Neat Video

To make video cleaner.

WHAT'S NEW IN THE LATEST VERSION

[+] New
[*] Changed
[-] Fixed

Neat Video OpenFX plug-in (Windows, 64-bit)

Version 5.6.0

+ Added support for new versions of host applications:

+ Foundry Nuke 15
+ Foundry Nuke Indie 15
+ HS-ART DustBuster+ 15

+ 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 processing of certain error messages

* Minor corrections in GUI of Preferences

- Fixed several minor issues

Version 5.5.9

+ Added support for new versions of host applications:

+ HitFilm Pro 2023
+ Fusion Studio 18.5
+ BorisFX Silhouette 2023

- Fixed several minor issues

Version 5.5.8

+ Added support for new versions of host applications:

+ Foundry Nuke 14
+ Foundry Nuke Indie 14

+ Added support for AMD GPUs:

+ Radeon RX 7900 XT / 7900 XTX

* Improved diagnostic messages

* Minor speedup when the alpha channel is present

- Fixed no-filtration problem in DIAMANT-Film Restoration and DustBuster

- The Default profile option failed in some cases, fixed
- Fixed several minor issues
Version 5.5.5

+ Added support for new versions of host applications:

+ Fusion Studio 18
+ HitFilm Pro 2022
+ BorisFX Silhouette 2022
+ HS-ART DustBuster+ 14

+ 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 incorrect processing when clips of different frame size

were used in the same timeline in Nuke
- Fixed a problem of using Nuke presets with Neat Video

- Fixed the positioning of the Prepare Profile button in Scratch

- Fixed the error message unnecessarily shown in Fusion Studio
- Fixed several minor issues

Version 5.5

+ 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
 + Added support for new version of host application:
+ BorisFX Silhouette 2021

- Fixed several minor issues

Version 5.4.5

+ Added support for new versions of host applications:

+ Foundry Nuke 13
+ HitFilm Pro 2021
+ DIAMANT-Film Restoration & DustBuster+ 13

+ 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

+ Added support for new version of host application:

+ Fusion Studio 17
+ HitFilm Pro 16

+ 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

+ Added support for new host application:

+ BorisFX Silhouette 2020.5.5+

+ Added support for new versions of host applications:

+ HitFilm Pro 15
+ SGO Mistika Boutique 10
+ Foundry Nuke Indie 12.2v3

+ 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

* Better handling of incorrect data in input frames

- Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 5.2.6

+ Added support for new versions of host applications:

+ DIAMANT-Film Restoration & DustBuster+ 12

+ 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

* Studio plug-in: improved floating licensing

(networking, error messages, documentation)

- Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 5.2

+ Added support for HitFilm Pro 14

* 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

- Fixed the error message unnecessarily shown in Fusion Studio

- Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 5.1.5
 + Added support for Nuke 12
+ Added support for HitFilm Pro 13

+ Added support for AMD Radeon RX 5700 / 5700 XT

- Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 5.1

+ Added support for new versions of host applications:

+ Fusion Studio 16 Beta
+ Mistika Boutique 8.8+
+ DIAMANT-Film Restoration & DustBuster+ 11

* Improved frame flicker reduction in certain edge cases

* Improved filtration quality when multiple consecutive copies of a frame are
present
* Better handling of incorrect input data (NaN in pixel values)
* 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 FullHD, 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' that was 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

+ Floating licensing now available for OFX plug-in in new Studio edition

* Resolve is no longer supported by the OFX plug-in;

Support for Resolve is now moved out to a separate product:
Neat Video plug-in for Resolve

Version 4.8.5

+ Added support for new versions of host application:

+ FXHOME HitFilm Pro 10 / 11

+ Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs:

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

Note: 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 versions of host applications:

+ DaVinci Resolve 15
+ Scratch 9
+ HitFilm Pro 9 / 8 / 7

+ Added support for new AMD GPUs:

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

* Improved support for AMD R9 290

* Improved support for Scratch

* Improved support for IDT Motion Studio
 * Cosmetic improvements in GUI

- Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 4.7

+ Added support for new versions of host applications:

+ DustBuster 10
+ HitFilm Pro 6

+ 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 support for DaVinci Resolve 14 beta

+ Added support for Nuke 11
+ Added support for Fusion Studio 9

+ 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

* Improved hardware compatibility with AMD GPUs

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

- Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 4.5

+ Added support for FXHOME HitFilm Pro 2017 / 4

+ Added support for Quantel Rio 4
+ Added support for DustBuster+ 9

* Improved profiling tools

+ 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
 * Filter tuning made easier

