Neat Image Pro Photoshop Plug-in


When we shoot with digital cameras using a high ISO setting or slow shutter speed, we often end up with digital noise in our pictures. Neat Image can be used as a standalone product or Photoshop compatible plug-in to reduce or totally remove this kind of noise.

Neat Image can not only reduce digital camera noise, but also reduce:
  • Most digital noise from images produced by film and flatbed scanners.
  • Film grain visible in negatives or scanned slides
  • JPEG artifacts in over compressed images
  • Moire patterns
  • Color banding

How it works

Neat Image works by using a device noise profile for your specific camera or scanner. This noise profile can be created with Neat Image or if you're lucky you can download a profile for your camera from the Neat Image web site. Sometimes you can find profiles created by individuals by using a search engine.
Device noise profiles is what sets Neat Image apart from regular Photoshop noise removal tools like Median, Gaussian Blur, Smart Blur and even the latest Reduce Noise filter introduced in Photoshop CS2. By using a noise profile and a sophisticated noise removal algorithm it's possible to get excellent results without risking to lose too much fine details which is common with all Photoshop noise removal techniques and tools. 

Features

A list of some of the features of Neat Image:
  • Can be used standalone (also from command line) or as plug-in (plug-in respects transparency, plug-in compatible with all products that support Photoshop plug-ins)
  • Remove noise
  • Sharpen images
  • Sharpen or remove noise selectively (layer, channel or selection)
  • Run in an action or batch
  • Highly automated
  • Create device profiles manually or automatically with several tools for extra control. Profiles can be saved.
  • Use of calibration targets possible
  • Profile matcher that matches profile with EXIF data (you can also manually select profile)
  • Filter settings (automated or manually)
  • Standard and advanced mode
  • Visual feedback when you adjust filter settings
  • Before/after views
  • Variant selector to compare different filter selections
  • Optimized for dual core and multi processors
  • Support for industry standard image types and file formats
  • Support for 24-bit / 48-bit RGB and 8-bit / 16-bit grayscale image
  • Preserves all image meta data (like the EXIF and IPTC data)
  • Support for all Windows versions, Wine in Linux and Mac OSX. 



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