Neat Image user guide

Introduction

Overview
Features

Requirements

Key concepts

What it can do - functionality of Neat Image
When it works - types of input images

Filtration process overview

Overview of Neat Image filtration process
Running Neat Image on a sample image

Filtration process details

Stage I. Open an input image
Stage II. Prepare a device noise profile
Stage III. Adjust filter settings
Stage IV. Apply filter to the input image
Stage V. Save the output image

Device noise profiles

Getting ready-made noise profiles
Building profile for specific device mode (standard profiling procedure)
Preparing profile set for different device modes
Using noise profiles

Additional tools

Component Viewer
Variant Selector
Profile Converter

Queued processing

Filtration Queue window
Creating new image filtration jobs
Editing image filtration jobs
Removing image filtration jobs
Queuing and holding image filtration jobs
Starting and stopping the filtration queue
Saving output images

Using plug-in

Installing the plug-in into image editor
Using the plug-in to process images
Using the plug-in in Photoshop actions

Application options

General options
Job defaults
Profiling options
Profile matching options
Filtration options
Folder options

Examples

Images to build a noise profile
Images to fine-tune a noise profile
Filtration results

Questions and answers

General questions
Filtration-related questions

Tips and tricks

Preventing banding
Filtration of shadow areas
Partial filtration

Information

Known issues
Plans
Detailed feature map
Contacts
Legal information
Registration
Acknowledgments