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Neat Image for Photoshop Changelog

What's new in Neat Image for Photoshop 8.5.0

Dec 3, 2019
  • Added support for new version of Adobe Photoshop: Adobe Photoshop 2020
  • Added support for Graphic Converter 11
  • Added support for AMD Radeon Pro 5300M / 5500M
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 8.4.5 (Oct 9, 2019)

  • Added support for MacOS 10.15 (Catalina)
  • Added support for new versions of host applications:
  • Adobe Photoshop 2019
  • Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020
  • Added support for new AMD GPUs:
  • Radeon VII
  • Radeon Pro Vega 48
  • Radeon RX 590
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 8.3 (Jun 28, 2018)

  • Added a set of generic noise profiles to help preparing a noise profile in a situation when a photo contains no areas suitable for analysis by Auto Profile and no pre-buit profiles are available
  • Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed
  • Improved hardware compatibility with AMD GPUs
  • Added support for AMD Radeon Pro 555/560/570/575/580
  • Added support for AMD Radeon RX 460/470/480/560/570/580

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 8.2 (Jun 28, 2018)

  • Improved the Filter Tuning Assist tool (former Filter Tuning Mode)
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed
  • Improved hardware compatibility for AMD GPUs:
  • Added support for new MacBook Pro GPUs: Radeon Pro 450/455/460
  • Added support for Radeon RX 460/470/480 and similar GPUs

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 8.1 (Nov 3, 2016)

  • Added support for the new version of Photoshop CC
  • Added support for Photoshop Elements 15
  • Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs: GeForce GTX 1060/1070/1080, Titan X (Pascal).
  • Note: due to changes in NVIDIA drivers and CUDA Toolkit, GPUs with Compute Capabilities 1.3 and below are no longer supported. Only GPUs with Compute Capability 2.0 and higher can be utilized by Neat Image 8.1.
  • Due to changes in GPU drivers, toolkits and development tools GPU support is now only available in 64-bit versions on Mac OS X and Linux. 32-bit versions will still be able to work in CPU-only mode.
  • Improved Unicode support
  • Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 8.0 (Jun 27, 2016)

  • Higher quality of noise reduction:
  • High Quality mode for better detail preservation and sharper image (at the cost of reduced processing speed: 1.5–3 times slower than Normal Quality)
  • Highest Quality mode for better detail preservation (at the cost of reduced processing speed: 1.5–3 times slower than High Quality)
  • Detail Recovery function helps to recover fine details that standard filter can not recover
  • Artifact Removal filter to remove speck artifacts (specks are typically introduced by in-camera denoising and compression)
  • More accurate profiling of Very Low and Ultra Low frequencies when using small selection
  • Very Low and Ultra Low frequency ranges are now always automatically processed and can be separately adjusted
  • Enhanced Edge Smoothing function
  • Improved sharpening quality: less halos, sharper edges
  • Optimized workflow:
  • Auto Profile function has been improved to find better areas for noise analysis. In addition, larger areas can be used for building profile when possible. Using more suitable areas leads to more accurate noise reduction.
  • Profile Assist viewer mode helps to choose area without details while profiling
  • Overall noise levels of the current selection and of the whole current profile are displayed in Device Noise Profile panel (in Advanced Mode). Quick evaluation of the noise level helps to find the most suitable area for analysis.
  • Better grouping of filter settings. Filter modules can be enabled/disabled individually to evaluate effect of each module on the overall result.
  • Preview Assist viewer mode gives a detailed look to filtration process
  • Filter Tuning Mode allows to temporarily raise Noise Reduction Amount for easier filter tuning
  • New collection of filter presets with a detailed description of each preset including specification of key settings, purpose, applicability, recommendations for use and possible side effects
  • Variants of Filtration feature to visually compare results achieved with different filter settings
  • Multi-step Undo/Redo for filter settings
  • Estimation of processing speed and optimization of performance settings can now be done directly from the Filter Settings panel. This facilitates optimizing for specific filtration parameters.
  • Options to set up the default noise profile and filter preset (in Neat Image Preferences)
  • Option for independent open/save folders for profiles and presets (in Neat Image Preferences)
  • Faster processing and more responsive GUI:
  • Preview is optimized to update faster when filter settings are adjusted
  • Significantly improved GPU performance — x1.5–2 times in GPU-only mode and x1.4–1.7 in mixed modes (as compared with the older Neat Image 7 using comparable filter settings)
  • Better support for systems with a large number of CPU cores (32 and above)
  • CUDA Compute Capability 5.0 is now supported on Mac OS too allowing Neat Image to take advantage of the latest NVIDIA GPUs
  • New AMD GPUs are supported: Radeon R9 M290 / M290X / M295X / M370X / M380 / M390 / M395 / M395X
  • Other improvements:
  • Support for HiDPI-modes (including Retina displays) in Neat Image plug-in for Photoshop (when the host application supports that)
  • Option to automatically check for the availability of software updates (in Neat Image Preferences)
  • Improved progress indicators: easier to see, smoother movement, more accurate
  • Numerous minor GUI improvements
  • Several bugs have been fixed
  • Added support for the latest versions of Photoshop CC
  • Added support for Affinity Photo

