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CNET Editors' review
One disadvantage of digital cameras is the visible grain--or noise--that may significantly degrade image quality. Neat Image is a filtering application that mutes the multicolored spots or textured appearance created by digital photos.
It doesn't just use a bunch of blur and sharpen filters; instead, it studies the noise profile of your camera and uses a sophisticated algorithm to cancel or balance the noise of an image. You can browse the publisher's site to find noise profiles for many digital cameras and scanners. The utility draws a clear distinction between noise and details in images, and we were thoroughly impressed with its results.
Neat Image did an effective job at enhancing images without affecting quality, particularly in the deep shadows or solid-color areas of our photographs. The program is plenty fast if your PC has a good deal of RAM and processing power, but it may be a bit sluggish on older machines. Overall, Neat Image makes pictures squeaky-clean and seems like a fine addition to any digital photographer's arsenal.
Publisher's Description
From ABSoft:
Neat Image is a digital filter designed to reduce visible noise and grain in digital photographic images. It is a tool for owners of digital cameras, and flatbed and slide scanners; and is for use by both professional photographers, and digital-image processing enthusiasts. Neat Image reduces the high ISO noise associated with image sensors in digital cameras and scanners, the film grain visible in scanned slides and negatives, JPEG artifacts of over-compressed images, and color banding.
Depending on edition, Neat Image works as a standalone application and/or as a plug-in for Photoshop CS2/CS/7/6/5, Elements 5/4/3/2, Paint Shop Pro XI/X/9/8/7, PhotoImpact 12/11/10/XL/8, Photopaint, Microsoft Digital Image Pro and Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006. Version 5.6 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
What's new in this version:
- Plug-in: added support for Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0
- Plug-in: added support for Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI
- Plug-in: added support for Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006
- Added support for Nikon D80, D2Hs, D2Xs and several other Nikon cameras
- Improved support for Canon cameras (more accurate reading of ISO values in Auto mode)
- Auto Profile now selects better areas for noise analysis producing higher-quality profiles
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"Great results - especially for non-professionals"
Version: Neat Image 5.6
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I think this is a great tool. It may not be as sophisticated as the big absolute professional photo work tools, but for the "small" user it is excellent. It works fast and only very rarely the results are not satisfying.
It is easy to configure - plus updates come in quite regularly !
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