Neat Image
To make images look better.

WHAT'S NEW IN THE LATEST VERSION

[+] New
[*] Changed
[-] Fixed


6.0 Pro+ edition

* Neat Image now can build noise profile using smaller image areas;
  this is useful when the input image contains only small featureless areas
* Increased profiling speed (Auto Profile and Auto Fine-Tune)
* Increased filtration speed (several speed optimizations in the noise filter)

* Improved Neat Image plug-in's controls used to adjust the startup behaviour,
  settings of the plug-in in Photoshop actions and in smart filters:
    The Actions menu is now used to adjust the plug-in behaviour in an action
    being recorded or in a smart filter being configured.
    Also, the same Actions menu is used to configure the default startup
    behaviour of the plug-in. The old method of using the Defaults in Options
    is now completely replaced with the Action menu in plug-in.
    Please see the user guide for more details.

+ Plug-in: added support for Adobe Photoshop CS4 (32-bit)
+ Plug-in: added support for Adobe Photoshop Elements 7.0
* Plug-in: improved installer compatibility with localized versions of Photoshop

* Plug-in: improved behavior of the plug-in in smart filters in Photoshop CS4 and CS3
* Plug-in: improved recording of noise profiles and presets in Photoshop actions
* Plug-in: modified error reporting for smoother Photoshop-based batching

* Improved metadata compatibility with Nikon D90, D300, D700, D3, D60, and several
  more new Nikon cameras
* Improved metadata compatibility with older Nikon DSLR cameras
* Improved metadata compatibility with Nikon D1X with new firmware

* An image sent to Neat Image standalone via "Send To", "Open With" or drag-n-drop 
  to Neat Image icon will now open either in Filtration Queue or Filtration Job Editor 
  depending on the "Auto create new job on startup" setting in Neat Image options

* Improved functionality of "Save Output As" for multiple output images being saved
  in Filtration Queue (both automatic and manual saving of individual images 
  is now available)

* Cosmetic improvements in the Batch Profiler, Profile Converter, Profile Viewer

* Improved compatibility with some invalid TIFFs saved by Capture 1
* Improved support of some compressed TIFFs

* Improved compatibility with Windows Vista

- Several other bug fixes and corrections


5.9 Pro+ edition

+ Plug-in: added support for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 / Corel PHOTO-PAINT X4
+ Plug-in: added support for Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2

* Improved stability of the plug-in in Paint Shop Pro 9 and higher

* Improved compatibility with several new Samsung digital cameras

* Several corrections in error messages produced by Neat Image

- In some cases, Auto Profile could fire even after a noise profile was manually loaded or
  matched, leading to potentially incorrect filtration, fixed
- In some cases, Apply did not work correctly after failed Auto Profile, fixed


5.85 Pro+ edition

* Improved control dialogs and error messages in batching operations in standalone Neat Image
* Cosmetic corrections in the Filtration Queue, Filtration Job Editor

* Improved installer of standalone application and plug-in

* Improved compatibility with some invalid TIFFs saved by Capture 1
* Improved compatibility with some invalid JPEGs saved by RawTherapee
* Corrected handling of thumbnails in TIFFs to improve compatibility with Picture Window Pro

- An image filtration job did not start when an image was sent to the open Filtration Queue
  window via the Send To menu in Windows, fixed

- A bug in profiling TIFFs produced by new Nikon cameras, fixed
- A bug in EXIF metadata processing (in TIFF and JPEG files), fixed

- A minor bug in the batching process in Filtration Queue window, fixed
- A minor bug in the Preview function of Filtration Job Editor, fixed


5.8 Pro+ edition

+ Plug-in: added support for the release version of Adobe Photoshop CS3
+ Plug-in: added support for smart filters in Adobe Photoshop CS3

+ Plug-in: added support for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3
+ Plug-in: added support for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 12

+ Added support for Nikon D40/D40X and several more new Nikon cameras

* Improved support for images produced by Nikon D1H with firmware version 1.10

* Added an extra check for multi-layer Adobe TIFFs

* Improved handling of TIFFs with alpha channel

* Improved accuracy of profile matching

* Improved accuracy of masking in Photoshop plug-in

* Improved compatility of Neat Image's online help with Windows Vista

- Incorrect display of ISO rates in Preset Matching Rule list, fixed


5.7 Pro+ edition

+ Plug-in: added support for Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta

+ Plug-in: added support for Ulead PhotoImpact 12

+ Plug-in: added support for Serif PhotoPlus 11

- Incorrect detection of some ISO values in Pentax K10D images, fixed

- Preview of certain image areas with specific filter settings caused a crash, fixed

- A minor bug in the progress bar made GUI freeze in some rare cases, fixed

- Command line: using the /sl key caused loss of metadata in output images, fixed

- Using some Canon profiles built with earlier versions of Neat Image could produce crashes, fixed


5.6 Pro+ edition

+ Plug-in: added support for Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0

+ Plug-in: added support for Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI

+ Plug-in: added support for Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006

