Interim have been working slowly through the free to download demo standalone version - 1st impressions - Neat Image is a really comprehensive tool for working on images - here's a link to the excellent Video Tutorial https://ni.neatvideo.com/support/tutorials/basic-workflow
regards David
Neat Image is computer software that removes digital noise from photographic images and also performs other image quality improvements.
Neat Image is available as a standalone application for Windows, OS X, and Linux, and also as a plugin for Photoshop (Windows, OS X).
Neat Image improves digital photos from cameras, scanned negative and positive films as well as scanned printed photos.
Neat Image works as a special-purpose digital filter. Our filter is specifically designed to reduce visible noise in digital photographic images. In digital camera shots, image noise generally comes from two key sources: the random nature of the captured light and imperfect nature of image sensor and camera circuitry, especially in high ISO modes. In scanned images from legacy sources, silver halide grain from
Wherever your images come from, Neat Image can deliver beautiful images with noise and grain notably reduced. Digital images taken with any equipment, processed with Neat Image, will often look as though they were taken under optimal conditions with more expensive gear. Scanned archive images and prints can look contemporary, and can be as grain- and pattern-free as possible. Neat Image greatly improves the visual quality of digital images by reducing the objectionable noise and grain and at the same time preserving the true image details.
March 2019