Mr. RetroLust's - Mame 4K - Lights Out - Realistic Bezels 6.0

What's New in Version 1.3   
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Added snapshots for pack 1 and 2 for use in Mameui64 by @III_Justin_III thanks so much for all the work bro!

However, the job is also your bro, ? thanks to you for the fantastic bezels that you give us every day! Hope someone uses them these Snapshots ?

 

Greetings from Justin.

Mind posting your HLSL settings so we can try to get the screens looking just like yours?

2 hours ago, Retrofrogg said:

Mind posting your HLSL settings so we can try to get the screens looking just like yours?

There already in the download menu  see: mame shader presets

Edited May 26, 2020 by Mr. RetroLust

Thanks man. Great bezels. 2 suggestions, don't know if you've had these before. First, the game screen tends to be stretched slightly too much so that parts are not viewable - for example, in your screenshot above for "Ashura Blaster" you can see that the text at the top is stretched slightly off the screen. Personally I prefer to have every pixel of the game screen viewable, but maybe this was a personal choice you made. Second, I find the reflections of the other arcade machines a bit intrusive and wonder if this can be toned down somewhat. For example, in the Afterburner screenshot above they are clearly visible and I find this a little distracting. I understand that this is all personal preference though and that the user can edit the stretch settings and if they want to, the bezels themselves!

As an aside, these are similar to the bezels I have made, which in turn are toned-down versions of Orionsangel's bezels. I took his, darkened the arcade machines at the sides, darkened the bezel a little bit and reduced the screen scratches/glare effect by about 40%. You can find those here (I've released 3 packs of them):

I've since started adding gaussian blur to the machines at the sides as this makes the main artwork pop even more. Your bezels seem to be a bit closer cropped in than Orionsangel's if I'm correct?

Edited May 26, 2020 by Retrofrogg

8 minutes ago, Retrofrogg said:

Thanks man. Great bezels. 2 suggestions, don't know if you've had these before. First, the game screen tends to be stretched slightly too much so that parts are not viewable - for example, in your screenshot above for "Ashura Blaster" you can see that the text at the top is stretched slightly off the screen. Personally I prefer to have every pixel of the game screen viewable, but maybe this was a personal choice you made. Second, I find the reflections of the other arcade machines a bit intrusive and wonder if this can be toned down somewhat. For example, in the Afterburner screenshot above they are clearly visible and I find this a little distracting. I understand that this is all personal preference though and that the user can edit the stretch settings and if they want to, the bezels themselves!

As an aside, these are similar to the bezels I have made, which in turn are toned-down versions of Orionsangel's bezels. I took his, darkened the arcade machines at the sides, darkened the bezel a little bit and reduced the screen scratches/glare effect by about 40%. You can find those here (I've released 3 packs of them):

I've since started adding gaussian blur to the machines at the sides as this makes the main artwork pop even more. Your bezels seem to be a bit closer cropped in than Orionsangel's if I'm correct?

Yep personal preference indeed

1.4

- Added pack 3

thinking these aren't great for a 27" widescreen monitor?

42 minutes ago, PaulC said:

thinking these aren't great for a 27" widescreen monitor?

Can you explain your question better?

the monitors look like they are 4:3

8 hours ago, PaulC said:

the monitors look like they are 4:3

Yes back then 4:3 was the norm

But that's what the bezels around the game screen can do....fill the rest of your monitor real estate. 

Version 1.6

- added Pack 04

Version 1.7   

Added Pack4 - Snapshots by @III_Justin_III

v1.8

- Added Pack 05

Sorry, I'm new to the community. But could someone upload a video how to setup these magnificent bezels on launchbox? I think they are really worth it. Thank you Mr. RetroLust for the great work!

6 minutes ago, manuelgzl42 said:

Sorry, I'm new to the community. But could someone upload a video how to setup these magnificent bezels on launchbox? I think they are really worth it. Thank you Mr. RetroLust for the great work!

Glad you like Place the zip files in mame/artwork/ and your ready to go.

Thank you very, very much!!!! Greetings from Perú, South America!

I'tried your Bezels for my MAME Setup...what should i say....GREAT, absolutly GREAT. These Bezels made my LB MAME Setup perfect. Big Thank you for the hours, days, week you spent. 🤩 

- Added Pack 08 and Pack 09

One of the best projects on LaunchBox. If it was worth money I would pay it. There are no ideas I give...

- Added pack 10

Hi @Mr. RetroLust

 

Is there an easy way of removing the scratch/grime layer from any of these?

 

Thank you!

13 minutes ago, Cheds89 said:

Hi @Mr. RetroLust

 

Is there an easy way of removing the scratch/grime layer from any of these?

 

Thank you!

Nope, they all have different dimensions so they'd have to be done by hand.

Thanks for your reply @Mr. RetroLust

I love these, however, I just personally find the scratches distracting. I would probably feel the same way in front of a real cab!

Would you ever provide the raw files for this project? Are the raw files sitting in layers in a Photoshop file?

Thanks,