Neat Video v3.4

• All Neat Video plug-ins for supported host applications

  * Performance optimizations for AMD/ATI GPUs, speedups in filter modes with larger temporal radiuses:

  • in CPU+GPU mode: up to 25% (Windows), 15% (Linux) and 10% (Mac OSX)
  • in GPU-only mode: up to 65% (Windows), 45% (Linux) and 30% (Mac OSX)
    

  * Performance optimizations for NVIDIA GPUs, speedups in filter modes with larger temporal radiuses and higher bitdepths:

  • in CPU+GPU mode: up to 15%
  • in GPU-only mode: up to 20%

  + Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs with CUDA Compute Capability 3.5 (such as GeForce GTX Titan and Tesla K20)
  
  + Mac versions: Added support for new Mac-compatible GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7950 Mac
  
  * Window versions: improved reliability on systems with multiple OpenCL platforms (AMD/ATI and Intel)

  + New Navigator panel to quickly locate areas for profiling and preview using a thumbnail display

  - Mac versions: plug-ins could crash when using multiple OpenCL GPUs on MacPro, fixed
  
  - Several minor bugs have been fixed

• Neat Video plug-ins for After Effects

  + Added support for After Effects CC

  
  

• Neat Video plug-ins for Premiere

  + Added support for Premiere CC

  
  

• Neat Video plug-ins for Edius
  
  + Added support for Edius Neo 6.5+
  
  * Improved accuracy of color space transformations for frame data received from Edius
  
  - Edius GUI could freeze after opening Neat Video as a sub-plug-in of Chrominance, fixed
  - Plug-in's window could be hidden behind when other setup dialogs were opened in Edius, fixed
  

   

• Neat Video OpenFX plug-ins
  
  + Added support for Nuke 7, Scratch 7, DustBuster+ 5
  

Neat Video v3.3

• Neat Video plug-ins for OpenFX hosts (Windows), (Linux); for Sony Vegas, for VirtualDub, for Pinnacle Studio

  + Added support for AMD/ATI GPUs
     (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;
- Other AMD/ATI GPUs based on one of the following chip series: Juniper, Cypress, Barts, Cayman, Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti

* Several cosmetic improvements in GUI
* Minor corrections in the reduced brightness color theme

- Product registration was not always preserved reliably, fixed
- Several minor bugs have been fixed

 

• Neat Video plug-ins for OpenFX hosts (Mac)

  + Added support for AMD/ATI GPUs
     (GPU acceleration is now possible with both NVIDIA and AMD/ATI cards)

The following AMD/ATI GPUs are supported:
- ATI Radeon HD 5770/5870;
- AMD Radeon HD 6750M/6770M/6970M;
- Some other models of AMD/ATI cards (please directly try the plug-in or contact support to verify)

* Improved support for OS X 10.8

* More accurate GPU speed measurements (in Optimize and Benchmark)
* Several cosmetic improvements in GUI
* Minor corrections in the reduced brightness color theme

- Product registration was not always preserved reliably, fixed
- Several minor bugs have been fixed

Neat Video v3.2

• All Neat Video plug-ins

  * Updated to CUDA 4.2: GTX 680 and newer GPUs are supported; improved performance of GPU render

  * Additional optimizations of filters for multi-core CPUs and GPUs

  + Color themes: normal and reduced brightness options, in Preferences

  - Several bugs have been fixed
  
  

• Neat Video plug-in for Final Cut

  + Added support for FCP X 10.0.4, 10.0.5; FCP 7 and 6 remain supported as well
  

  
  
• Neat Video plug-in for After Effects (Win, Mac)

  + Added support for Adobe After Effects CS6
  
  * Optimized rendering in After Effects: overall project render time becomes about 10-15% shorter
  
  

• Neat Video plug-in for Premiere (Win, Mac)
  
  

  + Added support for Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
  
  * Optimized rendering in Premiere Pro: overall project render time becomes about 10-15% shorter
  
  
  

Neat Video v3.0

• Improved quality of noise reduction
  
  
  • Improved quality of temporal noise filter
    Improved algorithms better detect and preserve details in filtered video data and thus improve the overall visual quality.
    
