Neat Image 4.0 Pro is a dedicated noise-reduction tool for photos that removes luminance and color noise while preserving detail, usable as a standalone app or as a plugin for Photoshop, Lightroom, and other editors.
To understand why Neat Image 4.0 was a revelation, you have to understand the hardware of the time. The Canon EOS 300D and the Nikon D70 were bringing DSLR cameras to the masses. However, shooting anything above ISO 400 often resulted in images that looked like they were printed on sandpaper. neat image 4.0 pro
Early noise reduction solutions were blunt instruments. They blurred the entire image to smooth out the grain. The result? A "plastic" look where the noise vanished, but so did the texture of the skin, the strands of hair, and the detail in the fabric. The cure was often worse than the disease. Neat Image 4
Apply Neat Image 4.0 Pro to a flattened layer in Photoshop. Then, run a High Pass filter on a copy of the original. Blend the two. This allows the neat image layer to handle color noise in the shadows, while the high pass layer retains micro-contrast in the eyes and hair. However, shooting anything above ISO 400 often resulted