Neat Image
To make images look better.

WHAT'S NEW IN THE LATEST VERSION

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


5.6 Demo 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 Demo 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 Demo 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

* Several cosmetic corrections in GUI

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


5.3 Demo 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 Demo 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 Demo edition

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

* 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


5.1 Demo 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


5.0 Demo 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

+ 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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