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 7.6 (Oct 9, 2014)

  • Added support for Photoshop CC 2014
  • Added support for Photoshop Elements 13
  • Improved support for new Mac OS X 10.10
  • Improved tolerance to corrupted EXIF metadata
  • Improved compatibility with EXIF metadata of Apple devices
  • Added support for some new AMD GPUs based on Pitcairn, Tahiti and Hawaii chip series, for example, R9 270, R9 280, R9 290 etc.
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 7.5 (Oct 26, 2013)

  • Added support for Adobe Photoshop Elements 12
  • Added support for Photoline 18 and 17
  • Added support for new Mac OS X 10.9
  • Added support for new AMD GPUs: FirePro D300/D500/D700
  • Improved support for AMD GPUs conforming to the Graphics Core Next Architecture
  • Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon, Canon and Pentax cameras
  • Improved tolerance to corrupted EXIF metadata
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed
  • Improved plug-in installer:
  • Checking CUDA driver during installation
  • Checking for running copies of host applications

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 7.4 (May 29, 2013)

  • Added support for Photoshop CC
  • Added support for new Mac-compatible GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac
  • Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs with CUDA Compute Capability 3.5
  • (such as GeForce GTX Titan and Tesla K20)
  • Improved Navigator panel (adjustable in menu Tools > Navigator)
  • Improved compatibility with OSX 10.8
  • Plug-in could crash when using multiple OpenCL GPUs on MacPro, fixed
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 7.3 (Nov 14, 2012)

  • Added support for AMD/ATI GPUs through OpenCL
  • (GPU acceleration is now possible with both NVidia and AMD/ATI cards)
  • The following AMD/ATI GPUs are supported:
  • ATI Radeon HD 5770/5870;
  • AMD Radeon HD 6750M/6770M/6970M;
  • Some other models of AMD/ATI cards (please directly try the app or contact support to verify)
  • Added support for reading and writing images in PNG format
  • New option to preserve original file timestamp in output image file
  • New Navigator panel to quickly locate image areas using a thumbnail display
  • Improved support for OSX 10.8 (Mountain Lion)
  • More accurate GPU speed measurements (in Optimize and Benchmark)
  • Improved tolerance to corrupted image metadata
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 7.2 (May 25, 2012)

  • Support for Photoshop CS6 added
  • Updated to CUDA 4.2 (Compute Capability 3.x):
  • GTX 680, 690 and newer GPUs are supported
  • improved performance of GPU filtration
  • Additional optimizations of filters for multi-core CPUs and GPUs
  • Color themes: normal and reduced brightness options, in Preferences
  • Several cosmetic corrections in GUI
  • Improved tolerance to corrupted image metadata
  • Several bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 7.1 (Dec 16, 2011)