    
  • Improved accuracy of Adaptive Filtration
    Adjusting to the changing noise done by Adaptive Filtration option is more precise now, which leads to more accurate noise reduction.
    
    
    
• Higher performance: x2 faster due to CUDA-acceleration
  
  
  • Faster noise reduction using modern CUDA-compatible GPUs
    For example, enabling NVIDIA GTX 470 or GTX 285 on an i7-based computer makes Neat Video around x2 faster.
    The speedup may be higher with i5 or Core2 Duo machines or with faster CUDA GPUs.
    
    
  • CPUs and GPUs working together
    Neat Video can use both CPUs and GPUs at the same time for faster processing
    
    
  • Multiple GPU support
    Neat Video works even faster with two or more CUDA GPUs
    
    
  • Optimization of performance settings for multi-core, multi-CPU and multi-GPU systems
    
    • Built-in Optimizer in Neat Video Preferences
    • Built-in Benchmark to measure processing speed with specific hardware and performance settings
      
      
      
• Higher performance (more): x2 faster due to improved filter algorithms
  
  
  • Additional performance optimizations in filter algorithms to achieve higher rendering speed
    Rendering is around x2 faster than in the version 2 (using CPU alone, even without CUDA)
    
    
  • CUDA-based acceleration and filter optimizations combined together enable up to x4 faster rendering as compared with Neat Video v2.
    
    
    
• OpenFX for Linux is now supported too
  
  
  • In addition to the OpenFX plug-ins for Windows and Mac OSX hosts (Nuke, Fusion), Neat Video is now also available as an OpenFX plug-in for Linux host applications (Nuke for Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit).
    

Neat Video v2.7

• Neat Video plug-in for After Effects (Win, Mac)

  + Added support for After Effects CS5.5

  + Control in Preferences to adjust the number of CPU cores used for rendering

  - Black frame or crash when stacked with certain other filters, fixed
  - Several minor bug fixes
  

• Neat Video plug-in for Premiere (Win, Mac)
  
  + Added support for Premiere CS5.5
  
  + Control in Preferences to adjust the number of CPU cores used for rendering
  
  - Semi-transparent transitions were not treated correctly, fixed
  - Stacking two instances of the filter caused a crash, fixed
  - Several minor bug fixes

Neat Video v2.6

• Neat Video plug-in for Pinnacle Studio

  + Re-designed user interface of Neat Video plug-in window

  + 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
    + improved preview

  + New noise profile equalizer in Advanced mode

  * Improved compatibility with Pinnacle Studio 14

Neat Video v2.6

• Neat Video plug-in for Sony Vegas

  + "No Lag Mode" option in temporal filter settings: a workaround (compensating for Vegas functional limitation) to avoid lag in rendered video stream and delay in the start of clip
  
  + changes in 32-bit version:

  * Re-designed user interface of Neat Video plug-in window
  * Re-designed noise profile equalizer in Advanced mode
  * Improved image viewer with several modes and automated preview

+ changes in 64-bit version:

* New viewer modes are added
* Several improvements in GUI
* Additional performance optimizations
- Several minor bugs are fixed

+ looks and features of 32-bit and 64-bit versions are now fully synchronized
+ 64-bit version is now available in all three editions: Demo, Home, Pro

 

Neat Video v2.6

• Neat Video OpenFX plug-in (Mac)

  + The version of Neat Video OpenFX for Mac OSX:
     + Neat Video noise reduction is now directly available in Nuke 6 / 5 for Mac
     + All features available in other versions of Neat Video are also included in OpenFX plug-in
  
  

Neat Video v2.6

• Neat Video plug-in for After Effects (Win)

  + The first 64-bit version of Neat Video for 64-bit After Effects CS5;
     now both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of After Effects are supported
  
