps before, we’ll show you them again here so you know what the windows will look like.

Like before, you’ll locate your exe file, followed by pressing “Next”.

Select your Executable Architecture, Graphics API, Optional selections and finally yourdesired Presets. After pressing “Next”, you’ll be met with the installation progress window.

By utilizing the Cog you can choose each of your games available Presets without having to go raking through files and getting lost.

If you accidentally turn off a Preset you wanted to keep, or even edited a Preset that you didn’t mean to while using GShade, you are able to unselect the corresponding folder here, go back, press “Update Presets”, then go back into the cog menu and reactivate the Preset for a fresh copy to be restored When you Press “Ok” you’ll be prompted to update the presets.

When you have pressed “Next” once again, it will be followed by the “Screenshot Save Location”, and finally a prompt for whether or not you’d like to see the Visual Guide.

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Tools Tab

Let us now look at the “Tools” tab. This tab may appear complicated at Enable Update Reminder: Toggling this option will allow your first so we will guide you through each of the options available here. Let computer to tell you when a new version of GShade is released. us start from the top and work our way down. 1 It’s very useful in the sense that it will notify you before launching your games to prevent you from getting interrupted by a banner!

Language: As we understand that not everyone can speak English, we have gone the extra mile to be able to bring you GShade in a 2 variety of languages. Changing this here will update all of your GShade installations.

Preset Converter: Have you ever picked up a Preset that was built 1 on another version of ReShade and wanted to use it with Gshade? By running the Presets through this handy Converter, you will be ‘translating’ the file into the same code that GShade comfortably 3 uses. However, please keep in mind this will only work one way. 2 3 You can not convert a GShade file to work with any other package 4 as GShade Presets and Shaders are incompatible with other versions of ReShade.

Open Backup Folder: By clicking this button, you will be taken to the folder where all of your previous backups have been stored, 4 allowing you to collect specific files or to even restore an older version of ReShade if you are unhappy with GShade.

Launch Uninstaller: Running the Uninstaller is described by our 5 Lead Developer as being the “Nuclear” option. By this, we mean that if you run it, there is no going back. GShade will be completely 5 removed from your computer, the only thing that will remain after this process is complete are Presets.

Currently changing language here will not change the language of the Control Panel. We are still working to get the Control Panel translated. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

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Support Tab

Our final tab is “Support”. Here you will find various links to resources that may be of use to you. Let’s take a look!

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Discord: By joining our Discord, you will have access to a thriving and bustling community of creatives like yourself, other players 1 shared presets, screenshot catered channels to share and display your visual stories, as well as our updates, discussions, technical support and various other possibilities such as our monthly magazine.

Website: Visiting our website will allow you to access our Patch 2 Notes, GShade downloads, resources and repository links. Expanding out from there, our magazine is hosted here as well as various creative articles and stories to inspire and teach.

Visual Guide: Because it can’t hurt to be able to access it when 3 you need it!

4 GPOSERS social media links: Give us a follow and join in the creative fun if you feel so inclined!

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Whether it’s because of technical difficulties, change in environment, desire to try other softwares, or simply losing interest, we are still happy to guide you through the painless process of uninstalling GShade from CHAPTERHow to Uninstall 03 your computer. With that said, let’s get straight to it as you likely want this over and done with quickly. There are two ways you can Uninstall GShade from your computer. The first is by using the Control Panel. The second is by going to “Add and Remove Programs” under your Windows Settings. We will cover in this guide how to do it using the Control Panel as the process is the same.

Completely Removing GShade

First, with the Control Panel open, head down to the “Tools” Tab, and go right ahead and click “Uninstall GShade”.

This is the nuclear option and the only way you can go back is by reinstalling the entire application all over again. Presets will never be deleted during this process.

It just wasn’t meant to be. We hope you’ll come back again one day. We’ll welcome you back with open arms!

Click Here

We would love to hear your feedback if you have a minute to spare.

By clicking on the “Launch Uninstaller” you will be met with a Prompt to save you any hassle in case you accidentally clicked it, or change your mind.

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Upon selecting “Yes” your Control Panel will shut down, and the “GShade 3.0.0 Uninstaller” will launch. The first page will explain to you how the process will be carried out, what will be removed, and a tick box at the bottom will allow you to choose whether or not you want to make one final backup before purging your system of active installations. Pressing “Next” will set the process in motion, you will be met with the log display, telling you exactly what is happening, while it happens. When the green bar has reached the end, press “Next” once again.

The last window is the confirmation of GShade being ready for the final purge. You will need to restart your computer in order for the last of the files to be removed.

The tick indicates that you want to perform one last backup.

You may click Finish and resume your normal activities by this point; just don’t forget to restart when it is convenient for you.

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Uninstalling GShade From Linux

In order to completely uninstall GShade from your games on Linux, the steps are relatively quick and simple. By performing the following steps to delete from an installed-in prefix,you will be doing a final backup before proceeding to delete the core files such as Presets and the GShade.ini. Any links will be removed too. The folder in turn will be returned to its original state with no traces of GShade to be found.

Attention: Before performing either 5a, or 5b, make sure to move your backup to a safe place if you wish to keep it! If you are only intending to delete one or more installations, without removing all of them, do not perform step 5.

To initiate the complete uninstallation, follow these steps:

1 Open up Term or xTerm.

2 Go to the directory where you stored the file“gshade_installer.sh” .

3 Run “./gshade_installer.sh”.

Delete all of your games one by one (or the single game you want 4 to delete) using option “D” in the scripts menu.

5a Delete the items at: “$XDG_DATA_HOME/GShade”.

5b Or delete the items at: “~/.local/share/GShade”.

Default Backup Locations: $XDG_DATA_HOME/GShade/Backups/{YYYY-MM-DD}/{HH:MM:SS}/.

Alternative Backup Location: ~/.local/share/

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How and Where Can You Update GShade

We have a couple of methods to get this done in a quick and relatively CHAPTERDON’T PANIC! Just Update 04 painless way that will allow you to combat the dreaded banner.

Option 01: Control Panel When an update is available, the Update tab will activate. This is in addition to the button on the Home tab also working. Just click the button and follow it through like you normally would.

This is the recommended method as this will update all installations of GShade at once.

If you’re already in the game and the following button is displaying:

The following chapter will be covering the various ways you can survive the devastating impact of updating your GShade with as You can just need to click it, and it will open up the Control Panel for you. little pain as possible. Once that is open, just press the “Download Update” button.

Is an update ruining your fun? Come and tell us on Discord:

If you press [Shift+F2] and head over to the “About” tab, you will find two links, the first will take you to ourDiscord channel, the second will take you to our website. From these you can just redownload the install and restart the whole process of installing from scratch again.

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The Loading Bar The first thing you will notice when you open your game is a new bar at CHAPTER 05 the top of your screen. The bar will tell you about the loading progress of Into The Overlay GShade and a little bit of other information, on a good computer it should only display for a couple of seconds though.

