History of Changes

Version 5.6.5

• Improved descriptions in several warning and diagnostic messages

• Several cosmetic corrections in plug-in's GUI

• Updated User Guide

• Very elongated frames were not processed correctly, fixed

• Fixed several minor issues

Version 5.6.0

• Added support for Edius 11

• Added support for new AMD GPUs:

  • Radeon RX 7600 / 7600S / 7600M / 7600M XT
  • Radeon RX 7700 XT / 7700S
  • Radeon RX 7800 XT
  • Radeon RX 7900 GRE / 7900M

• Improved reporting of the plug-in's version in Edius GUI

• Improved processing of certain error messages

• Minor corrections in GUI of Preferences

• Fixed several minor issues

Version 5.5.9

• Added support for some AMD APUs based on gfx90c chips
  (including AMD Ryzen 5 5600G / 5700G)

• Optimized performance when the alpha channel is present

• Minor GUI improvements and optimizations

• Fixed several minor issues

Version 5.5.8

• Added support for AMD GPUs:

  • Radeon RX 7900 XTX
  • Radeon RX 7900 XT

• Improved diagnostic messages

• Fixed several minor issues

Version 5.5.5

• 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

• Fixed several minor issues

Version 5.5.0

• Added support for Windows 11

• Added support for AMD Navi 23 GPUs, including RX 6600 and RX 6600 XT

• Improvements in GUI:

  • Several corrections in menus
  • Added hints in several controls
  • Added shortcut for Auto Profile with Current Frame

• Improved support for color themes (Preferences > General):

  • Added new Auto-detect brightness option
  • The Normal brightness theme has been re-designed
  • Adjustments in the Reduced brightness color theme

• Enhanced visual appearance on high-DPI monitors

• Improved support for multi-monitor systems with different DPIs

• Improved stability of GPU-based processing of large frames

• Improved installer

• End-User License Agreement has been updated

• Fixed several minor issues

Version 5.4.7

• Fixed several minor issues

Version 5.4.5

• Added support for AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (gfx1031, Navi 22)

• Improved compatibility with the new GPU drivers from AMD

• Improved information and error messages

• Several improvements in GUI

• Several corrections in documentation

• Fixed several minor issues

Version 5.4.0

• Added support for new AMD GPUs:

  • Radeon RX 6800
  • Radeon RX 6800 XT
  • Radeon RX 6900 XT

• A workaround has been added for a bug in AMD Adrenalin 20.7.1 and newer drivers with AMD RX Vega and Radeon VII GPUs which resulted in incorrect filtration results in GPU-only and CPU+GPU modes

• Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 5.3.0

• Added support for Edius X

• 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 Video 5.3

• Due to changes in AMD drivers, some older Graphics Core Next 1 GPUs are no longer supported.
  In particular, Neat Video 5.3 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 Video 5.3 on Windows is:
  Bonaire, Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji, Ellesmere, Baffin, gfx804, gfx900, gfx901, gfx906, gfx907, gfx1010, gfx1012

• Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 5.2.6

• Added support for new AMD GPUs:

  • Radeon RX 5300M / 5500M
  • Radeon RX 5500 / 5500 XT
  • Radeon RX 5600 / 5600 XT

• Optimized efficiency of playback in Neat Video preview

• Optimized zoom adjustment on opening of Neat Video window

• Improved positioning of Neat Video window during opening

• Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 5.2

• Additional optimizations in GPU code:

  • Better performance with single GPU on 8 and 16-bit clips:
    up to 4%–8% depending on hardware and filter settings
  • Better performance with two GPUs working simultaneously

• Several changes and improvements in GUI to better reflect the parameters of CPU and GPU used for processing

• Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 5.1.5

• Added support for AMD Radeon RX 5700 / 5700 XT

• Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 5.1

• Improved frame flicker reduction in certain edge cases

• Improved filtration quality when multiple consecutive copies of a frame are present

• Improved conversion of noise profiles prepared in old versions of Neat Video

• Optimized performance in GPU modes

• Added support for AMD Radeon VII

• Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 5.0

Optimized for modern hardware for faster processing

• CPU-based processing:

  • Up to 1.5x faster

• GPU-based processing:

  • 1 GPU:   1.4x..3.5x faster (2.2x average)
  • 2 GPUs: 1.3x..2.0x faster (1.6x average)

Better filtration results: cleaner and crispier video

• Flicker reduction

• Jitter reduction (jitter of details)

