Neat Image is a digital filter designed to reduce visible noise and grain in digital photographic images. It is a tool for owners of digital cameras, and flatbed and slide scanners; and is for use by both professional photographers, and digital-image processing enthusiasts. Neat Image reduces the high ISO noise associated with image sensors in digital cameras and scanners, the film grain visible in scanned slides and negatives, JPEG artifacts of overcompressed images, and color banding. Depending on edition, Neat Image works as a standalone application and/or as a plug-in for Photoshop CS2/CS/7/6/5, Elements 2/3, Paint Shop Pro 7/8/9, PhotoImpact 8/10/XL, Photopaint, and Microsoft Digital Image Pro.
Version 5.1 improved decoding for broken EXIF in certain images saved by IrfanView; fixed minor bug in profile matching code related to Nikon cameras; ISO rate now can be read from Casio makernotes.