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Neat Image Changelog

What's new in Neat Image 9.2.0

Nov 27, 2023
  • Current Products:
  • Photoshop plug-in
  • Standalone
  • Discontinued Products:
  • Aperture plug-in

New in Neat Image 9.1.5 (Jul 17, 2023)

  • Added support for new GPUs:
  • AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT / 7900 XTX
  • Added support for some AMD APUs based on gfx90c chips including AMD Ryzen 5 5600G / 5700G
  • Several optimizations in the GUI
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image 9.1.0 (Oct 28, 2022)

  • Added support for new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace GPUs:
  • GeForce RTX 40-Series (4090 / 4080 / etc.)
  • Several corrections in reactions of controls and indicators
  • Adjusted descriptions of controls
  • Adjusted the size of images shown in message dialogs
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image 9.0.0 (Dec 8, 2021)

  • Increased processing speed and improved hardware support:
  • Optimized CPU- an GPU-based processing
  • As compared with the previous major version 8, Neat Image 9 shows the following speed increase:
  • CPU-based processing:
  • Up to 50% faster
  • GPU-based processing:
  • Up to 10% faster
  • Added support for several new AMD GPUs:
  • Radeon RX 6600 / 6600 XT
  • Radeon RX 6700 XT / 6800 / 6800 XT / 6900 XT
  • Other GPUs based on the gfx1030 / gfx1031 / gfx1032 chips
  • Improved compatibility with the new GPU drivers from AMD
  • Added support for the new version of Windows:
  • Windows 11
  • Higher accuracy and tuning precision:
  • New tools to check accuracy and tune noise profiles
  • Improved Sharpening with more precise control
  • Easier than ever before:
  • Flexible Generic Profiles (fully adjustable, with visual assistance)
  • Visually assisted tuning for profiles and filters
  • Illustrated help dialogs for many filter settings and tuning modes
  • Variants now can be used to test different noise profiles too
  • Improved user interface:
  • Added support for color themes (Preferences > General):
  • Normal brightness (light colors)
  • Reduced brightness (dark colors)
  • Auto-detect brightness (match operating system colors)
  • Main tabs are now called "Open Input Image", "Prepare Noise Profile","Adjust and Preview" and "Save Output Image"
  • The "Auto Profile" button changes to "Build Profile" when you select an area manually
  • The selection color in Prepare Noise Profile tab has slightly changed:
  • the blue color of the selection box now means 'profile was built using this area', not 'area was chosen automatically' as before
  • Undo/Redo operations and history of changes for noise profiles
  • Select/drag modes in viewer (useful for computers with touchpads)
  • Alt+Mouse wheel in viewer zooms to point even when selection is present
  • Improved support for high DPI displays as well as systems with monitors that have different pixel density
  • Ability to toggle alpha channel in viewer (when present)
  • Ability to load and save alpha channel when working with TIFF files
  • Preview performance has been optimized
  • Preview cache size adjustment to optimize for different image sizes (Preferences > Performance)
  • Additional visual guidance to adjust the GPU memory allowed to Neat Image (Preferences > Performance)
  • Numerous minor GUI improvements
  • Improved detection of running applications that may interfere with installation
  • Improved uninstaller with an option to erase settings and license
  • Improved diagnostic data and error reporting
  • Other changes:
  • End-User License Agreement has been updated
  • The 32-bit version is not produced anymore

New in Neat Image 8.6.2 (Oct 29, 2021)

  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image 8.6.0 (Oct 29, 2021)

  • Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs:
  • GeForce RTX 3070 / 3080 / 3090
  • Note: due to changes in NVIDIA drivers and CUDA Toolkit, GPUs with Compute Capabilities 3.0 are no longer supported. Only GPUs with Compute Capability 3.5 and higher can be utilized by Neat Image 8.6.
  • Added support for new AMD GPUs:
  • Radeon RX 5300M / 5500M
  • Radeon RX 5500 / 5500 XT
  • Radeon RX 5600 / 5600 XT
  • Due to changes in AMD drivers, some older Graphics Core Next 1 GPUs are no longer supported. In particular, Neat Image 8.6 no longer supports most Radeon HD 7xxx / 8xxx cards and other devices based on the following chip series: Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti
  • The full list of GPU series supported by Neat Image 8.6 on Windows is: Bonaire, Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji, Ellesmere, Baffin, gfx804, gfx900, gfx901, gfx906, gfx907, gfx1010, gfx1012
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image 8.5.0 (Dec 3, 2019)

  • Added support for AMD Radeon RX 5700 / 5700 XT
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image 8.4.5 (Oct 9, 2019)

  • Added support for AMD Radeon VII
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image 8.4.0 (Feb 21, 2019)

  • Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs:
  • GeForce RTX 2070 / 2080 / 2080 Ti
  • Titan V
  • Titan RTX
  • Note: due to changes in NVIDIA drivers and CUDA Toolkit, GPUs with Compute Capabilities 2.x and below are no longer supported. Only GPUs with Compute Capability 3.0 and higher can be utilized by Neat Image 8.4.
  • Added support for several AMD GPUs:
  • Radeon RX 540 / 540X / 550 / 550X
  • Radeon Pro WX 2100 / 3100
  • Note: Due to changes in AMD drivers, some older non-GCN GPUs are no longer supported. In particular, Neat Image no longer supports Radeon HD 5xxx/6xxx cards and other devices based on the following chip series: Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman.
  • The full list of GPU series supported by Neat Image 8.4 on Windows is:
  • Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti, Bonaire, Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji, Ellesmere, Baffin, gfx804, gfx900, gfx901
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image 8.3 (Sep 29, 2017)

  • 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
  • Improved hardware compatibility with AMD GPUs:
  • Added support for AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, RX Vega 64, Vega Frontier Edition
  • Ensured compatibility with AMD Radeon RX 560/570/580
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image 8.2 (Apr 26, 2017)

  • Improved the Filter Tuning Assist tool (former Filter Tuning Mode)
  • Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest cameras from Fujifilm and some other manufacturers
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed
  • Improved hardware compatibility for AMD GPUs:
  • Re-implemented support for pre-GCN GPUs based on the following chip series:
  • Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman
  • These include most 57xx/58xx/59xx and 67xx/68xx/69xx cards.

New in Neat Image 8.1 (Oct 28, 2016)

  • 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.
  • Added support for new AMD GPUs: Radeon RX 460/470/480
  • Note: due to changes in AMD drivers, some older non-GCN GPUs are no longer supported.
  • In particular, Neat Image no longer supports Radeon HD 5xxx/6xxx cards and other devices based on the following chip series:
  • Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman.
  • The full list of GPU series supported by Neat Image 8.1 on Windows is:
  • Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti, Bonaire, Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji, Ellesmere, Baffin.
  • Unicode support: file names containing Unicode symbols can now be processed in Neat Image
  • Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image 8.0 (Jun 23, 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)
  • New AMD GPUs are supported:
  • AMD Radeon R9 Fury / Nano / Fury X / Fury X2
  • AMD Radeon R9 380/390/390X
  • AMD Radeon R9 255/250X/285
  • AMD Radeon R7 360/370
  • AMD Radeon R7 265
  • Newer AMD Catalyst 15.7.1+ drivers are now supported
  • Other improvements:
  • Support for HiDPI-modes (including Retina displays)
  • 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

New in Neat Image 7.6 (Oct 8, 2014)

  • Improved tolerance to corrupted EXIF metadata
  • Improved compatibility with EXIF metadata of Apple devices
  • Updated to CUDA 6: added support for new NVIDIA GPUs with Compute Capability 5.0 (such as GeForce GTX 750 Ti and more)
  • Improved error reporting of GPU-specific issues
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image 7.5 (Oct 25, 2013)

  • Added support for new AMD GPUs:
  • AMD Radeon HD 7790;
  • AMD Radeon HD 87xx/88xx/89xx;
  • AMD Radeon R7 260X;
  • AMD Radeon R9 270X/280X/290X;
  • Another AMD/ATI GPU based on one of the following chip series: Bonaire, Hainan, Hawaii
  • The following AMD/ATI GPUs remain supported as well:
  • ATI Radeon HD 57xx/58xx/59xx;
  • AMD Radeon HD 67xx/68xx/69xx;
  • AMD Radeon HD 77xx/78xx/79xx;
  • Another AMD/ATI GPU based on one of the following chip series: Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman, Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti
  • Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon, Canon and Pentax cameras
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image 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 57xx/58xx/59xx;
  • AMD Radeon HD 67xx/68xx/69xx;
  • AMD Radeon HD 77xx/78xx/79xx;
  • Another AMD/ATI GPU based on one of the following chip series: Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman, Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti
  • 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 tolerance to corrupted image metadata
  • Several minor bugs have been fixed

New in Neat Image 7.2 (May 24, 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 6.1 (Feb 2, 2010)

  • Improved compatibility with Windows 7
  • Plug-in: preliminary support for Photoshop CS5 (32-bit)
  • Plug-in: added support for Photoshop Elements 8.0
  • Plug-in: added support for Serif PhotoPlus X3
  • Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras: D3S, D3X, D300S, D3000, D5000, etc.
  • Additional optimizations of use of system resources by Neat Image
  • Crashes with some images in Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006, fixed
  • Several minor bugs and incompatibilities are fixed

New in Neat Image 6.0 (Dec 15, 2008)

  • 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:
  • The Actions menu is now used to adjust the plug-in startup behaviour.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

New in Neat Image 5.9 (May 16, 2008)

  • 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 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

New in Neat Image 5.8 (Jun 12, 2007)

  • 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