• Improved noise reduction
  (helped by flicker and jitter reduction)

• Improved Sharpening with additional controls

• Improved Dust and Scratches filter
  (helped by flicker reduction)

• Improved filtration of monochrome videos

• Better out-of-box processing of Full HD, 4K and larger videos
  (Very Low Frequency filtration is now enabled by default)

• New tools to check accuracy and tune noise profiles

Easier than ever before

• Automatic multi-frame analysis to build more accurate profiles

• Flexible Generic Profiles
  (fully adjustable, with visual assistance)

• Playback to check preview in motion, directly in Neat Video window

• Visually assisted tuning for profiles and filters

• Illustrated help dialogs for many filter settings and tuning modes

• Expanded and updated set of pre-built filter presets

• Variants now can be used to test different profiles too

More intuitive and interactive user interface (UI)

• Several name changes in UI, including:

  • Main tabs are now called "Prepare Noise Profile" and "Adjust and Preview"
  • "Auto Profile" / "Build Profile" button (changes depending on selection)
  • "Profile Check", "Assist Image", "Filter Settings Check", etc.
  • "Repeated Frames" instead of former "Slow Shutter"
  • Several other items renamed or moved

• Adjusted meaning of the selection color in Prepare Noise Profile tab:
  the blue color of the selection box now indicates that 'profile has been built using this area'
  (not 'area was chosen automatically' as in older versions)

• Undo/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

• Ability to toggle Alpha Channel in viewer (when present)

• Preview performance has been optimized

• Preview cache size adjustment to optimize for different resolutions (in Preferences > Preview)

• Additional visual guidance to adjust the GPU memory allowed to Neat Video (in Preferences > Performance)

Other improvements

• Customized names of profiles and presets are now saved in projects

• An option to erase Neat Video settings and license during uninstallation

• Improved diagnostic data and error reporting

Changes in products and licensing

• End-User License Agreement has been updated

• Home plug-in supports up to 1 GPU if available

• The plug-in no longer supports 32-bit versions of Edius Pro and Edius Neo

Version 4.8.5

• Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs:

  • GeForce RTX 2070 / 2080 / 2080 Ti
  • Titan V
  • Titan RTX

• 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 Video 4.8.5.

• Due to changes in AMD drivers, some older non-GCN GPUs are no longer supported. In particular, Neat Video 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 Video 4.8.5 on Windows is:
  Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti, Bonaire, Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji, Ellesmere, Baffin, gfx804, gfx900, gfx901

• Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 4.8

• Added support for new AMD GPUs:

  • Radeon RX 540 / 540X / 550 / 550X
  • Radeon Pro WX 2100 / 3100

• Improved support for AMD R9 290

• Cosmetic improvements in GUI

• Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 4.7

• Added support for Edius 9

• Added support for new AMD GPUs:

  • Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
  • Radeon RX Vega 56

• Cosmetic improvements in GUI

• Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 4.6

• Added a set of generic noise profiles to help preparing a noise profile in a situation when video contains no frames and areas suitable for analysis by Auto Profile

• Ensured compatibility with AMD Radeon RX 560/570/580

• Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 4.5

• A new Profile Assist viewer mode helps to choose areas without details for profiling

• Larger areas can be used for profiling, when available

• More accurate analysis of Very Low and Ultra Low frequency components when using small areas

• Preview Assist viewer mode provides a more detailed look into results of noise reduction, which helps to adjust the filter settings faster and more precisely

• A new Noise Level Tuning Assist tool helps to adjust Temporal Noise Level (former Temporal Threshold) using a visually enhanced preview

• Added Slow Shutter Tuning Assist tool that helps to adjust Slow Shutter settings using a visually enhanced preview

• Added Spatial Filter Tuning Assist tool that helps to adjust Spatial Filter settings using a visually enhanced preview

• Quality Mode can now be adjusted separately for temporal and spatial filter

• If a frame is not selected in the clip before opening Neat Video window, then the frame from the beginning of the clip is used automatically

• Improved hardware compatibility for AMD GPUs:

  • 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.

• Multiple GUI improvements throughout the plug-in

• Improved support for Unicode symbols in folder and file names

• Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 4.2

• Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs: GeForce GTX 1060/1070/1080
  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 Video 4.2.

• 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 Video 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 Video 4.2 on Windows is:
     Cape Verde, Pitcairn, Tahiti, Bonaire, Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji, Ellesmere, Baffin.