This bar loading as intended is a good indicator as to whether or not something has gone wrong. If it hangs indefinitely or doesn’t display at all, then something has gone wrong! If you don’t see this bar at the top of your game during start-up, please check the destination you saved GShade to, as it may very well have been saved to the wrong place. If you can’t figure it out, please come and see us in our GShade technical support channel (#gshade-troubleshooting) in the GPOSERS Discord, we will be very happy to try and help you resolve your GShade problem!

Meet The Overlay Once the game is loaded and the Loading Bar has disappeared after start- up, you may already be curious about what wonders are awaiting you. You don’t even have to log into your character to be able to access the Overlay and its magic. Go ahead and press the following keys together on your keyboard: [Shift+F2]. Now that all the woe-is-me scary world-shattering bother of updating is out the way with, let’s dive into the Overlay and all the adventures you have coming! Whoosh! Here it is! The thing you have been waiting for! The window where all the magic happens. On the left side of your screen, say hello to the Overlay. If everything has loaded as intended, you should see a big red and black Are you lost in the Overlay? The folks on Discord will rescue you! box filled with lots of intimidating words, boxes, and strangeness. Not to worry, now that you’ve come this far, we’ll go through it with you bit by bit so the big scary behemoth turns out to be indispensable in your screenshot adventures.

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Tab Introductions S Home: This is where you will find your drop-down list of Presets, all of E the Techniques and Shaders that GShade has to offer (some of them may H T require steps to use, these are discussed later in this guide), “Reload” O T button, and a “Performance Mode” tick box. M I You will also find an “Update GShade” button at the top when an update is available. E N Settings: This is where you can find all of the ReShade settings, you’ll G see your Overlays open, Effect Toggle, Previous Preset, and Screenshot S Hotkey settings, along with a plethora of other options, such as folder paths, audio and visual cues for screenshot saving, and screenshot naming. Additionally, there is also the User Interface setting here too.

Take note: You never want the screenshot hotkey set to Screenshot unless the game allows you to disable that hotkey—PSO2 is one of those games S that doesn’t allow this. T Statistics: Under this menu, you will find a lot of developer-level information. A You generally won’t really need to go in here, but in the event that a Shader T or asset isn’t loading correctly, this is a good place to check. I L S O Logs: To put it simply, the “Log” tab is an extension of “Statistics”. T G You will see a detailed list of all the recently executed commands and I functions of GShade. This is a developer-end tab that you may never C need to visit, but it’s nice to know what it is and what it’s doing, right? S For those of you who are more tech-savvy, it can help you fix the problem— and for those of you who aren’t, the information could help the Developers and Moderators help you!

About: The “About” tab is the most explanatory tab of them all. You will find various information from and about the Developers of the A software, as well as copyright information and other useful tools and links A B such as: Discord Link, Website Links, Patch Notes, GPOSERS Magazine P Link, GShade Shader Repository, and more! O I U API: This tab will be named after the API used by the game. Examples include DX9, DX10, DX11, DX12, OpenGL, and Vulkan. T

On this tab, you will find the activation box for ChromaKey.fx (transparent) screenshots and see settings related to the depth buffer. Outside of niche cases for specific game and hardware combinations.

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Overlay Themes

If you’re like the majority of us, you probably spend a lot of time inside the GShade Overlay, fiddling with various options. Whether you spend a lot of time in the Overlay or not, it’s always nice to be able to personalize things or change them just so they’re easier to read. ReShade originally comes with several themes of its own, however, we have gone a step further to create some custom themes for you to enjoy! On the next page, we have picked out several available themes to share with you, and this isn’t all of them on the list! The Themes menu is found under the “Settings” tab, scroll to the bottom to find“User Interface”. From there, they are in the top drop-down menu.

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Custom Simple If you don’t like any of the themes available, there is also the option available to create one for yourself in this very same area. Just click whichever of the two options best suits you and Custom Advanced get creative by clicking on the colored squares at the end of the lines to choose your own! Custom Simple has a lot less daunting and complicated options to customize, in comparison to Custom Advanced. The colorful possibilities are endless!

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How to Change Presets CHAPTER 06 Hello again. Do me a favor and click on the “Home” tab! Presets and Techniques With a fresh install of GShade, by default, the drop-down menu box will say “Off.ini”. This means that all effects are currently turned off: note that your Techniques below will all be unticked so you will see absolutely no changes to your game. This is expected behavior so there is no need to worry, I promise it’ll start to do shiny things soon!

By clicking anywhere in the red bar that has the word “Off” written in it, let’s go ahead and turn on one of the Presets, any you like really, but for the purposes of this guide, we will be using GShadeGameplayVanilla.

Once you have the browser drop down menu open, first click on the word “GShade”. With this new folder open, look for GShadeGameplayVanilla. If you’ve made it this far, we can assume you haven’t gagged on any It should be around the middle of the listed Presets in this folder. Theme rainbows, this is a good thing! Now, let us delve in the whats The drop-down is sorted alphabetically, just look for G and go from there. and hows of Presets and Techniques.

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Once the Preset has loaded, you will see the Techniques (and Shader Presets not working? names) it uses loaded up in white. The game should also look a little different too—if it doesn’t, have a look at the top of your Overlay for the message telling you that effects are disabled and how to turn them on!

The following two screen captures are what you should see if everything is working correctly and turned on. The first is with‘Off.ini’ activated. The second is with GShadeGameplayVanilla activated. The message sits between the Preset drop-down list and the search bar as shown above. Go ahead and press [Shift+F3] if you see this message. If it doesn’t and your Shaders aren’t working, you may need to Update or come and have a word with our Tech-Support folks in our Discord.

Drop Down Menu Extreme Now that you know where the Presets are and how to turn them on, let’s take a step back into that funky little list as something shiny is hidden within its dragon’s hoard of Presets. First thing’s first, at the very top of your Browser Drop Down Menu, you will see the words “Current Folder”, this corresponds with the folders where you have saved GShade during installation. This will always tell you which folder you are currently in. Once you click the drop down, scroll to the very top of the list and press the two dots [..]

This takes you back a folder and into the main folder we were in before we turned on GShadeGameplayVanilla. You’re probably going to be used to the windows format of opening folders from your computer in Explorer, this works in the exact same way, but without the pictures of folders. Think of these two dots as your back button.

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Additional Folder Information What to expect when you press ... If you look at the list, you’ll find a pre-made “Custom” folder. This folder If you want to add a new Preset you acquired, press the [...] button. Your (or a brand new one of your own creation with a unique name) is where Explorer window will open up inside of the folder you are currently at you want to put your own personal creations. Worth noting, if you were inside of your GShade Overlay’s Browser Drop Down Menu. coming from ReShade or another build, this “Custom” folder is also where For the purpose of this guide we are starting at the “gshade-presets” folder your existing Presets ended up! with the Preset set to “Off.ini” in game. GShade will NEVER delete or alter any custom folders!

