History of Changes
Neat Image v9 plug-in for Photoshop
Version 9.1
Added support for new versions of host applications:
- Adobe Photoshop 2023
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023
- Corel PHOTO-PAINT 2022
- Corel PaintShop Pro 2023
Added support for new NVIDIA Ada Lovelace GPUs:
GeForce RTX 40-Series (4090 / 4080 / etc.)Several corrections in reactions of controls and indicators
Adjusted descriptions of controls
Adjusted the size of images shown in message dialogs
Several minor bugs have been fixed
Version 9.0
Increased processing speed and improved hardware support
Optimized CPU- an GPU-based processing
As compared with the previous major version 8, Neat Image 9 shows the following speed increase:
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CPU-based processing:
Up to 50% faster -
GPU-based processing:
Up to 10% faster
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CPU-based processing:
Added support for several new AMD GPUs:
- Radeon RX 6600 / 6600 XT
- Radeon RX 6700 XT / 6800 / 6800 XT / 6900 XT
- Other GPUs based on the gfx1030 / gfx1031 / gfx1032 chips
Improved compatibility with the new GPU drivers from AMD
Added support for the new version of Windows
Windows 11
Higher accuracy and tuning precision
New tools to check accuracy and tune noise profiles
Improved Sharpening with more precise control
Easier than ever before
Flexible Generic Profiles (fully adjustable, with visual assistance)
Visually assisted tuning for profiles and filters
Illustrated help dialogs for many filter settings and tuning modes
Variants now can be used to test different noise profiles too
Improved user interface
Improved support for color themes (Preferences > General):
- Added new "Auto-detect brightness" theme
- The "Normal brightness" theme has been re-designed
Main tabs are now called "Prepare Noise Profile" and "Adjust and Preview"
The "Auto Profile" button changes to "Build Profile" when you select an area manually
The selection color in Prepare Noise Profile tab has slightly changed:
the blue color of the selection box now means 'profile was built using this area', not 'area was chosen automatically' as beforeUndo/Redo operations and history of changes for noise profiles
Select/drag modes in viewer (useful for computers with touchpads)
Alt+Mouse wheel in viewer zooms to point even when selection is present
Improved support for high DPI displays as well as systems with monitors that have different pixel density
Ability to toggle alpha channel in viewer (when present)
Preview performance has been optimized
Preview cache size adjustment to optimize for different image sizes (Preferences > Preview)
Additional visual guidance to adjust the GPU memory allowed to Neat Image (Preferences > Performance)
Numerous minor GUI improvements
Improved detection of running applications that may interfere with installation
Improved uninstaller with an option to erase settings and license
Improved diagnostic data and error reporting
Other changes
End-User License Agreement has been updated
The 32-bit version is not produced anymore
Version 8.6.2
Added support for new versions of host applications
- Adobe Photoshop 2022
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022
Several minor bugs have been fixed
Version 8.6
Added support for new versions of host applications:
- Adobe Photoshop 2020 (version 22.0)
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021
- Corel PHOTO-PAINT 2020
- Corel PaintShop Pro 2021
Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs:
- GeForce RTX 3070 / 3080 / 3090
Note: due to changes in NVIDIA drivers and CUDA Toolkit, GPUs with Compute Capabilities 3.0 are no longer supported. Only GPUs with Compute Capability 3.5 and higher can be utilized by Neat Image 8.6.
