Neat Image

To make images look better.

WHAT'S NEW IN THE LATEST VERSION

[+] New
[*] Changes
[-] Fixed

4.0 Pro+ edition

+ New noise reduction engine with drastically improved filtration quality:

+ high resolution mode to produce sharper results (more details are retained)
+ conservative sharpening mode to sharpen image without producing halos
* noise-like textures are preserved better and produce no artifacts

+ .. and significantly increased processing speed:

+ in the high quality mode, Neat Image works more then two times faster
than v3.x
+ in the normal quality mode, processing is even faster

+ Standard and Advanced interface modes for beginners and experienced

Neat Image users

+ Built-in Calibration Target for noise profiling of digital cameras,

flatbed and film scanners

+ Auto Profiler to automatically build a noise profile using either

the input image or an image of the Calibration Target

+ Batch Profiler to automatically build a set of profiles using images

of the Calibration Target

+ Profile Converter to convert v2.x-3.x profiles to v4.x format

+ Profile Auto Match, Auto Build, Auto Fine-Tune in batch processing

+ Advanced support of Photoshop actions by plug-in:
possibility of doing Auto Match, Auto Build, Auto Fine-Tune in actions

+ Profile match level indicator to show how good is the match between
profile and image

* Improved Profile Matcher with added matching parameters:

Resolution, Sharpening

* Improved accuracy of Auto Fine-Tuning

* Improved support for grayscale images

* Improved preview panels in file open dialogs

3.17 Pro+ edition

* Improved reading quality of JPEG images with subsampled chroma components

* More accurate reading of compression level from some images

- Popup menus were not always updated, fixed

- Corrupted exposure values in some images caused error message, fixed
3.15 Pro+ edition

* JPEG images with faulty comment record did not open, improved

* Filtration queue: time left is not displayed accurately, improved

- Filtration queue: the "jobs to do" counter was displayed
incorrectly, corrected

- Minor bug in the image viewer sometimes misplaced the image on window
maximization, fixed
- Plug-in: minor bug that prevented plug-in to start with maximized
window, fixed

- Potential memory leak in file management routines, fixed

- Application: rare crash on exit, fixed

3.1 Pro+ edition

* Improved image viewer

* Improved plug-in stability with all versions of Photoshop

- Corrected minor bug that made profile matching not accurate

with images from certain cameras

- Empty JPEG comment issue, fixed

3.0 Pro+ edition

+ Improved noise reduction engine with increased processing speed

Neat Image now works 2.5 times faster!

+ Multiprocessor and HyperThreading support in the filtration queue

2-4 times speedup on multiprocessor systems!

+ Profile Matcher to automatically select device noise profile

most suitable to process the input image

+ Variant Selector for easier optimization of filter settings

+ Adding all images in selected folder and subfolders in batch window

* Improved graphic user interface (on Windows XP)

* JPEG comments are now preserved by Neat Image standalone

* Plug-in: improved compatibility with Photoshop CS

* Plug-in: improved compatibility with PhotoLine v10.x

- Overflow error message on opening images with corrupted

aperture EXIF data, fixed

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