Neat Image user guide / Application options

General options

Show splash screen at startup

This option controls whether the splash screen (the Neat Image flower picture) is displayed at the application startup.

 

Auto create new job at startup

When this option is checked, the Filtration Job Editor appears at startup (instead of the Filtration Queue window), which can be useful if you want to only process a single image without going to the queue window.

This option is checked by default to make initial work with the program easier.

Switch the option off if you often work with the Filtration Queue window.

 

Show hints over interface controls

This option allows switching on/off the hints. The hints are displayed when the mouse pointer is placed over the application controls.

 

Double buffer image viewers

This option controls the image viewers buffering mechanism. Double-buffered image viewers provide smoother display rendering at expense of rendering speed. Disable this option on slow machines for better performance.

 

Allow overwriting existing image files

Select this option to allow Neat Image to overwrite existing image files when output images are auto saved by the application (in queued processing).

 

Preserve EXIF data in output images

Check this option to make Neat Image preserving the EXIF data fields by copying these from the input to output images. Note that copying the EXIF data fields to the output image is not always possible. This depends on both input and output file types used. The EXIF is copied with the following combinations of input and output file types: JPEG->JPEG, JPEG->TIFF, TIFF->TIFF, and TIFF->JPEG.

 

Enable multiprocessor support

Check this option to let Neat Image use all processors on a multiprocessor computer (or on a computer with HyperThreading). When enabled, Neat Image will process two or more jobs in the filtration queue simultaneously.