Creating, Copying, Renaming and ...

At the top of your Overlay on the top right hand corner, you should see a “Custom” little plus [+] sign and several dots [...].

You might be wondering what these buttons are and what they do, so below we will explain it to you as easily as possible. If you get stuck, don’t be afraid to come and talk to us on Discord. This folders appearance may vary depending on how long you have been using GShade for.

The plus [+]: After pressing this button you will be met with an input Move the .ini file of the Preset you are adding to GShade into the “Custom” box which allows you to create a brand new blank Preset. It will save in folder. This same method is how you would be able to replace a Preset you the folder you are currently in; create your Presets where they are safe. accidentally altered, allowing you to replace the file in question assuming you have a copy of it available. Additionally, there is also a tick box you will want to click if you want to Did you break a GShade Preset? You can reacquire the files here at our create a copy of the Preset you are currently using. Shader Repository: https://github.com/Mortalitas/GShade-shaders

Search Bar and Additional Buttons

To move the applied Techniques to the top, simply press the “Active to Top” button. […]: Beside the plus symbol to the right of the Drop Down Menu, you’ll find a little box with three dots in it. Clicking this will open up the Windows The button next to this—”Collapse All”—will close all of the drop-down Explorer folder of where all your Presets are currently installed. boxes in the lower portion of your dashboard, allowing you to access them in their list if you want to find one quicker. The button will change Rename: This lets you change the name of the Preset you are currently to “Expand All” after closing all the drop-down boxes. using. We highly recommend renaming Presets that were tweaked— whether from a copy or an original—as they will be overwritten otherwise. The search bar will allow you to search through the long list of Techniques based on what you type into it. So, if you know you’re looking for something like “Copyright” then that is what you would type in.

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How to Apply Techniques How to Clone and More Now that you know how to use a Preset, let’s have a look at turning more Have you ever wished that you could have more Techniques of the same variety as one you already have? Well you can! Techniques on and off. I’m sure that for the most part it is self explanatory, but for others it might be scary or intimidating, so please be patient and We have developed a way for you to be able to duplicate Techniques and relax! utilize them in a completely different way, allowing for a lot more creative To apply additional Techniques, simply click the checkbox to the left of freedom and countless possibilities. its name. For this example, we have used ADOF [qUINT_DOF.fx]. Let us take a quick look at how and the things that accompany this.

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4 If you don’t see it amongst the A’s in your list near the top, press the “Active to Top” button for your list of Techniques to be reorganised. You will notice an immediate difference as it will have changed the 1: This is where the right clicked 4: The simplest way for us Depth of Field that is displayed on your image. Did you ever wonder how Techniques name is displayed. to explain “Show Compiled Results” is that this button is everyone else had really nice out of focus images? This is likely one of 2: Pressing this button will cause the Techniques they used to do it! Please remember, it is turned on if the used by Low Level Programmers an Input Box to pop up. If you type and Shader Developers. box beside it is tecked and the name has turned white from it’s default “Test” and press Enter, the Technique 5: “Move To Bottom” will send the grey (while using the GShade Theme). that is cloned from “ADOF” will Technique to the very bottom of then be called “ADOF+Test”. the Techniques List. The clone will appear inactive at Do note that for optimal performance and results, there is a preferred the bottom of the Technique list. 6: “Move To Top” will send the load order for Techniques. You can find this list pinned in the #gshade- Technique to the very top of the 3: When you are done with a clone discussion-feedback channel in the GPOSERS Discord and at Chapter Techniques List. and want to remove it, find the 07 of this guide. You’ll find this will come in handy when you want to cloned Technique, right click to 7: If you have multiple Techniques make a Preset yourself! bring up the options box, and press active in your list but only want to “- Clone”, it will be deleted. see the effect of a single one, turn on “Solo Mode”.

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All About Sliders! Reload Button Up to this point, we have learned a lot about the mysteries of the Overlay, This button doesn’t need a whole lot of explanation, but a brief mention now it’s time to unravel the most daunting of them. The sliders, values and of when to use it isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Right at the very bottom many menus and drop downs that reside at the bottom of the home page. of the Home tab, you will find a large button that says “Reload”. This is there for when things simply aren’t doing as they should. First things first, if you don’t already have a Preset turned on, go ahead and turn one on so that the Technique list is populated with activated Sometimes your Presets might not look the way they should, despite Techniques. For this portion of the guide, we’ll once again be using having done so at an earlier time. This is when you would press the GShadeGameplayVanilla as our point of reference. button to reload GShade as a whole. Once the Preset is turned on, go ahead and press the “Collapse All” button to the far right of the Search Bar. Performance Mode From here, if you turn your attention to the bottom of the Overlay, you will OK, moving on, let’s have a look at the last part of the “Home” tab. Right find a much shorter list of Technique names with little triangles beside at the very bottom beside the big “Reload” button, there is a little clicky them. Now, find the “HDR [HDR.fx]” menu and click it. You will be greeted box with the words “Performance Mode” written right beside it. by three sliders and “Preprocessor Definitions”. Please click it. Don’t be afraid, go ahead and move the sliders around for the [Power] bar (the top one), simply click and drag the red rectangle, or click anywhere on the bar and it will jump to your mouse. Simple right? This is how easy Performance Mode makes things faster when activated and you’re not making it is to change things with the sliders! changes to Presets. However, don’t use it while you are editing your Presets To reset the slider, right-click the specific bar that you made changes to, as it will then make everything slower. and select “Reset To Default”. In terms of this specific Preset however, you want to set the number to 1.150, the reset will return the value to Built-in Tutorial the Shaders original, not the Presets creators chosen value. Now that we have come to the end of the core guide on how to use GShade, there is one last thing to mention: Normally when you launch GShade for the first time, You will be met with the screen grab on the right. This is a built- To enter a specific number without trying to get it using the slider or arrow in tutorial, a very condensed version of buttons to the right of the slider bars, hold down your [Ctrl] key and then this guide added in for convenience. right-click the bar. This will highlight the number and allow you to type in the value that you want. So just type 1.15 and press enter (or click The screen grab below it is the top of anywhere off of the bar you edited). the “Settings” tab. If you turn your attention to the bottom of the “General” section, you will see a button that says “Restart Tutorial”, if you click it, it will allow you to go through the tutorial at your leisure!

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CHAPTERMini-Tutorials 07 HowTutorial to Use Layer.fx and Stagedepth.fx 01

Over the past year we have had two separate versions of this very same mini-tutorial. However, in recent updates, we now have a much easier way of doing things without having to rename files or wiggle them about.Let’s jump straight into the Overlay and grab a “Layer [Layer.fx]”. This is the screen you’ll be greeted by when you first select the Technique:

The settings for all the Layer In this chapter, we have gone ahead and compiled a few Techniques are the exact same mini-tutorials on how to use a select few of our Shaders that we so it doesn’t matter which one know are a little bit awkward to use when you’re unsure what to do you use. We will however be with them at first. We hope they will help in your creative endeavors! focusing on the bottom part, the “Preprocessor Definitions”. It looks intimidating, I know, but it’s really very simple to use.