Added support for new AMD GPUs:
- Radeon RX 5300M / 5500M
- Radeon RX 5500 / 5500 XT
- Radeon RX 5600 / 5600 XT
Due to changes in AMD drivers, some older Graphics Core Next 1 GPUs are no longer supported. In particular, Neat Image 8.6 no longer supports most Radeon HD 7xxx / 8xxx cards and other devices based on the following chip series: Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti
The full list of GPU series supported by Neat Image 8.6 on Windows is: Bonaire, Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji, Ellesmere, Baffin, gfx804, gfx900, gfx901, gfx906, gfx907, gfx1010, gfx1012Several minor bugs have been fixed
Version 8.5
Added support for Adobe Photoshop 2020
Added support for AMD Radeon RX 5700 / 5700 XT
Several minor bugs have been fixed
Version 8.4.5
Added support for new versions of host applications:
- Adobe Photoshop 2019
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 2020
- Corel PaintShop Pro 2020
- Corel Photopaint 2019
Added support for AMD Radeon VII
Several minor bugs have been fixed
Version 8.4
Added support for new versions of host applications:
- Adobe Photoshop CC 2019
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 2019 / 2018
- Corel PaintShop Pro 2019
- Corel PHOTO-PAINT 2018
Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs:
- GeForce RTX 2070 / 2080 / 2080 Ti
- Titan V
- Titan RTX
Note: due to changes in NVIDIA drivers and CUDA Toolkit, GPUs with Compute Capabilities 2.x and below are no longer supported. Only GPUs with Compute Capability 3.0 and higher can be utilized by Neat Image 8.4.
Added support for several AMD GPUs:
- Radeon RX 540 / 540X / 550 / 550X
- Radeon Pro WX 2100 / 3100
Note: Due to changes in AMD drivers, some older non-GCN GPUs are no longer supported. In particular, Neat Image no longer supports Radeon HD 5xxx/6xxx cards and other devices based on the following chip series: Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman.
The full list of GPU series supported by Neat Image 8.4 on Windows is:
Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti, Bonaire, Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji, Ellesmere, Baffin, gfx804, gfx900, gfx901Several minor bugs have been fixed
Version 8.3
Added a set of generic noise profiles to help preparing a noise profile in a situation when a photo contains no areas suitable for analysis by Auto Profile and no pre-buit profiles are available
Added support for Corel PaintShop Pro 2018
Improved hardware compatibility with AMD GPUs
- Added support for AMD Radeon RX Vega 56, RX Vega 64, Vega Frontier Edition
- Ensured compatibility with AMD Radeon RX 560/570/580
Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras
Several minor bugs have been fixed
Version 8.2
Added support for Affinity Photo 1.5+
Added support for Corel PHOTO-PAINT 2017
Improved hardware compatibility for AMD GPUs
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Re-implemented support for pre-GCN GPUs based on the following chip series:
Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman
These include most 57xx/58xx/59xx and 67xx/68xx/69xx cards.
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Re-implemented support for pre-GCN GPUs based on the following chip series:
Improved compatibility with systems having multiple OpenCL platforms installed (AMD and Intel)
Better support for computers with multiple versions of Photoshop and compatible applications
during installationImproved the Filter Tuning Assist tool (former Filter Tuning Mode)
Several minor bugs have been fixed
Version 8.1
Added support for the new version of Photoshop CC
Added support for Photoshop Elements 15
Added support for Corel PaintShop Pro X9
Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs: GeForce GTX 1060/1070/1080, Titan X (Pascal).
Note: due to changes in NVIDIA drivers and CUDA Toolkit, GPUs with Compute Capabilities 1.3 and below are no longer supported. Only GPUs with Compute Capability 2.0 and higher can be utilized by Neat Image 8.1.Added support for new AMD GPUs: Radeon RX 460/470/480
Note: due to changes in AMD drivers, some older non-GCN GPUs are no longer supported.
In particular, Neat Image no longer supports Radeon HD 5xxx/6xxx cards and other devices based on the following chip series:
Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman.
The full list of GPU series supported by Neat Image 8.1 on Windows is:
Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti, Bonaire, Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji, Ellesmere, Baffin.Unicode support: file names containing Unicode symbols can now be processed in Neat Image
Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras
Several minor bugs have been fixed
Version 8.0
Higher quality of noise reduction
High Quality mode for better detail preservation and sharper image
(at the cost of reduced processing speed: 1.5–3 times slower than Normal Quality)Highest Quality mode for better detail preservation
(at the cost of reduced processing speed: 1.5–3 times slower than High Quality)Detail Recovery function helps to recover fine details that standard filter can not recover
Artifact Removal filter to remove speck artifacts
(specks are typically introduced by in-camera denoising and compression)More accurate profiling of Very Low and Ultra Low frequencies when using small selection
Very Low and Ultra Low frequency ranges are now always automatically processed and can be separately adjusted
Enhanced Edge Smoothing function
Improved sharpening quality: less halos, sharper edges
Optimized workflow
Auto Profile function has been improved to find better areas for noise analysis.