  + Re-designed user interface of Neat Video plug-in window
  + 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 frame area or in manually-selected area
  + new noise profile equalizer in Advanced mode

  * Performance optimizations
  * Improved compatibility with Windows 7
  

• Neat Video plug-in for After Effects (Mac)

+ The first 64-bit version of Neat Video for 64-bit After Effects CS5;
   now both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of After Effects are supported

* New image viewer modes are added
* Many improvements in GUI
* Performance optimizations

* Improved compatibility with OSX 10.6


• Neat Video plug-in for Premiere (Win)
  
  + The first 64-bit version of Neat Video for 64-bit Premiere Pro CS5;
     now both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Premiere are supported
  
  + Re-designed user interface of Neat Video plug-in window
  + 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 frame area or in manually-selected area
+ new noise profile equalizer in Advanced mode

* Performance optimizations
* Improved compatibility with Windows 7

• Neat Video plug-in for Premiere (Mac)
  
  

+ The first 64-bit version of Neat Video for 64-bit Premiere Pro CS5;
   now both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Premiere are supported

* New image viewer modes are added
* Many improvements in GUI
* Performance optimizations

* Improved compatibility with OSX 10.6

Neat Video v2.55

• Neat Video plug-in for After Effects (Mac)
  
  + Graphical noise profile equalizer is now available in Advanced mode
  + Manual fine-tuning of noise profile is now also available
  
  + Improved viewer
    + several alternative viewer modes are now available
    + adjustable viewer brightness to make noise in very dark or very bright areas more visible
  
  * Optimizations and efficiency improvements in the rendering engine
  - Several minor bugs and incompatibilities fixed

Neat Video v2.5

• The first release of Neat Video plug-in for Premiere (Mac)
  
  + Advanced noise reduction features available in other versions of Neat Video are now directly available in Premiere (Mac)

Neat Video v2.5

• The first release of Neat Video plug-in for After Effects (Mac)
  
  + Neat Video noise reduction features originally introduced in Windows versions of Neat Video are now directly available for Mac users who run After Effects CS4 / CS3 (Mac)

Neat Video v2.21

• Neat Video plug-in for Premiere

+ Added support for Premiere Elements 7.0

* Several corrections in GUI and documentation

- A minor bug that potentially could reduce rendering quality in some cases, fixed

- Plug-in could crash on specific combinations of sequences, fixed

 

• Neat Video plug-in for After Effects
  

+ Added compatibility with Eyeon Fusion 5.3 (available only in Pro plug-in)

* Several corrections in GUI and documentation

- A minor bug that potentially could reduce rendering quality in some cases, fixed

- After Effect project using Neat Video could crash when purging all data, fixed

 

• Neat Video plug-in for Pinnacle Studio

+ Added support for the latest version of Studio: Pinnacle Studio 12

* Several corrections in GUI and documentation

Neat Video v2.1 for Pinnacle Studio

• The first release of Neat Video plug-in for Pinnacle Studio
  + All features available in versions of Neat Video for other plug-in hosts are now directly available for Pinnacle Studio users

Neat Video v2.0

• Neat Video plug-in for After Effects
  
  + Added support for Adobe After Effects 8.0 CS3
  
  * Improved profiling:
  
  • Auto Profile now selects better areas for noise analysis producing higher-quality profiles leading to better filtration
    
    
  • Neat Video now can build noise profiles using smaller frame areas;
    this is useful when the video clip has small frame size and contains only small featureless areas suitable for profiling
    
  
  * Increased speed of temporal and intra-frame filtration
  * Improved memory utilization in the plug-in
  * Improvements in the internal image viewer
  
  - A minor bug in the progress bar made GUI freeze in some rare cases, fixed
  - Preview in certain frame areas with specific filter settings caused a crash, fixed
  
  
  
• Neat Video plug-in for Premiere
  
  * Added support for Adobe Premiere Pro 3.0 CS3
  * Added support for Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0
  
  * Improved profiling:
  
