Neat Image plug-in for Photoshop for Mac OSX | |
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System requirements:
· Mac OSX 10.4+ · Intel-based Mac or PowerPC Mac · Photoshop or Photoshop Elements · 1 GB RAM or more · 1024x768+ display
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| Noise is a serious problem in digital
imaging In digital photography, the consumer- and prosumer-level cameras produce
images with an easily noticeable noise component, which is especially strong
in images taken at high ISO rates. Scanned photos contain a similar film
grain component. The noise and grain reduce the visual quality of digital
images and resulting printouts.
| The solution to the noise
problem: Neat Image Neat Image is a digital filter specifically designed to reduce visible
noise in digital photographic images produced by modern digital cameras,
as well as film and flatbed scanners. Three main reasons to choose Neat Image: |  | | 1. | QUALITY OF NOISE
REDUCTION provided by Neat Image is higher than that of all other methods because: | - Neat Image uses the most advanced noise reduction algorithms in
the industry
Neat Image noise reduction algorithms are developed
specifically for digital photography applications by a highly-qualified
professional image processing research group. These algorithms surpass
the quality of all classic noise reduction methods and even that of the
wavelet-based methods. Although the wavelet-based methods were developed
only 15-20 years ago and are still considered relatively modern, Neat
Image uses an even newer and more efficient approach to noise reduction.
This approach enables drawing a more clear distinction between noise
and details in noisy images. This helps Neat Image reduce more noise
and better preserve true details in digital photos and scans.
- Neat Image
builds and uses device noise profiles to adapt noise
reduction to imaging device
A device noise profile is a reusable analysis of
noise properties of an image acquisition device (a digital camera, scanner,
etc.) working in a certain mode. Using a noise profile for an imaging
device in effect makes Neat Image noise reduction custom-tailored to
this imaging device. Device noise profile is a novel concept originally introduced by Neat
Image team and supported by Neat Image user community who create noise
profiles for many digital cameras and scanners.
- Neat
Image efficiently reduces most noise types typical for digital cameras,
film and flatbed scanners (some examples):
- high ISO noise produced by image sensors of digital
cameras and scanners (CCD, CMOS, SuperCCD, Foveon, etc.)
- film grain visible in scanned slides and negatives
- JPEG artifacts in overcompressed images
- grain aliasing
- moire patterns
- color banding
A useful side effect of Neat Image noise reduction
is that noise-free images are better compressable. By reducing noise
you can reduce the JPEG file sizes by 30-40% (even if the same compression
level is used to save both noisy and noise-free images).
| 2. | RICH FUNCTIONALITY AND HIGH PERFORMANCE of Neat Image enables both beginners and experienced users to easily
achieve great results | - Neat
Image can be directly used in Photoshop-based workflow
- Photoshop plug-in version of Neat Image can
apply noise reduction and sharpening exactly where is required:
in a layer, channel, or selection
- The plug-in fully respects transparency of
image data like the Photoshop built-in filters do, so you can apply
noise reduction with different strength to different
image areas
- Neat Image Pro plug-in can work as a smart
filter in Photoshop CS6 / CS5 / CS4 / CS3
- Neat Image Pro plug-in can run in Photoshop
actions and do noise analysis and apply filtration completely
automatically
- You can automatically batch process images
using the Photoshop batch facility and an action with Neat Image
Pro plug-in
- Neat Image plug-in can be used with the following
plug-in hosts:
- Adobe Photoshop CS6 / CS5.x / CS4 / CS3 / CS2 / CS / 7
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 6 / 4 / 3 / 2
- Photoline 16 / 15
- GraphicConverter X
- other hosts supporting PS plug-ins
- Neat Image is highly automated
- Building noise profiles:
- Auto Profile provides the easiest and quickest
way to automatically build a noise profile in just one click
Auto Profile finds one primary analysis area (shown in GUI) and
multiple secondary areas to build an accurate profile
- You can also manually select an image area for primary analysis
and let Neat Image do the rest
- Choosing noise profile:
- Auto Match can automatically select the best
matching noise profile from a pre-built profile set using the
EXIF data
- You can manually select the desired noise profile as well
- Adjusting filter settings:
- Based on accurate noise profile, default filter settings automatically
provide good filtration results without additional tweaking
- Manual filter tweaking is always available too, if you want
to get the result that looks perfect to your eyes
- You can easily save and later re-use both noise
profiles and filter settings
- You can use Neat Image noise reduction in Photoshop-based
batches
- Neat Image provides exactly the amount of control required
- Standard mode offers a simplified control set
that is very easy to use for new users
- Advanced mode gives power users the most complete
control set to tweak all filter settings
- Neat Image helps to adjust filter setting
with efficient visual feedback
- Embedded preview shows how the end result will
look like and helps you visually compare 'filtered'
and 'original' versions
- Per-channel and per-frequency preview modes to identify most noisy
components that require special attention; you can adjust the filter
settings corresponding to those image components and immediately
see the results
- Neat Image is fast
and efficient
- Neat Image v7 can use all available cores
in multi-core processors as well as all processors
in multiprocessor systems, which in effect makes
filtration 1.5-1.9 times faster on dual-core / dual-processor systems
and even faster on multi-core / multiprocessor machines
Neat Image v7 processes
a 10 Megapixel digital photo in 1-2 seconds on a modern Mac with
Intel i7 processor
- Neat Image v7 can use CUDA GPUs
and certain
AMD/ATI GPUs to further accelerate image processing
for example, with NVidia GTX 470 Neat
Image is about x2.5 faster than on Intel i7 and x3-x7 faster than
on Intel i5 or Core2 Duo
- Neat Image supports the
industry standard image types and file formats
- 8-bit / 16-bit / 32-bit per channel RGB
and grayscale images can be processed
(individual channels of Lab and CMYK images
can be processed by Neat Image plug-in as well)
- Any file format supported by Photoshop can
be used with the Neat Image plug-in
(for example, you can open a PSD, JPEG2000, RAW, DNG,
etc., image using Photoshop and then directly process it with the
Neat Image plug-in)
- Neat Image preserves all image metadata (like
the EXIF and IPTC data)
- Several tools and resources help you customize Neat Image to your digital
camera or scanner
- Rich set of free ready-made noise profiles available in the online
profile library helps to start using Neat Image faster and
easier
- Calibration Target and Batch Profiler
make building a set of noise profiles for your camera or scanner
very simple
| 3. | THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE
SOLUTION Neat Image is both the highest-quality noise reduction solution and the
most cost-effective solution available | - Neat Image plug-in for Photoshop (Mac) is currently produced in three
editions:
- Demo plug-in: freeware edition with
limited functionality; free; download
This edition demonstrates the capabilities of
Neat Image and can be used to process small images for non-commercial
purposes.
- Home plug-in: provides full support
for 8-bit (per channel) images; $39.90; purchase
This edition is intended
for home users. Supports 8-bit images (like JPEGs produced by compact
cameras). The perfect match for Photoshop Elements.
- Pro plug-in: provides full support for
8- , 16- and 32-bit images and works in Photoshop actions; $79.90; purchase
This edition is intended for professionals
who process large amounts of images and work with high-bitdepth
images. The best choice for the full version of Photoshop.
See Neat Image features and feature
map for detailed description of these Neat image editions.
- Order a license for Neat Image Home or
Pro plug-in for Photoshop (Mac)
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