Neat Video
To make video cleaner. 

History of changes

[+] New feature
[*] Changes/improvements
[-] Fixed bug/error

Neat Video v2.6

  • Neat Video OpenFX plug-in (Win)

    + The first version of Neat Video as an OpenFX plug-in for OpenFX-compatible hosts:
       + Neat Video noise reduction is now directly available in such applications as Nuke, Fusion
       + Neat Video OpenFX plug-in may also work in other OpenFX-compatible hosts
       + Both 32-bit and 64-bit hosts are supported
       + 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

  • Updated Neat Video plug-in for Final Cut (Mac)

    + Compatibility with new Final Cut Studio 3 (Final Cut Pro 7 and Motion 4)

    * Improved memory management leading to much more stable rendering in complex projects
    * Optimized frame processing, reduced load on Final Cut, faster rendering

    * Several improvements in GUI and diagnostic messages
    - Several minor bugs and cosmetic issues corrected

 

Neat Video v2.55

  • Updated 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 version of Neat Video Pro plug-in for Sony Vegas Pro 64-bit

    + Noise reduction features originally introduced in the Neat Video plug-in for the classic 32-bit versions of Sony Vegas Pro are now directly available in the 64-bit versions of Sony Vegas Pro: 9 and 8.1 64-bit
    (64-bit plug-in is a part of Neat Video Pro for Vegas)

 

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 Final Cut (Mac)

    + Neat Video noise reduction features originally introduced in Windows versions of Neat Video are now also available on Mac in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and Motion

 

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 v2.22

  • Neat Video plug-in for After Effects

    + Added support for Adobe After Effects CS4

    - Several corrections and bug fixes


  • Neat Video plug-in for Premiere

    + Added support for Adobe Premiere Pro CS4

    - Several corrections and bug fixes


  • Neat Video plug-in for Pinnacle

    * Improved support for Pinnacle Studio 11.1

    - Several corrections and bug fixes

 

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 v2.2

  • Neat Video plug-in for After Effects

    + Added compatibility with Eyeon Fusion 5.1, 5.2
    (available only in Pro plug-in, since working in Fusion requires plug-in to support 16 bits per channel bitdepth)

    * Improved compatibility with 32 bits per channel bitdepth projects (in Pro plug-in only);
    (previous versions could not work in such projects; this version works in 32-bit projects in compatibility mode)

    * Improved Auto Profiling and Auto Fine-Tuning

    * Improved memory and resource management in plug-in
    * Improved stability of rendering with Adaptive Filtration enabled

    - A minor bug in the Preview function inside the plug-in, fixed


  • Neat Video plug-in for Premiere

    * Improved stability of plug-in in Premiere Pro CS3

    * Added support for Premiere Elements 4.0

    * Improved Auto Profiling and Auto Fine-Tuning

    * Improved memory and resource management in plug-in
    * Improved stability of rendering with Adaptive Filtration enabled

    - A minor bug in the Preview function inside the plug-in, fixed


  • Neat Video plug-in for VirtualDub

    * Improved Auto Profiling and Auto Fine-Tuning

    * Improved memory and resource management in plug-in
    * Improved stability of rendering with Adaptive Filtration enabled

    - A minor bug in the Preview function inside the plug-in, fixed


  • Neat Video plug-in for Sony Vegas

    * Improved Auto Profiling and Auto Fine-Tuning

    * Improved memory and resource management in plug-in
    * Improved stability of rendering with Adaptive Filtration enabled

    * Neat Video user guide is now also accessible via Vegas's "?" button

    - A minor bug in the Preview function inside the plug-in, fixed


  • Neat Video plug-in for Pinnacle Studio

    * Improved Auto Profiling and Auto Fine-Tuning

    * Improved memory and resource management in plug-in
    * Improved stability of rendering with Adaptive Filtration enabled

    * Neat Video will now recommend to enable full-resolution preview when that option is disabled in Pinnacle setup; using half-resolution preview may reduce Neat Video's profiling and filtration quality so using full-resolution is recommended

    * Neat Video user guide is now also accessible via Pinnacle Studio's "?" ("Help for this effect") button

    * Incorrect frames were shown in Neat Video plug-in on clips with fractional frame rates and on splitted clips (caused by Pinnacle Studio); a partial workaround implemented; if you receive an incorrect frame in the Neat Video plug-in window please use the following method:
    1. close the Neat Video plug-in window;
    2. click "OK" in the Neat Video Configuration window;
    3. click the "Edit Neat Video Noise Reduction settings" button to re-open Neat Video.

    - On splitted clips, incorrect frames were rendered by the filter, fixed

 

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 v2.1

  • Neat Video plug-in for After Effects

    - Incorrect processing of several pixels in the bottom of each frame in case of certain non-standard frame sizes, fixed
    - A minor bug in the plug-in viewer, fixed


  • Neat Video plug-in for Premiere

    * Improved support for interlaced video clips: higher accuracy of noise reduction

    * Improved support for Maximum Bit Depth rendering (when that option is enabled in Premiere project settings); (in Pro plug-in);

    * Improved memory utilization in the plug-in

    - Incorrect processing of several pixels in the bottom of each frame in case of certain non-standard frame sizes, fixed
    - A minor bug in the plug-in viewer, fixed


  • Neat Video plug-in for VirtualDub

    - Incorrect processing of several pixels in the bottom of each frame in case of certain non-standard frame sizes, fixed
    - A minor bug in the plug-in viewer, fixed


  • Neat Video plug-in for Sony Vegas

    * Improved support for projects that include interlaced clips with mixed aspect ratios

    - Incorrect processing of several pixels in the bottom of each frame in case of certain non-standard frame sizes, fixed
    - A minor bug in the plug-in viewer, fixed

 

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 for Sony Vegas

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

 

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 v1.1

  • Neat Video plug-in for After Effects
    + Added support for After Effects 7.0

    * Increased speed of temporal filtration

    - Component viewer did not always show correct channel names with RGB working color space, fixed

  • Neat Video plug-in for Premiere
    + Added support for Premiere Pro 2.0
    + 16-bit support (available with Premiere Pro / Elements 2.0)

    * Increased speed of temporal filtration
    * Improved support for interlaced video data

    - Component viewer did not always show correct channel names with RGB working color space, fixed
    - Adjusting the intra-frame filter settings did not immediately affect preview in Premiere, fixed
    (noise profiles built within Premiere projects with earlier versions of Neat Video plug-in for Premiere will have to be re-built)

  • Neat Video plug-in for VirtualDub
    * Increased speed of temporal filtration

    - Component viewer did not always show correct channel names with RGB working color space, fixed

 

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

 

Neat Video v1.0

  • The first release of Neat Video

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