Soft Memory
A shader that tries to recreate childhood nostalgia!
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Soft Memory
Recover what they took from us!
Miss those memories where things were more colorful, brigther and there were no problems?, well... I have studied hundreds and hundreds of nostalogic images and tried several patterns to create something that feels safe... something that can resemble a childhood memory!
This is an edit from Mellow Shader by The CMK. I challanged myself to edit it on an intel igpu and it had to run so I am sure that you can run the shader in any device. Special thanks to The CMK, you are the GOAT.
Update 1.5:
This update was focused on improving summer ambience on the childhood summer mode. Auto exposure was also added as well as minor fixes in terms of shadow rendering:
This screenshot is suposed to simulate a memory. You can't see what is outside ( you can't remember what was outside) the only thing we see is a room with sun rays coming inside. Somhow you feel safe here...
Childhood Summer mode :
How it looks like:
This mode tries to resemble summer nostalogic memories. It hits its peak at sunrise and sunset. The combination of saturated and vibrant colors, bloom uneven grain and a tiny bit of color chanel splitting can bring what I call home.
VHS mode :
How it looks like:
This brings the "Mom said it is my turn on the xbox" memory. It oposed to Childhood summer in terms of colors as it is desaturaated and with less contrast. You can see most of the classic artifacts that VHS tapes caused. If you enjoy how VHS cameras worked this mode is the best for you
Features that this Shader brings:
- Very great performance as it was tested on an igpu;
- Nostalogic color grading;
- Shooting stars;
- Shadows;
- PBR and specular support;
- Realistic moon;
- Reflections;
- Godrays;
- VHS effects;
- Bloom;
- 2016 Clouds without frying your pc;
- Great end ambience;
- much more things it is worth giving a try :)
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