Do you have any ideas for mini-tutorials? Do share them with us. If you don’t see the four boxes, just click the arrow to the left.

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The first thing we need to do isopen up the Textures folder, you can do this by the following two options:

Option 1: Pressing the [...] button at the top of the Overlay to bring up your Presets, press “game” at the top in the address bar. Enter the folder “gshade-shaders” and navigate into the “Textures” folder.

Option 2: Open up a folder, then copy and paste into the bar at the top:

Default: “C:\Program Files\GShade\gshade-shaders\Textures”

Once you have the folder open, find a Texture that you want to use.

In our case, we are using our favorite little Rubber At first, your image may appear all stretched out and deformed like the Ducky who has been on the long journey of Layer duck above if it does not match your screen resolution. Not to worry and Stagedepth Tutorials since the very beginning! though, if you look at the Sliders for “Layer.fx”, you have the Sliders to resize your image! However, if you fill in the “Layer_Size_X” and “Layer_Size_Y” Copy and paste your Texture into the Texture folder boxes with the resolution of your image, it will then render correctly! and return to the Overlay on your game.

With your Texture having been placed into the correct folder, let’s turn our Scale X & Y: This will shrink, or increase the size of your image, keeping attention to the bottom of the “Processor Definitions”input section, you both X and Y values uniform (meaning they’ll stay proportional and you are looking for the box called “LayerTex”. This is where we are going to can just make the image smaller or larger) type in the name of the Texture. Scale X: This will allow you to squash or stretch the image from the left For us, we will be typing: “Rubber_Ducky.png” with the quotation/ and right. speech marks, they are important. It will not work without them!

Scale Y: This will allow you to squash or stretch the image from the top Then go up to “Layer_Size_X” and “Layer_Size_Y” and fill in the resolution and bottom. of our image. For us, the image is “1755x1693” so we would put “1755” into “Layer_Size_X” and “1692” in “Layer_Size_Y”. Position X: This will allow you to move your image left and right depending Your image resolutions will vary: If you’re unsure what they are, just on which direction you drag the slider. right click your image, go to “Properties” then click the “Details” at the top. The image dimensions are in there! Position Y: Depending on which way you drag the slider, your Texture will move up or down. Neat, right?! We aren’t done yet though!

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If we turn off “Layer”, and do a search for “Stagedepth [Stagedepth.fx]” we’ll come across a Technique which is basically the exact same as a Tutorial 02 “Layer”, however, as the name “Depth” implies, we have the ability to move ChromaKey this one close, or further away from the camera (your screen). In this mini-tutorial we will be covering how to use our ChromaKey Turn it on, input your Textures name into the “Preprocessor Definitions” Techniques! Let’s dive straight in and get going with it right away! box like we did before, with the only difference being that the box is now called “StageTex”. Don’t forget to fill in the“Layer_Size_X” and “Layer_ Step 1: This is always the most difficult part of any picture! Size_Y” if you know them to avoid stretching! Pick a pose! Preferably without any particles or magic effects as they Like with Layer, we’ll have a considerably stretched out Rubber Ducky, but will get chopped off or leave a strange glow on your picture. that’s ok, we’ll quickly resize him and move him over a bit! Step 2: Open up your Gpose Settings box and make sure you have Depth of Field unselected. If you leave it on, it could make your image fuzzy (It’s good practice to turn it off if you’re using Presets with any DOF’s).

If you turn your attention to the Techniques Settings, we have a new toy to play with now! Looking at the third slider down, we’ve been graced with the “Depth” slider, allowing for you to take your Texture on adventures.

Whether it be giant meteors smashing down onto your scenic landscapes, or Step 3: Set your camera and angle using your mouse’s scroll wheel and a giant Rubber Ducky sat in the harbour of Limsa Lominsa, the possibilities the Camera Position Sliders in the Gpose Settings. If you are going for of what you can do are endless! a full body shot of the character, it is vital you make them float. For this tutorial, I have positioned the character on the edge of a box and edged Additional Tip: If you ever forget what to do, just click on the input bar off of it so her feet aren’t touching the box and her clothing isn’t interacting and automatically it’ll pop up the dev console with a note in green font with any surrounding objects. on how to do all of this and where to put your Texture. This isn’t reliable for everything, but for this, it’s a good tip to remember.

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Step 6: You may not see the green straight away when you first turn it on, but if you look down the bottom, you’ll see in the Definitions Panel an option called “Distance adjustment”. We’ll be using the very top slider called “Threshold” to move the greenscreen into place. Step 4: Press [Shift+F2] and open up the Overlay and go to the API Tab to the right of the “About” Tab. Directly at the top, you will find a checkbox with the words “Take Greenscreen Screenshots” written beside it. You need to click this every time you want to use ChromaKey.

Step 7: Turn your threshold down to around 0.030 -ish (though it also depends on your character and what they’re wearing! Some poses and armor require more, or less space). With it turned down you will now see Step 5: Hopping back over to the “Home” tab, click on the “Search” box the eye bleaching goodness of a fluorescent green background. and search for a Technique called “Chromakey [Chromakey.fx]”. Turn it on. (Alternatively: you can just scroll through the long list and find it that Note: For the sake of the guide, the box was intentional to show how way too!) you are interacting with your environment.

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Step 8: Press your screenshot button! The end result you will get is as follows (with a spot of rotation for good measure). TutorialSilhouette 03

In this mini-tutorial, we will be taking a glance at our Shader called Silhouette. Silhouette is a peculiar and fun Shader, but one of our more artsy standalones. This beautiful little Shader allows you to literally silhouette things by utilising the depth adjustable layers known as Stagedepth.fx. As a bit of history for the precious toy, it was, for better or worse, a complete and The Chromakey Technique utter accident! We still love it though! works with a number of Presets, just be sure to turn their DOF Let’s hop straight into it and load it up from the Overlay’s Technique list Techniques off first to avoid (or you can do a search for it, which would certainly be quicker). fluffy edges!

Lastly, we recommend using this Technique inside of a player built studio room where the light is controlled, or your greenscreen might end up with a white line surrounding it due to lighting interference.

Once you have loaded up the Shader, the first thing you will instantly Additional: That little bit of box poking out from the bottom left hand notice (assuming your effects are turned on) is that everything is currently corner is acceptable as long as you have a program like Photoshop (for blocked out into two separate Textures. Neat right?! example) that you can erase it with afterwards. Otherwise you’ll need to find a place you can get a good, unobstructed float with! So for the basics of Silhouette, these are the default settings. You really can’t go wrong with this Shader, so playing around with it is nothing to worry about at all. Let’s zoom in on the Shader’s settings anyway and have a look at the things you can do with it.

