GREYCstoration is an open-source tool able to
de-noise, inpaint, or resize 2D color images. This is a command-line program developed by the
IMAGE team of the GREYC Lab in France and is available for Unix, Mac, and Windows systems under the CeCILL license. The algorithm is based on
anisotropic diffusion partial differential equations. These equations are able to smooth an image while preserving its main structures. The
demo page presents interesting examples of color image de-noising and reconstruction. This is a serious free alternative to commercial products like Noise Ninja or Neat Image that perform the same kinds of operations. The tool is still a little bit hard to use (command-line based), but I hope the simple C++ API will ease the integration of the algorithm in more user-friendly interfaces. Previous versions of GREYCstoration are already available in
Digikam and
Krita.