To make the learning curve easier we have introduced illustrations and comments in the Profile Check and Filter Tuning Assist tools. Then just choose the one your eyes love the most. You can create up to four different variants and tweak them separately, together, halfway together and then separately, or any way you want. Now this tool will help you not only to adjust filter settings to perfection, but also work on noise profiles. This feature is setting the stage for new and easier ways of cleaning up your photos. The new version 9 supports all Apple Silicon chips both in CPU and GPU mode, delivering substantial speed improvements compared to Neat Image 8 working in Rosetta. If you have got a new M1 Mac, Neat Image 9 is ready to squeeze every power drop out of it for you. CPU-only mode is now performing up to 50% faster, GPU acceleration has a more modest, but nevertheless welcomed 10% speed increase. Large resolution photos will get the lift they need to express every pixel they have.Īs compared with the previous major version, Neat Image 9 shows a speed increase in both CPU and GPU-based processing. You will get extra option to refine sharpening settings and get that extra kick in bringing even more juice into the picture. New controls in Neat Image's sharpener will give you that. Precision is what you need when using a sharpening tool. That all will ensure you receive perfectly denoised images. Our new Profile Check mode will help you and the filter to distinguish between noise and details. Noise characteristics can now be adjusted with immaculate precision. The existing profiling tools have been improved and new ones joined the pack. Instead of loading one of seven pre-configured profiles you can now tune the built-in generic profile to perfectly match the noise in the image in a few clicks, with instant visual feedback. The Generic Profile feature has been massively improved. Here is a quote from the email received today:

Here is the Neat Image change log: History | Neat Image v9 standalone ()

Just wondering if anyone is wondering about this version 9 upgrade? Can there possibly be something that it can do better than the big 3 mentioned above, as well as the noise reduction Lightroom can add which I also still use? Nor the Photoshop Plugin that is optional. But to be honest, I haven't fired up Neat Image in a long time. With products like DxO DeepPrime, and Topaz Denoise, and ON1 Nonoise, I suppose I have all the noise reduction I could ever need.īut now, Neat Image 9 comes along, along with a 70% reduction in price for us Neat Image 8 users.

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