Durante over from NeoGAF has posted how to enable FXAA on PS3 games. While the difference would be noticeable by only the hardcore-gamer, the recent release of the Nvida FXAA has made the implementation possible. The only downside of this method is that it requires the use of a HD capture card and a decent computer.
To quote:
Some PC gamers (myself included) like to go on about the huge image quality advantages of playing on PCs. Now, your PC can actually improve the visual quality of console-exclusive games! (outside of emulation)
I’ve previously posted about the small program PtBi that I use to display 360 and PS3 games. Today I added the ability to use NVidia’s FXAA — thanks to them for releasing the code to the public domain and making it easy to integrate.
For those that are unaware, FXAA is a post-processing method that tries to reduce the amount of aliasing artifacts (think pixel staircase) in an image. It’s similar to MLAA in that aspect. Like all post-processing methods that act purely on image data, it has some drawbacks:
- It can’t handle subpixel aliasing well. (Unlike most similar methods, it at least tries to reduce it though)
- Sometimes aliasing may be detected incorrectly, resulting in an overblurring of the image. PtBi can mitigate this by adaptive sharpening after the FXAA pass.
- Particularly when used as a post-filter external to a game, it’s impossible to distinguish between UI and rendered 3D elements. This results in some UI distortion.Advantages are that it can be used on any image data, it is really good at smoothing the edges it detects and it’s very fast. On my system, with YUV decoding, FXAA and adaptive scaling on, it still only takes less than 5 ms for a frame to be completely processed. Another nice point is that it can be used on top of images generated with eg. 2xMSAA (like many modern console games) and still achieve an improvement in edge quality.
That out of the way, here is an example of it in action on Everybody’s Golf. First without any post-processing, second with FXAA and adaptive sharpening.
07-27-2011
06:18 PM
Broken link
07-27-2011
06:25 PM
more worthless homebrew :\
I wish devs would release something we could actually put to good use.
INB4 trolls, I'm not complaining about not having updated keys. I want useful homebrew that doesn't only improve graphics by a hair and only if you use a PC capture card....so miniscule it's not even noticeable lol
This will affect so few users it's pointless to even release it.
This is all IMHO, of course....if you find a use, great. But like I said, it will affect very, very, very, very few users....like maybe 5 people lulz
07-27-2011
06:39 PM
thanks 4 the info
07-27-2011
06:43 PM
any way great stuff .
07-27-2011
06:52 PM
Good stuff.
Keep doing your thing devs!
07-27-2011
07:02 PM
ummm, I'm I the only one who has no clue what this is??!!?
07-27-2011
07:35 PM
07-27-2011
08:04 PM
You must appreciate that devs share the their homebrew. They put a lot of hard work into it and its their pride and glory.
Everyday I am amazed with what the devs come up with and I am forever grateful for that.
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07-27-2011
09:27 PM
For those who don't know what this is basically its your computer taking a video capture of what your ps3 is out putting and then software on your computer is making it look nicer...
Think of it as what software on your newer tvs do to get 120hz, its just software making extra frames for it to run smoother but in this case its your computer doing it and instead of extra frames its to smoothen the image.
For 99% of us its kinda useless but if I had both a HD video cap card and a nice sized computer monitor I'm sure I'd try it out.
07-27-2011
09:41 PM
This isn't a cheap thing to do...you need the HDMI capture box, an HDMI +spdif combiner, an HDMI to DVI+spdif adapter, and a high end gaming PC.
Still neat.
07-27-2011
10:52 PM
I don,t know about others but every pc gamer has a good video card and u only need a HD cap which isn,t expensive from ebay. Anyhow this is a nice piece of software. surely some people need this such as streamers who stream their gameplay to websites like justintv and etc.
07-27-2011
11:45 PM
No offense but that picture is a horrible example there both bad quality and look almost exactly the same, I saw the examples on other sites and can tell there is a big difference.
07-28-2011
02:11 AM
07-28-2011
02:20 AM
while interesting, i can see 99% of people being unable to use this do to cost issues. For the price of the set up you could get a decent gaming rig and not have to screw around with making inferior games look better, their PC brethren will always look better. great work though.
07-28-2011
02:27 AM
07-28-2011
05:30 AM
Wow. That's awesome!
I wish it would work with my AverMedia Capture Card.
07-28-2011
06:58 AM
This is so much work for the most minute difference!!!
Yes, I appreciate the devs releasing all homebrew, but I get tired of seeing news posts on the homepage about crap no one will ever use, like it's amazing, exciting news that will rock the scene to the core!!!
this is worthless to everyone except the 3 people in the world with enough money, time, patience, and lack of a life to actually waste their time on this.
It's not that it's useless...it's just a waste of time that could be better spent doing more important things, IMO
07-28-2011
10:29 AM
However, I do think that appreciation is enough, if you don't like nor want to use this homebrew, just skip the topic and don't complain. Folks are releasing this for FUN. They aren't paid to do this.
Else, thanks for the interesting up, devs =)
07-31-2011
06:43 AM
Also, many new things lead to other new things that are seemingly unrelated. Heck, we probably wouldn't have CFW if not for geohot unlocking the RSX in OtherOS.