  • Support for Photoshop CS5.1 and Photoshop Elements 10 added
  • Photoshop selection is now also taken into account in Neat Image internal preview
  • Internal viewer can now preview larger areas
  • Neat Image will show a warning when working on empty layer/selection
  • Additional performance optimizations (5-10% faster processing)
  • Faster processing specifically for 32-bit per channel images
  • Improved support for new CUDA-capable GPUs (Compute Capability 2.x)
  • Improved GPU detection and error handling
  • Updated to new version of CUDA 4
  • Improved behaviour of Neat Image viewer with Apple Magic Mouse
  • Improved fault-tolerance to corrupted EXIF metadata
  • Several minor bugs fixed

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 7.0 (May 5, 2011)

  • Higher performance: the first GPU-accelerated version of Neat Image plug-in for Aperture
  • ResolvedCUDA support: faster noise reduction using modern CUDA-compatible GPUs (on Intel Macs)
  • ResolvedFor example, on NVidia GTX 285 Neat Image is about x2.5 faster than on Intel i7 and x3-x7 faster than on Intel i5 or Core2 Duo
  • ResolvedMultiple GPU support
  • ResolvedNeat Image works even faster with two or more CUDA GPUs
  • ResolvedCPUs and GPUs working together
  • ResolvedNeat Image can use CPUs and GPUs at the same time for even faster processing
  • ResolvedAutomated optimization of performance settings for multi-core, multi-CPU and multi-GPU systems
  • Resolved o Built-in benchmark to measure image processing speed on specific hardware
  • Resolved o Built-in performance optimizer in Neat Image Preferences
  • More improvements
  • ResolvedSmart Profile: automatically uses two different profiling methods and selects the better resulting profile for more accurate noise reduction

  • ResolvedRedesigned graphics elements throughout the plug-in
  • Smart Profile: automatically uses two different profiling methods and selects the better resulting profile for more accurate noise reduction
  • Redesigned graphics elements throughout the plug-in
  • Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras:
  • D7000, D3100, P500, P300, P7000, S8100, etc.

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 6.2 (Sep 25, 2010)

  • Added support for Adobe Photoshop CS5 32-bit and 64-bitAdded support for Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0
  • Fully re-designed graphical user interface
  • Standard and Advanced interface modes for beginners and power users
  • Graphical noise profile equalizer is now available in Advanced modeManual fine-tuning of noise profile is now also available
  • Built-in Calibration Target for noise profiling of digital cameras, flatbed and film scanners
  • Numerous optimizations, increased efficiency of the noise filter
  • Improved compatibility with OSX 10.6
  • Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras: D3S, D3X, D300S, D3000, D5000, etc.
  • Improved image viewer:
  • several alternative viewer modes are now available
  • adjustable viewer brightness to make noise in very dark or very bright areas more visible
  • preview is automatically prepared and updated, either in the whole visible image area or in manually-selected image area

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 4.7 (May 12, 2009)

  • Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras.
  • Optimized consumption of system resources.
  • Incorrect matting of selections in some cases, fixed.
  • A minor incompatibility in saving plug-in preferences, fixed.
  • A few minor bugs in GUI, fixed.

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 4.6 (Oct 10, 2008)

  • Added support for Adobe Photoshop CS4.
  • Batch Profiler to automatically build a set of profiles using images of the Calibration Target.
  • Improved compatibility with Nikon D700, D90 and several more new Nikon cameras.
  • Neat Image plug-in window is now resizable (via the commands in the popup menu).

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 4.52 (Apr 14, 2008)

  • Several speed optimizations in the plug-in for Photoshop CS2 / CS / 7
  • Improved support for large images in Photoshop CS2 / CS
  • The plug-in sometimes gave a "Missync occured" error when using image viewer, fixed
  • Crashes in Japanese versions of OSX and Photoshop CS2 / CS / 7, fixed

New in Neat Image for Photoshop 4.51 (Mar 15, 2008)

  • Corrupted metadata in images saved by Capture One crashed plugin, fixed
  • Crashes during profiling and using preview in Photoshop CS and older on dual-core machines, fixed