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Oh no! It’s all the sliders and the numbers again! Big eek? Not even a little eek! So here we have your default settings. The Foreground Texture which is currently set to “Papyrus2.png” is the one that will be defining your shapes and separating everything from the background. This Texture only has three different setting options available to you, we will take a quick look at two of them: Moving onto the background settings, these Sliders will manipulate the light colored Texture in our background above which by default is set to Opacity: This allows you to manipulate how transparent the Texture (or “Papyrus7.png”. This layer has the exact same settings as the foreground, color) is. By manipulating this slider you can decide whether or not you but with a single difference, this layer is depth adjustable. can see through the Texture that is covering the character or objects it is interacting with. Dragged to the Left Dragged to the right

Texture: By selecting the Texture drop down list, you have a selection of several different Textures to choose from. By default we have given you four to play with, and then two empty ones that you can put your own Texture onto, this can be done in the same way that was covered in our earlier mini-tutorial for Depth: This slider is everything that is written on the box: “How to Use Layer.fx and Stagedepth.fx”. By dragging the slider to the left you push the light colored Texture (Background) further away from your camera, allowing you to pick up more background objects. For the purpose of this tutorial we have now changed the Texture to “Metal1.png” so you can see what has been changed. By dragging your slider to the right, your Texture is pulled closer to you, removing objects that are near you by covering them up with the Texture.

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TutorialSpotlights 04

In this mini-tutorial we will be illuminating your world with Spotlight! Spotlight is another small and fancy little feature which can be used to actively brighten your screen in the sense of using a torch, or could be used more artistically to apply flare to your screenshots.

Open the Overlay [Shift+F2], do a search for the Technique (or scroll down) and look for “Spotlight [Spotlight.fx]”. These are the Techniques that we will be showing you how to use. This isn’t all that Silhouette can do though. We can, as mentioned earlier, change the Textures to something personalised. We have gone ahead and already set up Gpose for this mini-tutorial. By default for “Silhouette1” and “Silhouette2”, you will see text covered layers in the foreground or background depending on which Texture you With our character posed in /gpose and the first Spotlight turned on, the want to customise. In order to customise these two layers, follow the first thing that you’ll see—depending on the lighting of your shot—is a large steps for the mini-tutorial “How to Use Layer.fx and Stagedepth.fx”. glowing splodge slap bang in the middle of your screen. This splodge is what we’ll be manipulating: And finally we will now look at the Block Color Textures. To activate Spotlight Off Spotlight On them, take a glance over at your Shader Settings once again. Above both Foreground and Background you have checkboxes for “Enable Fore-/ Background Color”. By clicking this, you will be turning both of your Silhouette layers black. Now, just below both of these options, you have three empty boxes, all of them say “0” inside of them. These boxes are RBG (Red, Blue, Green) value boxes. By inputting any number from 0-255 To begin with, let’s change the size of the spot and make it much smaller you will be adjusting the color of the so we can see it easier. To do this, drag the “Size” Slider to the left. layer to match. Next, we’ll ramp the brightness by dragging the “Brightness” Slider If you desire a specific color, you can above the “Size” Slider, all the way to the right. always use a RBG picker website or something like MS Paint.

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Moving The Spot In order to move the spot to the left and right, turn your attention to the top Slider in the Shader Settings panel for “X Position”. TutorialDepth of Field Overview 05 Dragging it to the right will move your spot to the right. Dragging it to the left will move your spot to the left. Now, “Y Position”, working exactly the same as the X slider, but instead this one correlates with up and down: FFXIV RECOMMENDATION To move the spot up, drag the slider to the right. If you are using a Preset with DOF To move the spot down, drag the slider to the left. enabled, we strongly recommend you turn the Depth of Field selection Spot moved to the right Spot moved down and left box in the /Gpose Settings panel OFF. If you don’t, it can make your images very fluffy and may cause unnecessary distortions.

Though we have called this section a tutorial, it is actually just an overview Spot Color and Distance of several of the available Depth of Field (DOF) Techniques that we have To change the color of your spot, simply click on the little colored square in store. The majority of our premade Presets come with these already beside “Color” and pick and choose your color. in place, but often they have varying effects under the surface, or have been set up differently by the Preset creators to provide results desired “Distance”, like with all previous depth adjustable Techniques, determines for their Presets. how far back your spotlight will shine. The further to the right you drag the slider, the more you can illuminate the background at the same time Bring up the Overlay [Shift+F2], use the as the foreground. search bar and type in “DOF”. This will bring up all available Techniques for you to examine and potentially use or adapt Now that you know how to use the in your creations. Spotlights, go ahead and have a play with it. If you’re feeling especially We have many to choose from and that can creative, you may even want to give be intimidating. As the default settings for yourself even more spotlights, and go the majority of them are usable for most of all out! If you do, be sure to come and your needs, we’ll just show you the various show us in Discord, we would love to results of these default settings. see what you come up with! We will not be looking at all of them as several are very similar in what they do.

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ADOF [qUINT_dof.fx] GP65CJ042DOJ [DOF.fx]

MartyMcFlyDOF [DOF.fx] MatsoDOF [DOF.fx]

CinematicDOF [CinematicDOF.fx] RingDOF [DOF.fx]

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Each of the DOFs have almost identical settings and will often work visually in very similar ways, however, they all have something that is different, whether it be below the surface in the coding, or on your screen where you can see it for yourself.

Looking at DOF Techniques ADOF is an automatic Technique which will set the depths and values for you and adjust to your screen based on what is closest to it. CinematicDOF is mouse driven, it will focus where you point your cursor, and even show you the levels when you click, allowing you a more precise view of what you are focusing on as it will show you a pink crosshair for viewable definition. On the other end of the scale, you have the less advanced DOF Techniques like MartyMcflyDOF, which often works better when “mouse driven” is turned on in it’s settings as like CinematicDOF, it allows you to decide where the focal point of the image will be.

Basic Settings Observation The settings under the majority of the DOF Settings will often have things like “FarBlurCurve”, “InfiniteFocus” and “BlurRadius”, these will allow you to determine how sensitive the mouse over and focal ranges are, and how much of a blurry background you should expect.

In example, for MartyMcflyDOF specifically, if you lower your“FarBlurCurve” to around 1.000 (the default is 2.000), you have more control when using the “MouseDriven_AF” selection making for more accurate definition in your screenshots.

Despite all of this, the best advice that can be given when you’re new is to simply test them out and find what suits you best! The results you can acquire with DOF is beyond spectacular, so don’t be afraid to play!

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Warning Whatever you do, do NOT overwrite Textures or Shaders that are included in GShade as you will break the appearance of all pre-existing Presets. CHAPTEROptional Shaders and Techniques 08

Adding Optional Items

All Shaders and Textures are stored in one place in order to be consistent across games. Please note that presets are still stored in your local game files. The location is as follows:

Default: C:\Program Files\GShade\gshade-shaders

Once you’ve found your folder, you’ll notice a variety of different folders. From here, go to the folder titled “Shaders”.

