AMD FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpening (CAS) provides a mixed ability to sharpen and optionally scale an image.
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Features
Razor sharp visuals
Highly optimized
Open source, MIT license
AMD FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpening (CAS) provides a mixed ability to sharpen and optionally scale an image. The algorithm adjusts the amount of sharpening per pixel to target an even level of sharpness across the image. Areas of the input image that are already sharp are sharpened less, while areas that lack detail are sharpened more. This allows for higher overall natural visual sharpness with fewer artifacts.
CAS was designed to help increase the quality of existing Temporal Anti-Aliasing (TAA) solutions. TAA often introduces a variable amount of blur due to temporal feedback. The adaptive sharpening provided by CAS is ideal to restore detail in images produced after TAA .
CAS’ optional scaling capability is designed to support Dynamic Resolution Scaling (DRS). DRS changes render resolution every frame, which requires scaling prior to compositing the fixed-resolution User Interface (UI). CAS supports both up-sampling and down-sampling in the same single pass that applies sharpening.
Comparisons
See AMD FidelityFX CAS in action with Godfall
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Developers using AMD FidelityFX
CasCmdLine
Want to quickly try out AMD FidelityFX CAS? You can use our new command-line tool that lets you test it on a screenshot, or any other image.
Download it below, or read the tutorial shown here.
CasCmdLine – Testing AMD FidelityFX Contrast Adaptive Sharpening with the Command Line
CasCmdLine is a simple, command-line Windows program included in the FidelityFX CAS (Contrast Adaptive Sharpening) repository in binary and source form. It lets you test the effect on image files such as screenshots from your game.
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