  • Auto Profile now selects better areas for noise analysis producing higher-quality profiles leading to better filtration
    
    
  • Neat Video now can build noise profiles using smaller frame areas;
    this is useful when the video clip has small frame size and contains only small featureless areas suitable for profiling
  
  * Automatic detection of video scan type - progressive or interlaced - to select the best processing method depending on type of footage and workflow; internal viewer in the plug-in will display either one field or full frame from the video clip depending on the scan type
  
  * Increased speed of temporal and intra-frame filtration
  * Improved memory utilization in the plug-in
  * Improvements in the internal image viewer
  
  - A minor bug in the progress bar made GUI freeze in some rare cases, fixed
  - Preview in certain frame areas with specific filter settings caused a crash, fixed
  - Rare crashes in cases when low quality preview mode was used in Premiere, fixed
  
  
  
• Neat Video plug-in for VirtualDub
  
  * Improved profiling:
  
  • Auto Profile now selects better areas for noise analysis producing higher-quality profiles leading to better filtration
    
    
  • Neat Video now can build noise profiles using smaller frame areas;
    this is useful when the video clip has small frame size and contains only small featureless areas suitable for profiling
  
  * Explicit selection of video scan type - progressive or interlaced - to select the best processing method depending on type of footage and workflow
  
  * Increased speed of temporal and intra-frame filtration
  * Added support for Adaptive Filtration to AviSynth interface
  
  * Improved memory utilization in the plug-in
  * Improvements in the internal image viewer
  
  - A minor bug in the progress bar made GUI freeze in some rare cases, fixed
  - Preview in certain frame areas with specific filter settings caused a crash, fixed
  
  
  
• Neat Video plug-in for Sony Vegas
  
  * Improved profiling:
  
  • Auto Profile now selects better areas for noise analysis producing higher-quality profiles leading to better filtration
    
    
  • Neat Video now can build noise profiles using smaller frame areas;
    this is useful when the video clip has small frame size and contains only small featureless areas suitable for profiling
  
  * Explicit selection of video scan type - progressive or interlaced - to select the best processing method depending on type of footage and workflow
  
  * Increased speed of temporal and intra-frame filtration
  * Improved memory utilization in the plug-in
  
  - Incorrect rendering of overlapped fading clips, fixed

Neat Video v1.5

• Neat Video plug-in for After Effects
  + Adaptive filtration: Neat Video can automatically adjust its filters to the changing noise in different parts of a video sequence; this enables more accurate noise reduction

  + Significantly improved temporal filter preserving more details and reducing more noise elements; this provides higher overall quality of filtered video data

  * Increased speed of temporal filtration
  * Improved memory utilization in the plug-in

  - The plug-in crashed when its maximized window was closed, fixed
  

• Neat Video plug-in for Premiere
  + Adaptive filtration: Neat Video can automatically adjust its filters to the changing noise in different parts of a video sequence; this enables more accurate noise reduction

  + Significantly improved temporal filter preserving more details and reducing more noise elements; this provides higher overall quality of filtered video data

  * Increased speed of temporal filtration
  * Improved memory utilization in the plug-in

  - Several web links were not functional in the plug-in, fixed
  

• Neat Video plug-in for VirtualDub
  + Adaptive filtration: Neat Video can automatically adjust its filters to the changing noise in different parts of a video sequence; this enables more accurate noise reduction

  + Significantly improved temporal filter preserving more details and reducing more noise elements; this provides higher overall quality of filtered video data

  * Increased speed of temporal filtration
  * Improved memory utilization in the plug-in

Neat Video v1.01

• Neat Video plug-in for After Effects
  * Several minor improvements in the installer
  
  
• Neat Video plug-in for Premiere
  + Added support for Premiere Elements 2.0
  - Incorrect rendering in overlapping clip areas on multiprocessor systems, fixed
  
  
• Neat Video plug-in for VirtualDub
  + Neat Video plug-in can now be used from AviSynth scripts
  + A section about using Neat Video in AviSynth scripts has been added to the user guide