• Several minor bugs have been fixed in all plug-ins

Version 4.1

• Auto Profile function has been improved to find better areas for analysis.
  Using more suitable areas leads to more accurate noise reduction.

• Several new controls have been added in filter settings:

  • Temporal Filter: Amount has been added to control its strength
  • Dust and Scratches: Half reduction and Full reduction modes have been replaced with Amount allowing for more flexible adjustments
  • Normal and Aggressive modes of the filter have been added

• Improved performance of Dust and Scratches in presence of repeated frames, on scene changes and in the beginning and end of a clip

• Several improvements in GUI

• Added support for Windows 10

• Added support for several new AMD GPUs:

  • AMD Radeon R9 Fury / Nano / Fury X / Fury X2
  • AMD Radeon R9 380 / 390 / 390X
  • AMD Radeon R9 255 / 250X
  • AMD Radeon R7 360 / 370
  • AMD Radeon R7 265

  Newer AMD Catalyst 15.7.1+ drivers are now supported.

• Several minor bugs have been fixed in all plug-ins

Version 4.0

Higher quality of noise reduction

• More accurate processing in scenes with changing luminance or chrominance: fade in/out, camera auto gain control, etc.

• Very Low and Ultra Low frequency ranges added to the set of frequency components that can be separately targeted by the spatial noise filter

• Dust and Scratches filter to remove film scratches, film dust, impulse interference.
  Read more

• Slow Shutter mode for video containing repeated frames
  (clips shot in "slow shutter" or "night" mode, artificially increased frame rate, etc.).
  Read more

• Improved sharpening quality: less halos, sharper edges

• High Quality mode for better detail preservation and sharper image
  (at the cost of reduced processing speed: 1.5–4 times slower)

• Artifact Removal filter to remove digital artifacts — impulse noise typically introduced by video compression
  (dots and small lines that are not fully removed by regular noise filters of Neat Video)

• Enhanced Edge Smoothing function

• Mix with Original setting to enable mixing of the processed and original frames
  (useful when some of the original noise must be preserved in the video)

Optimized workflow

• Several source frames accessible directly in plug-in window provide a choice of frame for initial profiling and fine-tuning

• 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

• Improved preview takes all temporal and spatial filters into account.
  This allows to adjust filters individually and in combination as well as to avoid roundtrips to host application for checking the final results.

• Variants of filtration to visually compare results achieved with different filter settings

• Multi-step Undo/Redo for filter settings

• New collection of filter presets with a detailed description of each preset including specification of key settings, purpose, applicability, recommend

• Estimation of processing speed and optimization of performance settings can now be done directly from Filter Settings panel.
  This facilitates optimizing for a specific clip and filtration parameters.

• Options to set up the default noise profile and filter preset (in Neat Video Preferences)

• Option for independent open/save folders for profiles and presets (in Neat Video Preferences)

Faster processing and more responsive GUI

• Preview is optimized to update faster when filter settings are adjusted

• Skip Neat Video Processing option to temporarily disable all instances of Neat Video filters to speed up editing in the host application.
  Noise reduction is then not applied and the host application works significantly faster, which is especially useful in FCPX.
  Neat Video processing can be globally re-enabled when necessary, for example right before the final render. It is also automatically re-enabled by a restart of the host application.

• Multiple optimizations have allowed to preserve the speed of processing despite its greater complexity
  (as compared with the older Neat Video 3)

• Better support for systems with a large number of CPU cores (32 and above)

Other improvements

• Support for HiDPI-modes in Windows and Linux (when the host application supports that)

• Option to automatically check for availability of software updates (in Neat Video Preferences)

• Improved progress indicator (easier to see, smoother movement, more accurate)

• Numerous minor GUI improvements throughout the plug-in

• Several bugs have been fixed

Version 3.6

• 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 3.5

• Optimized rendering in Edius: overall project render time becomes 15-45% shorter (depending on project and filter settings)

• 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

• Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 3.4

• Added support for Edius Pro 7 (64-bit)

• Added support for Edius Neo 3.5+

• 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

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

  • in CPU+GPU mode: up to 25%
  • in GPU-only mode: up to 65%

• 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)

• 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

• Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 3.3

• The first version of Neat Video for Edius

• Neat Video noise reduction is now directly available in Edius 6.5

• All features available in other versions of Neat Video are also included in Edius plug-in