This folder houses all of the Shaders that GShade uses to make your screenshots look different in their myriad of ways. It is this folder you will be placing any ‘.fx’ Shader files you want to use in conjunction with GShade.

‘Compute Shaders’ houses the .fx files that won’t run on DirectX 9 games.

Now, if you press the back button to return to the ‘gshade-shaders’ folder, By now, hopefully you have gotten used to GShade and all of its if you look down the small list, you’ll notice a folder labeled ‘Textures’. treasures. If you’re visiting this chapter, then you’re interested in This is the folder where you need to place any and all Textures linked our optional Shaders and Textures! These are not mandatory in any to Shaders you may choose to install. way, and won’t ever be forced on you. Except maybe by your friends. Due to file size, youdon’t have to download the files we will be covering from here on out. The steps will apply to any Shaders or Textures you choose to include in your creative adventures. Joining us is optional too, but we’d love for you to come for a chat! Again, these are optional!

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Adding Optional Textures Once you have downloaded it, So now you have your file location, let’s take a step back from here and open it up and go into the folder open up your internet browser. You want to head over to the following titled the same name inside the website: https://gposers.com/gshade/ zip.

Scroll to the very bottom of the page opened until you find the following Like on the GDrive page, you’ll four buttons: have all of the Textures and the Shader at your disposal.

Depending on how you are opening the .zip, your screen may vary from the screen grabs.

Here you will find our Shader Repository and additional Textures. Please go ahead and click on “Additional Textures” and it will redirect you to our Google Drive (gdrive) folder. We upload our additional Textures here, they are free for you to use in Highlight the images as a whole your GShade creations, if you so choose. and then open up your Explorer Please go ahead and double click on “4K Wanted Posters” nestled at the folder again. top, above the images, the button you are looking for should looks like:

C:\Program Files\GShade\gshade-shaders\Textures Drag and drop your highlighted images straight into this folder. (You do not have to do these actions, the files are chunky!) If done correctly, you’ll be able to see the images pop into the If you download the whole folder (right click “4K Wanted Posters” at the folder and highlighted as they were top and hit “Download”) it will zip it up and likely save to your Downloads the objects being transferred in. folder. And you’re now done with the The file in question that will be downloaded will be a .zip of the contents Texture Installation! Yay! of the folder which consists of twelve (12) images. These can be used fluently with “Layer.fx” and “Stagedepth.fx”. Give it a go!

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ADDITIONAL Texture NOTE: If your image doesn’t match your screen resolution, the image will stretch upon import. You will need to fill in the “LAYER_SIZE_X” and “LAYER_SIZE_Y” input boxes for “Layer.fx” or “Stagedepth.fx” values under the preprocessor definitions inside the GShade Overlay.

Adding Optional Shaders At the time of writing, we don’t have any Optional Shaders to demonstrate this section with, so will just cover it basically: To install any Shaders that you have acquired for GShade, you will need to go to the folder that corresponds with your installation.

Default: C:\Program Files\GShade\gshade-shaders\shaders

Like with the ‘Textures’ we just covered, you will need to copy and paste the ‘.fx’ file into this folder in order for GShade to be able to detect it.

There is one last thing you will need to do assuming your game is still open: head back over to it, press [Shift+F2] to open your Overlay, and then press the nice big “Reload” button at the bottom.

The Shader will now be loaded! To uninstall them, you would simply go to the folders where you placed them and delete them! We also recommend moving them to the “Optional” folder or another folder when you don’t plan to use them—for your own sanity (especially if your computer is already slow).

WARNING To avoid errors in DirectX 9 games, Shaders which include the acronym “CS” or are noted by the author to be Compute Shaders need to be placed in the “ComputeShaders” folder.

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As Gshade continues to grow and evolve, so do the Shaders involved with it. We have put together this handy list to be used as a general reference when creating your own personal Presets. You can technically put most Techniques anywhere (except MXAO, careful with that one—it has teeth!) CHAPTERProper Shader Ordering 09 so don’t be afraid to play with the ordering.

* = Only work properly in whitelisted and offline games. ** = Not currently included but provided for reference. *** = Use only one. **** = Use as few as possible. ***** = Compute Shaders. Only compatible with DirectX 11+, OpenGL, and Vulkan. p = prod80

UI & Utility Openers Before FFKeepUI DH_undither UIMask_Top p_06_LumaFade_Start Other VariableRateShading***** Normals: Poly Edge SMAA [Depth Edge Detection] Blur* Depth Buffer: Fog FogRemoval Removal Openers Veil_B_Gone***** Depth Buffer: AO_SAO MXAOFFXIV Normals Surface HBAO PPFX SSDO Recolor* MatCap_Experimental qMXAO Monocular_Cues RayAO MXAO SSAO Have you ever wanted to create your own Preset, but weren’t sure MC_DAO where to put things? Well, we have gone the mile and put together a Depth Buffer: Pirate_GI reference that may help you in your creative endeavours. Global RTGlobalIllumination** Illumination* SSGI Depth Buffer: Fog FogReintroduction Removal Closers Veil_B_Back*****

Want to know what isn’t a general reference? US! Come say hello. Depth Buffer: BUMPMAPPING RimLight Normals Surface Emboss_Tech Thin-film (iridescence) Alteration* ReflectiveBumpMapping SSR Normals: Sharpen* Clarity Clarity2

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Q: What games and software are officially whitelisted by GShade? A: For the full list of whitelisted games, please go to the following link: https://github.com/Mortalitas/GShade

CHAPTERFAQ 10 Q: Can I use GShade with other games? A: Yes! Though the normal network restrictions apply to non-whitelisted games. Q: Can I request whitelisting for a game? A: Yes! Contact Marot Satil in our Discord! Q: I got a message that says “Windows protected your PC” when I open the GShade installer. A: Click the underlined text that says More Info and then click Run Anyway. This is Microsoft SmartScreen, and it generally shows for any unsigned executable files. Q: How do I open the Overlay? A: [Shift + F2] for most games, [F10] for PSO 2, and [End] for Second Life. You can change it under the Settings tab in the overlay.

Q: What is the default screenshot key combo? A: [Shift + Numpad+] You can change it under the Settings tab in the overlay. Please ensure that the screenshot key set in GShade never matches the native screenshot key of your game unless it has been disabled or changed.