+ Added support for Nikon D80, D2Hs, D2Xs and several other Nikon cameras

* Improved support for Canon cameras (more accurate reading of ISO values in Auto mode)

* Auto Profile now selects better areas for noise analysis producing
  higher-quality profiles

* Improvements in Filtration Job Editor's image viewer


5.5 Pro+ edition

* Plug-in: improved support for very large images in Photoshop CS/CS2

* Support for Windows large memory configuration (/3GB switch)

* Improved support for Canon cameras

- Some Canon S3 IS images produced an error message when opened in Neat Image, fixed

- Some TIFF files saved by Autodesk Maya could not be opened in Neat Image, fixed

- Plug-in: cosmetic corrections in Options


5.4 Pro+ edition

* Improved support for Pentax cameras

* Plug-in: improved behaviour in cases when plug-in host or OS
  cannot provide enough memory to the plug-in

* Plug-in now returns specific codes in case of errors
  (to facilitate use of the plug-in in Photoshop scripts)

* More accurate processing of command line parameters

* Several cosmetic corrections in GUI

- TIFF saved by RadCor could not be opened in Neat Image, fixed


5.3 Pro+ edition

* Improved support for Nikon D200

* Modified default filter settings and filter presets
  (default noise levels in Cr and Cb are set to +0%)

* It is now possible to temporarily change viewer zoom to fit the image
  to window by holding Alt+Shift; this can be used to quickly select an area
  in the image for analysis or preview

- Component viewer did not always show correct channel names with the RGB working
  color space, fixed

- In image filtration jobs created in Batch, the output file names were
  assigned incorrectly if "Do not auto save output images" option was used, fixed


5.25 Pro+ edition

* Neat Image could not always read TIFFs written by Picture It!, improved

* Several cosmetic corrections in GUI

- Status 'done' of a completed job changed back to 'on hold' if Filtration Job
  Editor was opened and then closed for this job, fixed

- Sorting filtration jobs by image file name did not work in the Filtration
  Queue, fixed

- Folder-based preset matching did not always work correctly, fixed

- In some cases, Neat Image could not save output images as JPEGs if (corrupted)
  input TIFFs were saved by Dimage Master Lite, fixed


5.2 Pro+ edition

+ Full support for dual-core processors in Filtration Job Editor and Photoshop 
  plug-in: Neat Image will now be able to utilize both parts of a dual-core 
  processor when processing each image in standalone application and in plug-in

+ Plug-in installer: added support for Photoshop Elements 4.0
+ Plug-in installer: added support for Paint Shop Pro X

* Re-grouped options related to output images
* A warning about small image area is now also controlled by
  the corresponding setting in Neat Image options

* Neat Image produced an error message when opening some images with the EXIF data
  corrupted by resaving in Picasa, fixed

* Several general efficiency improvements and cosmetic changes

- Neat Image did not start processing an image sent from another application
  via "Open With..." command, fixed; now it does automatically start processing 
  when possible

- Default profile/preset were not loaded using the command line interface, fixed


5.1 Pro+ edition

+ ISO rate now can be read from Casio makernotes
+ An option for advanced users to disable warnings about clipping
  and non-uniformity in image areas used for noise analysis

* Improved decoding for broken EXIF in certain images saved by IrfanView

- Minor bug in profile matching code related to Nikon cameras, fixed
- Neat Image asked to re-register when running under Windows user 
  accounts with restricted access rights, fixed
- Plug-in: a bug caused an error message about lack of free memory, fixed
- Plug-in: a bug made the plug-in not apply auto fine-tuning during
  auto profiling when run in a Photoshop action, fixed


5.0 Pro+ edition

+ Improved noise profiling and noise reduction algorithms resulting 
  in higher quality of noise reduction:
  + better automatic selection of featureless image areas for noise analysis
  + visual feedback on the quality of image areas used for noise analysis
  + more accurate noise analysis algorithm
  + profile quality indicators to control the quality of noise analysis
  + better handling of strong noise and JPEG artifacts by the noise filter

+ Significantly improved implementation of all image processing algorithms:
  + x2-2.5 times faster processing as compared with v4.0

+ Frequency components in Component Viewer during profiling
+ Contast and graylevel adjustment in Component Viewer
+ Brightness, contrast, gamma adjustment in Neat Image image viewer
+ Transparency support in the plug-in's viewer

+ Preset matching: automatic selection of a filter preset that matches either 
  the noise profile used or ISO rate of the input image

+ New parameters in Job Defaults: output file type and compression quality
+ Command line format: new switches to use auto profiling, auto fine-tuning, 
  etc., from the command line

+ LZW- and ZIP-compressed TIFF files saved by Photoshop can now be opened in
  the standalone Neat Image

* Improved behaviour of Neat Image windows on system with dual displays
* Improved general memory management
* Plug-in: improved resource utilization in Photoshop

* Several cosmetic improvements in GUI
* Modified default working color space name to avoid possible confusion

* Improved profile matching for Pentax cameras
* Updated Profile Converter to automatically convert v2.x-3.x-4.x profiles 
  to v5.x format

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