+ "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 Nuke 10

+ Added support for Resolve Studio 12.5
+ Added support for Fusion Studio 8

+ 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

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

+ New option to use a specific scan type by default

* Improved performance of "Dust and Scratches" in presence of repeated frames,

on scene changes and in the beginning and end of a clip

+ New host applications supported by the OFX plug-in:

+ Quantel Pablo Rio 2.1.4+
+ Natron 2.0.5+
+ IDT Vision Motion Studio 2.12+

+ Added support for new versions of already supported host applications:

+ DaVinci Resolve 12
+ DustBuster+ 8 / 7

* Improved support for new Windows 10

* Several improvements in GUI

+ 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

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 and
impulse interference
 + "Slow Shutter" mode for video containing repeated frames
(clips shot in "slow shutter" or "night" mode, clips with artificially
increased frame rate, etc.).

+ 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 mix 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,
recommendations for use and possible side effects

+ 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. 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

+ Added support for Nuke 9, DustBuster 7

+ Support for HiDPI-modes (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, more accurate)

* Numerous minor GUI improvements throughout the plug-in

+ Added support for linear input data for 32-bit per channel (float) color depth
(user can manually specify the input data type in Neat Video window)

- Several bugs have been fixed

Version 3.6

+ Added support for SGO Mistika 8.2+ / Mamba 2

+ Added support for Nuke 8, Scratch 8, DustBuster 6
* Improved support for DaVinci Resolve 11 / 10

+ 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

+ Added experimental support for DaVinci Resolve 10 (64-bit)

+ 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 Nuke 7, Scratch 7, DustBuster+ 5

* Performance optimizations for AMD/ATI GPUs

speedups in filter modes with larger temporal radiuses:
up to 25% in CPU+GPU mode and up to 65% in GPU-only mode

* Improved reliability on systems with multiple OpenCL platforms

(AMD/ATI and Intel)

+ Added support for new NVIDIA GPUs with CUDA Compute Capability 3.5
(such as GeForce GTX Titan and Tesla K20)

* Performance optimizations for NVIDIA GPUs

speedups in filter modes with larger temporal radiuses and higher bitdepths:
up to 15% in CPU+GPU mode and up to 20% in GPU-only mode

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

- Several minor bugs have been fixed

Version 3.3

+ Added support for AMD/ATI GPUs through OpenCL

(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;
+ Another AMD/ATI GPU 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

Version 3.2

* 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

Version 3.1

+ Added support for HS-ART Dustbuster; the minimum required version is Dustbuster
4.5
+ Added support for Assimilate Scratch; the minimum required version is Scratch
6.1

* Improved accuracy of color channel processing in temporal filter;

colors in fast-changing scenes are now preserved better

* Updated to new CUDA 4 (improving compatibility with several NVIDIA GPUs)

* Improved support for new GPUs (Compute Capability 2.x)

* Optimized use of memory in GPU processing, making rendering more

stable and in some cases faster

* Improved stability of GPU processing for large frames (such as 8k)

- In some rare cases, using CPU and GPU simultaneously could produce artifacts,
fixed

- Several bugs in GPU-based processing have been fixed

- Number of CPU cores was determined incorrectly in Windows Server 2003

and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, fixed

- Rendering a project with mixed frame sizes could be unstable, fixed

Version 3.0

Improved quality of noise reduction

+ Improved quality of temporal noise reduction

The temporal filter better preserves actual details.

+ Improved accuracy of Adaptive Filtration

Automatic adjustments to the changes in noise properties
along the timeline are more precise now, leading to more
accurate noise reduction.

Higher performance
 + The first GPU-accelerated version of Neat Video OpenFX plug-in

+ CUDA support
+ Faster noise reduction using CUDA-compatible GPUs
For example, using NVIDIA GTX 470 on a computer based on Intel i7
makes Neat Video around x2 faster.

+ CPUs and GPUs working together

Neat Video can use CPUs and GPUs at the same time for faster processing.

+ Multiple GPU support

Neat Video works even faster with two or more CUDA GPUs.

+ Automated 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 on specific hardware

+ Additional performance optimizations

* Faster processing: around x2 faster than in previous version
(using CPU alone, even without involving GPU)

Version 2.6

+ The first release of Neat Video OpenFX plug-in

All noise reduction features of traditional versions of

Neat Video are now directly available for users of
OpenFX-compatible host applications.

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