Q: How do I add presets I downloaded? This chapter contains our FAQ questions and answers. A: Place them in gamefolder\gshade-presets\Custom to work with the installer’s converter, or create your own folder(s) in gshade-presets. Don’t forget to convert them if they weren’t made with GShade! Guide FAQ Updated: 02/06/21. Q: What settings should I use in Final Fantasy XIV with GShade? A: Required: DirectX 11 (Launcher): On If you want the up-to-date FAQ, the live version is in our Discord. Edge Smoothing (Anti-Aliasing): FXAA Transparent Lighting Quality: High Recommended: Naturally darken the edges of the screen. (Limb Darkening): Off Water Refraction: Off Cinematic Cutscenes - Depth of Field: Off

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Q: Where can I find backups made by the GShade Installer? Q: Can I use the Shaders (.fx files) or Textures (.png, .jpg files) from GShade in my own ReShade build? A: Backups are always in: ?:\Users\Public\GShade Backups\ A: Please refer to the individual licenses in each shader. Any of the Q: My presets are missing!? textures in GShade which are from ReShade 3 or ReShade 4 fall under the same license as ReShade itself or the license that accompanies A: Inside of gamefolder\gshade-presets are several folders including their respective shader. For other files, you’ll need to ask permission GShade and Custom. from the original creators. GShade presets will be installed into gshade-presets\GShade and existing non-GShade presets in the gamefolder folder will be moved Q: How is GShade different from ReShade or other builds such as into gshade-presets\Custom. Stormshade and MoogleShade/HQ Shade/Faeshade? This only happens when you have presets located in the gamefolder, and you’re not required to put non-GShade presets in: A: https://gposers.com/gshade/gshade-faq/#comparison gshade-presets\Custom. Screenshot Troubleshooting Q: I don’t get a message saying GShade is loading on startup and I 1. Ensure that GShade & the game you’re using it with do not share a can’t open the GShade UI. screenshot hotkey and that you are using GShade’s screenshot hotkey. A: Check to make sure d3d11.dll is in the same folder as your game’s You can check GShade’s hotkey on the Settings tab of the overlay. exe, not its launcher. a. Some games like Final Fa IV allow you to change or disable their native screenshot hotkey, allowing you to use (for example) the PrintScreen Q: Why do shadows look weird in Final Fantasy XIV’s /gpose hotkey with GShade. A: Make sure you disable the Depth of Field setting in the /gpose menu. 2. Make sure you have a valid screenshot folder that you can create files (R Key) in set on the Settings tab of the overlay. 3. If you’re receiving an access denied or screenshot failed error: Q: Can I be banned for using GShade in Final Fantasy XIV? a. Uninstall Avast and/or AVG. Proceed to find a better antivirus product. b. If you’re using CMTool, add both the CMTool executable and ffxiv_dx11. A: No. See this statement from Square Enix: exe in the game folder to your antiviru s’ exceptions/whitelist/ignore http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/86742-ENB-Injector-for- list, and finally restart your computer. FFXIV-%28wip%29?p=1408111&viewfull=1#post1408111 AVG Removal Tool: https://www.avg.com/en-us/avg-remover Avast Removal Tools: https://www.avast.com/en-us/uninstall-utility Q: I don’t get a message saying GShade is loading on startup and I can’t open the GShade UI. A: Check to make sure one of the following dll’s (name varies depending on the graphics API the game uses) is in the same folder as your game’s exe, not its launcher: dxgi.dll d3d10.dll d3d11.dll d3d12.dll d3d9.dll opengl32.dll

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* = Creator has a folder with Presets. ** = Creator has multiple Presets in GShade prefixed with the name.

Presets created for Final Fantasy XIV should work on any game, but results will vary.

CHAPTERPreset Library 11 Creator Preset(s) Contact / Social Media

Aeon Legion ColorsReborn https://instagram.com/aeonlegion

Alma Emma AlmaStudio * https://twitter.com/AlmaEmma_ffxiv

Ares Stardust OMGEorzea ** https://twitter.com/neonhighways

Aztral Okami AztralSuperBloom-Studio https://twitter.com/AztralOkami

Cyane Monis CyanePrism https://twitter.com/ffxiv_nya

Espresso Lalafell Espresso Glow * https://twitter.com/espressolala

Fairy Fairy* https://instagram.com/fairyqueen.xiv

Full-time Senpai Full-time Senpai * https://twitter.com/faustsenpai

The following list is the library of creators who have donated their G'thro Reddia G'thro * https://twitter.com/RedhadesFFXIV Presets to be published in GShade. Many are exclusive and can’t be found anywhere else! Glace Camelot Glace * https://twitter.com/GlaceFF14

Grey Fantasies/ Arkana * https://twitter.com/grey_fantasies Lady Arkana Would you like your Preset to be included? Contact us on Discord!

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* = Creator has a folder with Presets. * = Creator has a folder with Presets. ** = Creator has multiple Presets in GShade prefixed with the name. ** = Creator has multiple Presets in GShade prefixed with the name.

Presets created for Final Fantasy XIV should work on any game, but results will vary. Presets created for Final Fantasy XIV should work on any game, but results will vary.

Creator Preset(s) Contact / Social Media Creator Preset(s) Contact / Social Media Mori Tori Ipsusu Ipsusu* https://twitter.com/ipsusu Angelite https://twitter.com/torii_ff14 aka miiolk Neneko Neko Neneko ColorS - World 2* https://twitter.com/xelyanne Johnni Maestro Johnni ** https://twitter.com/Johnnicles Neneko ColorS [WoW] https://sfx.thelazy.net/users/u/ Johto Johto’s Studio* https://twitter.com/JohtoXIV ninjafada ninjafada* ninjafada/

Kiyomi Lavellan KiyomiKiyowabunga NuclearFuzion NukeGP* https://twitter.com/Zhvowa

OniAkumaTrue Lufreine Lufreine* https://twitter.com/lufreine Oni Akuma Oni Akuma of Gilgamesh LifeRealism

Malkovich Malkovich** https://twitter.com/malkovichff14 Packetdancer Packetdancer* https://twitter.com/Packetdancer Malkovich

Freya “The Photosmith” Mana Witch Presets* [email protected] PhotosmithFrey** https://twitter.com/Freybae_ffxiv Bloodmourne

SerenayaRealism Marot Satil GShade** https://twitter.com/MarotSatil Serenaya Carrin https://twitch.tv/serenayacarrin Gameplay

Maya Purple Maya Purple Cocoon* https://instagram.com/maya.ffxiv Shenova Shadowheart Shenova** https://twitter.com/Shenova82

Meia Mochi MeiaIridescence https://twitter.com/pancaeki/ Talim Talim - Ta-hee!* https://instagram.com/talimffxiv

Messy Fantasia MessyPortraitTiltShift https://twitter.com/Mesaana10 Tayang Mol Tayang** MessyGameplay

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* = Creator has a folder with Presets. ** = Creator has multiple Presets in GShade prefixed with the name.

Presets created for Final Fantasy XIV should work on any game, but results will vary.