In addition, larger areas can be used for building profile when possible.
Using more suitable areas leads to more accurate noise reduction.Profile Assist viewer mode helps to choose area without details while profiling
Overall noise levels of the current selection and of the whole current profile are displayed in Device Noise Profile panel (in Advanced Mode).
Quick evaluation of the noise level helps to find the most suitable area for analysis.Better grouping of filter settings.
Filter modules can be enabled/disabled individually to evaluate effect of each module on the overall result.Preview Assist viewer mode gives a detailed look to filtration process
Filter Tuning Mode allows to temporarily raise Noise Reduction Amount for easier filter tuning
New collection of filter presets with a detailed description of each preset including specification of key settings, purpose, applicability, recommendations for use and possible side effects
Variants of Filtration feature to visually compare results achieved with different filter settings
Multi-step Undo/Redo for filter settings
Estimation of processing speed and optimization of performance settings can now be done directly from the Filter Settings panel.
This facilitates optimizing for specific filtration parameters.Options to set up the default noise profile and filter preset (in Neat Image Preferences)
Option for independent open/save folders for profiles and presets (in Neat Image Preferences)
Faster processing and more responsive GUI
Preview is optimized to update faster when filter settings are adjusted
Significantly improved GPU performance — x1.5–2 times in GPU-only mode and x1.4–1.7 in mixed modes
(as compared with the older Neat Image 7 using comparable filter settings)Better support for systems with a large number of CPU cores (32 and above)
New AMD GPUs are supported:
- AMD Radeon R9 Fury / Nano / Fury X / Fury X2
- AMD Radeon R9 380/390/390X
- AMD Radeon R9 255/250X/285
- AMD Radeon R7 360/370
- AMD Radeon R7 265
Newer AMD Catalyst 15.7.1+ drivers are now supported.
Other improvements
Support for HiDPI-modes (including Retina displays) in Neat Image plug-in for Photoshop
(when the host application supports that)Option to automatically check for the availability of software updates (in Neat Image Preferences)
Improved progress indicators: easier to see, smoother movement, more accurate
Numerous minor GUI improvements
Several bugs have been fixed
Added support for the latest versions of Photoshop CC
Version 7.6
Added support for Photoshop CC 2014 (64-bit and 32-bit)
Added support for Photoshop Elements 13 (64-bit and 32-bit)
Added support for Corel Photopaint X7 (64-bit and 32-bit)
Added support for Corel PaintShop Pro X7 (64-bit and 32-bit)
Added support for Serif PhotoPlus X7 (64-bit and 32-bit)
Improved tolerance to corrupted EXIF metadata
Improved compatibility with EXIF metadata of Apple devices
Updated to CUDA 6: added support for new NVIDIA GPUs with Compute Capability 5.0
(such as GeForce GTX 750 Ti and more)Improved error reporting of GPU-specific issues
Several minor bugs have been fixed
Version 7.5
Added support for Corel PaintShop Pro X6 (64-bit and 32-bit)
Added support for Adobe Photoshop Elements 12
Added support for new AMD GPUs:
- AMD Radeon HD 7790;
- AMD Radeon HD 87xx/88xx/89xx;
- AMD Radeon R7 260X;
- AMD Radeon R9 270X/280X/290X;
- Another AMD/ATI GPU based on one of the following chip series: Bonaire, Hainan, Hawaii
The following AMD/ATI GPUs remain supported as well:
- ATI Radeon HD 57xx/58xx/59xx;
- AMD Radeon HD 67xx/68xx/69xx;
- AMD Radeon HD 77xx/78xx/79xx;
- Another AMD/ATI GPU based on one of the following chip series: Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman, Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti
Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon, Canon and Pentax cameras
Improved tolerance to corrupted EXIF metadata
Several minor bugs have been fixed
Version 7.4
Added support for Photoshop CC
Added support for Corel PaintShop Pro X5
Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs with CUDA Compute Capability 3.5
(such as GeForce GTX Titan and Tesla K20)Improved reliability on systems with multiple OpenCL platforms (AMD/ATI and Intel)
