Neat Image /Mac
To make images look better. 

Win | Mac


Overview :: History of changes

[+] New feature
[*] Changes/improvements
[-] Fixed bug/error

Neat Image v4.52 plug-in /Mac

* 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

 

Neat Image v4.51 plug-in /Mac

- Corrupted metadata in images saved by Capture One crashed plugin, fixed

- Auto fine-tuning was not correctly applied in actions, fixed

- Crashes during profiling and using preview in Photoshop CS and older on dual-core machines, fixed

 

Neat Image v4.5 plug-in /Mac

* Neat Image can now build noise profile using smaller image areas:
this is very useful when the input image contains only small featureless areas

* Several speed optimizations in the noise filter
* Increased profiling speed (Auto Profile and Fine-Tune)

+ Added indicator of profiling progress

* Improved compatibility for Nikon D40, D40X, D60, D300, D3 and several more new Nikon cameras
* Improved compatibility with several new Samsung digital cameras

+ Added preliminary support for Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 and Photoshop CS4

* Improved behavior of the plug-in in smart filters in Photoshop CS3
* Improved recording of noise profiles and presets in Photoshop actions

* Improved Neat Image plug-in's controls for Photoshop action recording:

+ the Action Setup window is now used to directly adjust the plug-in behaviour in actions and smart filters
+ the same Action Setup window is used to configure the default startup behaviour of the plug-in

* Modified error reporting for smoother action-based batching:

* errors in processing one image will not stop the whole batch
* error codes can be logged by Photoshop
* to get a description of an error re-run the action (for the same image) with GUI enabled

* Improved support for large images in Photoshop
* Improved memory and resource management, improved overall stability and efficiency

* Several cosmetic improvements in plug-in GUI

- Major performance degradation when running on an 8-core Mac, fixed
- Crashes during/after noise profile saving/loading in PS CS3, fixed
- Crashes during profile matching when running on Intel Macs, fixed

 

Neat Image v4.3 plug-in /Mac

+ Universal version of Neat Image plug-in /Mac including:

+ a native Intel version of the plug-in for Intel Macs (MacTels)
+ a native PowerPC version for traditional G3 / G4 / G5 Macs

+ Added support for Adobe Photoshop CS3

+ Added support for smart filters in Adobe Photoshop CS3

* Improved accuracy of profile matching

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

 

Neat Image v4.2 plug-in /Mac

+ 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

- Using some profiles for Canon cameras built with earlier versions of the plug-in produced crashes, fixed
- A minor bug in Auto Profile, fixed
- A bug in installer, fixed

 

Neat Image v4.1 plug-in /Mac

* Improved support for Pentax EXIF data

- Using profiles for some Pentax camera models caused the plug-in to crash, fixed

 

Neat Image v4.02 plug-in /Mac

- Certain images with incorrect metadata crashed the plug-in in Photoshop Elements, fixed

 

Neat Image v4.01 plug-in /Mac

- Loading some ready-made noise profiles for Nikon D70 RAW crashed the plug-in, fixed
- A bug in the PKG installer, fixed

 

Neat Image v4.0 plug-in /Mac

+ Profile matching to automatically load a noise profile that matches an input image:

+ Match level indicator to control the degree of image-profile match
+ Image-Profile Match Details window to see the specifics of profile matching
+ Support for profile matching in actions

+ Profile quality indicator to control quality of used noise profiles

+ Profile Viewer to check profile details

* User interface improvements:

Keyboard shortcuts for zoom level of the image viewer in the plug-in:

Cmd - '+' : zoom in
Cmd - '-' : zoom out
Cmd - '0' : reset to 100%
Cmd - Opt - '0' : zoom to fit image to window
Cmd - Shift : temporary fit image to window (can be used to quickly select an area of interest for profiling)

Double-click in an area of the image quickly brings the selection to the area (in the Profiling mode)

* Improved plug-in installer to support more versions of Photoshop and Photoshop Elements

 

Neat Image v3.11 plug-in /Mac

- Auto Fine-Tune was not applied if a custom profile was used in an action, fixed
- a minor bug in GUI, fixed

 

Neat Image v3.1 plug-in /Mac

+ Full support for multiprocessor Macs: Neat Image is now able to utilize all available processors on multiprocessor computers when processing each image, which makes image processing 1.5-1.9 times faster on dual-processor computers and even faster on multiprocessor machines

- a minor bug in installer, fixed

 

Neat Image v3.02 plug-in /Mac

* error messages are now suppressed when the plug-in is used in action/batch: if an error occures that doesn't allow Neat Image to process an image then the plug-in will skip processing this image to let the action/batch continue

- action/batch processing: incorrect filtration results were produced in cases when Auto Profile was not able to build a new profile from an image, fixed; also, such images are now skipped in action/batch processing

- individual channels in CMYK and Lab images could not be processed by the plug-in, fixed

 

Neat Image v3.01 plug-in /Mac

* improved handling of very large (more than 1GB) images
- a bug in viewer that could crash the plug-in with very large 16-bit images, fixed

 

Neat Image v3.0 plug-in /Mac

+ The latest noise reduction engine provides higher processing speed and better noise reduction
+ Improved profiling method to provide more user control in building device noise profiles
+ Auto fine-tuning to make a ready-made profile more accurate using the input image itself

* Re-designed graphic user interface with larger preview

 

Neat Image v2.23 plug-in /Mac

* Installer now supports Adobe Photoshop CS2

- Preview did not function in Photoshop CS2, fixed

 

Neat Image v2.22 plug-in /Mac

- Recurring use of Neat Image plug-in as Last Filter in Photoshop produced an error message, fixed

 

Neat Image v2.21 plug-in /Mac

+ An additional install package is available in DMG format (manual installation)

- Few minor bugs in the automatic installer, fixed

 

Neat Image v2.2 plug-in /Mac

* Compatibility with the older versions of Photoshop running in OSX in Classic mode improved

- Last used profile and preset are now stored in /Library/Application Support/NeatImage folder
- A memory leak in the plug-in for the Classic mode, fixed

 

Neat Image v2.1 plug-in /Mac

+ Adobe Photoshop action scripting support

- A bug in editable transparency support, fixed
- A crash under unsupported plug-in host applications, fixed
- Cosmetic improvements in GUI
- A minor bug in registration form, fixed

 

Neat Image v2.02 plug-in /Mac

- A minor bug in Auto Profile with Calibration Target, fixed

 

Neat Image v2.01 plug-in /Mac

- Save dialogs in the plug-in sometimes contained garbage in the file name which caused Photoshop to crash on saving, fixed
- Extreme zoom out level in preview sometimes caused crash, fixed

 

Neat Image v2.0 plug-in /Mac

The first public release of Neat Image plug-in /Mac

+ The latest noise reduction engine provides higher processing speed and better quality of noise reduction

* Improved GUI

- Fixed several bugs and issues

(as compared with Neat Image v1.0 plug-in /Mac)

 

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