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PS4 FW 7.0 (beta) has HDR tuning functionality
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With those formats yes, they are both recognised standard HDR profiles as part of the ST2094 standards which both have their own tone mapping processes. HDR10 doesn't specify any specific image transforms to be used.
Soemthing like ABL , zonal local dimming or even just the rule of thumb of a display becoming dimmer as the window size increases is not accounted for in any format.
This new option on PS4 is one of the things being passed across to games which will help the content to maybe be able to take some of that that into account in a real time, dynamic manner.
So if you are playing say Killzone and it's bright daylight, ABL will kick in and bump down the entire luminance of the screen. You literally lose Dynamic range as the display tries to protect itself against overheating and burn in.
Now rather than presenting this very bright daylight scene which the game now knows cannot be displayed , the game can choose to reduce the luminance of the skybox but maintain the luminance of game critical visual information of say the enemy's glowing eyes, which are used as a by design visual cue for identifying enemies and maintain a high dynamic range image.
It's this type of application that they wish to achieve with this method which has been designed for games.
This inner knowledge of the content cannot be achieved using a display based post process tone mapping, certainly not to the degree that a game could do itself
Tried Hitman 2, The Division 2, RDR2, NBA2K19 (thats a lot of twos) and Monster Hunter and I didn't notice any difference.
So I presume this is something for future games.
So I presume this is something for future games.
Disappointing to hear that support for this feature might need to be patched into existing games. I hope that doesn't lead to a situation where it also has to be opt-in for all future games, further fragmenting HDR implementation in games.
Hopefully this is a glimpse into how HDR support will work on next-gen consoles, with a system-wide setting instead of having to do it game-by-game.
Hopefully this is a glimpse into how HDR support will work on next-gen consoles, with a system-wide setting instead of having to do it game-by-game.
I am curious. I don't see the gains of HDR all the time but when I do it is a game changer for certain titles.
Thank you. Where do you go to install if you redeemed it on your phone? Found it in system update under settings.
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Yep, getting into the beta was worth it just for this HDR config, Spider-Man looks WAY better after calibration in my C7.
It's probably a placebo effect but I calibrated my HDR screen and I think Detroit looks way better. Less washed out.
I'm assuming this code should be good for anyone in North America (I'm Canadian)
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I'm rocking projector HDR, which as many people will immediately jump in and state, is hardly real HDR since the peak brightness is so low. Anyone know if this will help with that situation?
So i have this installed and i went through the new HDR setting in the PS4 menu and made the adjustments. My question is, does this now override any in game HDR settings that i have made? For games that use HDR should i now go through those in game HDR settings and re-do them since making the system level HDR changes in 7.00? Its not really explained well at all how this is going to work.....any insights?
Thanks!
Now let's see if this helps with the dark issues in Destiny 2's HDR...