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mithrandil

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Inspired by ShaderGlass for Windows. RetroVisor was built to finally give MacOS users a ShaderGlass like app which applies shader effects on top of desktop in a floating window. It feels as if a transparent CRT glass layer has been placed over your Mac’s display—complete with scanlines and subtle chromatic distortion.

In RetroVisor, you get an overlay window that covers your screen. It gives you the look of a classic CRT-monitor by simply using Apples screen recorder API and copying the recorded pixels underneath the window back into the GPU for shader effects. It is like looking through a floating pane of glass.

RetroVisor can directly save the shader-enhanced recording as a video file with sound. And additionally, you can also scale your display if you want to.

RetroVisor is free of ads, and also free of costs. It does not telephone home. And boy, have we had it notarized by Apple ! 😎

the projects website where you find the app and also the source code:
https://dirkwhoffmann.github.io/RetroVisor/

( latest version on github https://github.com/dirkwhoffmann/RetroVisor/releases/download/v0.9.5/RetroVisor.app.zip )

If you’d like to support or sponsor the project, you can do so on GitHub. 😊
 
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