Creator Preset(s) Contact / Social Media

Veylind Xaan CrystalCaliberII Discord: Veylind#3679

Yanda.K Photo Phoenix* https://twitter.com/yandaFFXIV

Yae Nacht* https://twitter.com/verraedy

Yaz Yaz-Alcred* https://instagram.com/alcred.ffxiv

Yomigami Okami Yomigami Okami* https://twitter.com/Yomigammy

Yulia Rose YuliaTealAndOrange https://michanpyon.com

Yurian Bey YurianPhotoRealismBase https://twitter.com/yurianbey

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90 GSHADE VISUAL GUIDE GSHADE VISUAL GUIDE 91 CHAPTER 12 Marot Satil Credits Lead Developer — Shader Developer — Theme Creator — Proofreader https://twitter.com/MarotSatil

seri14 Developer — Shader Developer — Testing Team https://twitter.com/seri_haruna

Yulia Rose Developer — Theme Creator — Testing Team — Proofreader https://michanpyon.com

Eorn Linux Script Developer https://github.com/HereInPlainSight/

Ninjafada Shader Developer — Theme Creator https://sfx.thelazy.net/users/u/ninjafada/

healingbrew Shader Developer Throughout the course of the project, we have gathered much https://github.com/healingbrew love and support and made many new colleagues and friends. What started as a small hobby has since flourished over time and Packetdancer expanded to further than we could ever have dreamed. Without these people and the many of you who share our passion for the Shader Developer https://twitter.com/Packetdancer project, we wouldn’t be where we are today.

Thank you for sharing this journey with us. Sleeps_Hungry Shader Developer https://twitter.com/advent1013

SCREENSHOT: LEVIER DEWIT — FINAL FANTASY XIV Uchu Suzume Beccy Shader Developer — Japanese Translator — Testing Team Italian Translator https://twitter.com/uchu_sparrow https://twitter.com/aineffxiv

Yomigami Okami Neneko Neko Logo Designer — Texture Creator — Testing Team Italian Translator — Theme Creator — Testing Team https://twitter.com/Yomigammy https://twitter.com/xelyanne

Lufreine Minty Visual Guide Author & Designer — Texture Creator — Testing Team Japanese Translator https://twitter.com/lufreine https://twitter.com/ffxiv_minty

ShadyWhite Strawberry Sundae Chinese Translator Korean Translator https://github.com/ShadyWhite https://twitter.com/StrawberryMinis

Sega Genasis Ipsusu French Translator Texture Creator https://twitter.com/ipsusu

Victoria Cauchois Maya Purple French Translator — French Proofreader Texture Creator — Testing Team https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-cauchois-b799332b https://instagram.com/maya.ffxiv

Oshea Mori Tori aka miiolk German Translator — Proofreader Texture Creator https://twitter.com/osheagotobed https://twitter.com/torii_ff14

Tsukiumi Nox Espresso Lalafell German Translator Theme Creator — Testing Team https://instagram.com/ffxiv_tsukiumi https://twitter.com/espressolala

94 GSHADE VISUAL GUIDE GSHADE VISUAL GUIDE 95 Kupaii Satil Johnni Maestro Theme Creator — Testing Team Testing Team https://twitter.com/PastelKupaii https://twitter.com/Johnnicles

Meia Mochi Johto Theme Creator — Testing Team — Proofreader Testing Team https://twitter.com/pancaeki/ https://twitter.com/JohtoXIV

Nyx Valentine Kiyomi Lavellan Theme Creator Testing Team https://twitter.com/Nikithenikita_

Alma Emma Lifell Testing Team — Proofreader Testing Team https://twitter.com/AlmaEmma_ffxiv

Aztral Okami Malkovich Malkovich Testing Team Testing Team https://twitter.com/AztralOkami https://twitter.com/malkovichff14

Cyane Monis Messy Fantasia Testing Team Testing Team https://twitter.com/ffxiv_nya https://twitter.com/Mesaana10

Full-time Senpai MKR Testing Team Testing Team https://twitter.com/faustsenpai

G’thro Reddia Freya “The Photosmith” Bloodmourne Testing Team Testing Team https://twitter.com/RedhadesFFXIV https://twitter.com/Freybae_ffxiv

96 GSHADE VISUAL GUIDE GSHADE VISUAL GUIDE 97 Shenova Shadowheart Testing Team https://twitter.com/Shenova82

Talim Testing Team https://instagram.com/talimffxiv

Tayang Mol Testing Team

Yaz Testing Team https://instagram.com/alcred.ffxiv

Yurian Bey Testing Team https://twitter.com/yurianbey

Grey Fantasies / Lady Arkana Proofreader https://twitter.com/grey_fantasies

98 GSHADE VISUAL GUIDE GSHADE VISUAL GUIDE 99 Show Us Your World The Screenshot Contest “Show Us Your World” Contest Winners

From June 21st to July 13th 2020 GPOSERS ran a contest to celebrate the release of GShade’s 3.0, along with the finalization of the new and Chapter 01 Chapter 02 highly-improved GShade Visual Guide. Kupaii Satil Hana Akamori Phantasy Star Online 2 Final Fantasy XIV Ship 03 Balmung

The contests winning criteria was: Chapter 03 Chapter 04

”Show us your world”, literally. Tia Lin Delphina M’eraluna Final Fantasy XIV Final Fantasy XIV Does it look like it has a story? Zodiark Excalibur

Does it show off what can be achieved with GShade? Chapter 05 Chapter 06 Leo Tahra Sion Nachtsieger Is it compositionally and visually pleasing? Final Fantasy XIV Final Fantasy XIV Leviathan Tonberry

As staff members were allowed to enter the competition, the judging Chapter 07 Chapter 08 was handled in as unbiased of a manner as is possible. Names Priam Hawke Hel’via Nekori were removed from the images, judges were not aware of the Final Fantasy XIV Final Fantasy XV entrants’ identities, and no judges were participants themselves. Exodus

All of the entries were nothing short of stunning—and picking Chapter 09 Chapter 10 just twelve winners proved to be difficult— so it was decided that twenty-four would be chosen instead. The Runners-up will have Yukiki Opalite Milly Sama their images used in new chapters as they’re produced in the future. Final Fantasy XIV Final Fantasy XIV Adamantoise Odin Once more: well done everyone, and thank you very much for being a part of GShade’s history! We hope you had fun! Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Aine Sevri Levier Dewit Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Final Fantasy XIV Omega

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Amekeru Mio Hikari ©Sega Phantasy Star Online 2 Final Fantasy XIV Ship 02 Spriggan

Mascuse Drakiel Kaguya Kaku Final Fantasy XIV Final Fantasy XIV Midgardsomr Siren

Kirin Anderfels Meia Mochi Final Fantasy XIV Final Fantasy XIV Sargatanas Ultros

Miss Fashionfuchs Andono Sadroz Final Fantasy XIV Final Fantasy XIV Omega Moogle

Maya Purple Leaon Pantsu Final Fantasy XIV Final Fantasy XIV Spriggan Lamia

Imi Rheirsike Serah Stormborn Final Fantasy XIV Final Fantasy XIV Mateus Ifrit

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