Is NeatImage still alive?
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 12:39 pm
Hi,
I have been a loyal customer of NeatImage since version 4 or something... cannot remember really, but must be like 7-8 years anyhow.
Currently the development seems to have stalled. Other noise utilities have gained features like banding removal, fixed pattern noise (FPN) removal, amp glow removal, better hot/dead pixel removal, hot strip removal*, and higher quality results with less noise but better color and detail at the same time.
Will there be a new version of NeatImage in the future? Will any of these features be included?
Currently my workflow has become overly complex because NI doesn't provide all the necessary features in one package.
1) first I remove hot pixels and hot strips (old D3X camera) with Pixel Fixer
2) secondly I remove color noise with Lightroom (best in the world for this)
3) thirdly I remove luminance noise with NI
4) then I remove banding noise with Topaz Denoise
5) then I remove amp glow in Photoshop
It would be awesome to be able to use NI for all of this. Currently I am often skipping phase 3 (Neat Image) and instead using Topaz for luminance noise and banding. Not 100% as good as NI, but faster with one less step to take.
I have been a loyal customer of NeatImage since version 4 or something... cannot remember really, but must be like 7-8 years anyhow.
Currently the development seems to have stalled. Other noise utilities have gained features like banding removal, fixed pattern noise (FPN) removal, amp glow removal, better hot/dead pixel removal, hot strip removal*, and higher quality results with less noise but better color and detail at the same time.
Will there be a new version of NeatImage in the future? Will any of these features be included?
Currently my workflow has become overly complex because NI doesn't provide all the necessary features in one package.
1) first I remove hot pixels and hot strips (old D3X camera) with Pixel Fixer
2) secondly I remove color noise with Lightroom (best in the world for this)
3) thirdly I remove luminance noise with NI
4) then I remove banding noise with Topaz Denoise
5) then I remove amp glow in Photoshop
It would be awesome to be able to use NI for all of this. Currently I am often skipping phase 3 (Neat Image) and instead using Topaz for luminance noise and banding. Not 100% as good as NI, but faster with one less step to take.