Improved Navigator panel (adjustable in menu Tools > Navigator)
Several minor bugs have been fixed
Version 7.3
Added support for AMD/ATI GPUs through OpenCL
(GPU acceleration is now possible with both NVidia and AMD/ATI cards)The following AMD/ATI GPUs are supported:
- ATI Radeon HD 57xx/58xx/59xx;
- AMD Radeon HD 67xx/68xx/69xx;
- AMD Radeon HD 77xx/78xx/79xx;
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Another AMD/ATI GPU based on one of the following chip series:
Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman, Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti
New Navigator panel to quickly locate image areas using a thumbnail display
Minor corrections in the reduced brightness color theme
Added support for Photoshop Elements 11
Improved support for Corel Photopaint X6 and Corel Graphics X6
Improved tolerance to corrupted image metadata
Several minor bugs have been fixed
Version 7.2
Support for Photoshop CS6 added
Updated to CUDA 4.2 (Compute Capability 3.x):
- GTX 680, 690 and newer GPUs are supported
- improved performance of GPU filtration
Additional optimizations of filters for multi-core CPUs and GPUs
Color themes: normal and reduced brightness options, in Preferences
Several cosmetic corrections in GUI
Improved tolerance to corrupted image metadata
Several bugs have been fixed
Version 7.1
Support for Photoshop CS5.1 and Photoshop Elements 10 added
Support for Corel Paint Shop Pro X4 added
Photoshop selection is now also taken into account in Neat Image internal preview
Neat Image will show a warning when working on empty layer/selection
Internal viewer can now preview larger areas
Additional performance optimizations (5-10% faster processing)
Faster processing specifically for 32-bit per channel images
Improved support for new CUDA-capable GPUs (Compute Capability 2.x)
Improved GPU detection and error handling
Updated to new version of CUDA 4
Running Bitdefender could cause Neat Image to freeze, fixed
Improved fault-tolerance to corrupted EXIF metadata
Several minor bugs fixed
Version 7.0
Performance improvements: the first GPU-accelerated version of Neat Image standalone
CUDA support: faster noise reduction using modern CUDA-compatible GPUs (on Intel Macs)
For example, on NVidia GTX 470 Neat Image is about x2.5 faster than on Intel i7 and x3-x7 faster than on Intel i5 or Core2 DuoMultiple 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 performance optimizer in Neat Image Preferences
- Built-in benchmark to measure image processing speed on specific hardware
Additional performance optimizations (32-bit version)
- Faster image processing: x1.2 faster than in previous version
32-bit and 64-bit versions
Neat Image plug-in for Photoshop now comes in two builds: 32-bit and 64-bit
- the 64-bit plug-in continues to support the latest 64-bit versions of Photoshop CS5 / CS4
- the 32-bit plug-in additionally supports older 32-bit host applications (32-bit versions of Photoshop and other compatible editors)
More improvements
Support for 32-bit images (in Pro plug-in, 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.Added support for Adobe Photoshop Elements 9.0
Version 6.2
Added support for Adobe Photoshop CS5 64-bit
Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras: D3S, D3X, D300S, D3000, D5000, etc.
Improved compatibility with Windows 7
New image viewer modes are added
Many improvements in GUI
Additional performance optimizations
Several minor bugs and incompatibilities are fixed
Version 6.1
Graphical noise profile equalizer is now available in Advanced mode
Manual fine-tuning of noise profile is now also available
Improved image viewer:
- Several alternative viewer modes are now available
- Adjustable viewer brightness to make noise in very dark or very bright areas more visible
- Preview is automatically prepared and updated, either in the whole visible image area or in manually-selected image area
Built-in Calibration Target is now available in plug-in
Improved metadata (EXIF) compatibility with the latest Nikon cameras
Fixed incorrect matting of selections in some cases
Several minor bugs and incompatibilities are fixed
Version 6.0
First release of a new product: Neat Image plug-in for 64-bit version of Photoshop CS4