Dec 16, 2011

• Updated version: Neat Image v7.1 standalone (Mac OSX)

  This update includes the following changes and improvements:

  • Additional performance optimizations
    
    
  • Using Neat Image as an external editor in Lightroom (see the new section in the user guide)
    
    
  • Command line version of Neat Image standalone (see the user guide for more details)
    
    
  • Improved support for new CUDA-capable GPUs (Compute Capability 2.x)
  • Improved GPU detection and error handling
    
  • Updated to new version of CUDA 4 (latest CUDA driver is required)
    
    
  • Several improvements in GUI
    
    
  • Several other issues and bugs were resolved and fixed
    
    

Updating from 7.0 to 7.1

This update is free for licensed users of the version 7.0 of Neat Image standalone (Mac).
Please use your v7 license to log on to the corresponding download area:

• Neat Image v7 standalone Home edition (Mac)
  
  
• Neat Image v7 standalone Pro edition (Mac)
  

 

• New noise profiles in the library

Many new profile sets have been created and submitted to the profile library by generous users of Neat Image.

We thank all the contributors who build new profiles for the community of Neat Image users. Please also participate in building new profiles for digital cameras and scanners. Using the Batch Profiler in Neat Image, you can easily and quickly build a profile set for your camera. Please see the user guide (specifically, the "Device noise profiles" section) for additional information.

May 5, 2011

• Neat Image v7 standalone (Mac OSX)

  Neat Image team is pleased to introduce the 7th generation of its noise reduction solution for digital photography that inherits and refines the highest quality and efficiency traditionally delivered by Neat Image.
  
  Neat Image is now also available as a standalone application for Mac OSX. Neat Image was earlier available in Mac OSX as a plug-in for Photoshop and a plug-in for Aperture, but not as a standalone application. A standalone version of Neat Image was however available for Windows. Now, Neat Image standalone is also available for Mac OSX. It can be used to process images directly, without opening Photoshop or Aperture.
  
  The changes and improvements of this major version of Neat Image (as compared with the previous version of Neat Image standalone for Windows) include the following:

  • Higher performance: the first GPU-accelerated version of Neat Image standalone
    
    
    • CUDA support: faster noise reduction using modern CUDA-compatible GPUs
      For example, on NVidia GTX 285 Neat Image is about x2.5 faster than on Intel i7 and x3-x7 faster than on Intel i5 or Core2 Duo
      
      
    • Multiple GPU support
      Neat Image works even faster with two or more CUDA GPUs
      
      
    • CPUs and GPUs working together
      Neat Image can use CPUs and GPUs at the same time for even faster processing
      
      
    • Automated optimization of performance settings for multi-core, multi-CPU and multi-GPU systems
      
      • Built-in benchmark to measure image processing speed on specific hardware
      • Built-in performance optimizer in Neat Image Preferences
        
        
    • Additional performance optimizations throughout the application:
      
      • Faster batch processing: x1.5 faster than in previous version (of standalone in Windows)
        
      • Faster individual image processing: x1.2 faster than in previous version (of standalone in Windows)
    
    
    
  • Improved user interface
    
    • Multi-image and single-image modes
      
    • Improved task editor to work on individual images
      
    • Detailed and thumbnail-only list of tasks to work with many images
      
    • New and improved batching facilities
      
      
    • Redesigned graphics elements throughout the application
    • More intuitive noise profile equalizer with adjustable graphs
    • Improved image viewer with several modes and adjustable brightness
      
    • Component viewer built directly into image viewer
      
    • Automated preview (full window or selected area)
      
      
      
  • More improvements
    • Support for 32-bit per channel images (in Pro edition, in addition to 8-bit and 16-bit ones) to enable HDR post-processing workflows
      
      
    • Smart Profile: automatically uses two different profiling methods and selects the better resulting profile for more accurate noise reduction
      
      
    • Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras:
      D7000, D3100, P500, P300, P7000, S8100, etc.
      
    
    

  Pricing and Availability

Neat Image standalone (Mac) is available in three editions:

• Demo edition: free edition with limited functionality; free; download
  This edition demonstrates the capabilities of Neat Image and can be used to process individual images for non-commercial purposes.
  
  
• Home edition: supports 8-bit (per channel) images and limited batching; $39.90; purchase
  This edition is intended for home users. Supports 8-bit images (like JPEGs produced by compact cameras).
  
  
• Pro edition: supports 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit images and unlimited batching; $69.90; purchase
  This edition is intended for professionals who process large amounts of images and work with high-bitdepth images.

Licenses for non-Demo editions of Neat Image standalone (Mac) can be ordered in the Purchase page.
Multi-user licenses are available with volume discounts.

Neat Image standalone (Mac) can also be purchased in a bundle with other version(s) of Neat Image.

The product is delivered as a digital download.