Manual switching between game modes with fade

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• an application controller coupled with the processor, the application controller including a dedicated control operable to provide a signal to switch an application from at least a first quality mode to a second quality mode;
• a memory coupled with the processor wherein the memory includes non-transitory instructions embedded in the memory that when executed by the processor cause the processor to carry out a method comprising:
• rendering a first application image frame of the application in the first quality mode;
• and
• switching to render a second application image frame of the application in the second quality mode when the signal from the dedicated control of the application controller is received, wherein the first quality mode is associated with first rendering settings values and the second quality mode is associated with second rendering settings values, and interpolating intermediate rendering settings values between the first rendering settings values and the second rendering settings values over a period of time before arriving at the second rendering settings values of the second quality mode.