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Inpaint 4.3 Giveaway
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Giveaway of the day — Inpaint 4.3

Inpaint. Magically Remove Elements From Your Photos!
$19.99 EXPIRED
User rating: 1232 132 comments

Inpaint 4.3 was available as a giveaway on May 3, 2012!

Today Giveaway of the Day
$49.00
free today
Make animated videos in a snap!

Inpaint. Magically Remove Elements From Your Photos!

Inpaint photo restoration software reconstructs the selected image area from the pixels near the area boundary. Remove undesirable objects from your images, such as logos, watermarks, power lines, people, text or any other undesired artefacts.

There's no need to manually go through messing around with your old clone tool any more! Now you can use Inpaint to easily remove all those unexpected objects that end up spoiling an otherwise really great photograph.

Please pay attention to the new Multi View Inpaint feature and view tutorials for perfect result!

System Requirements:

Windows XP and higher; 1000 MHz processor; 256 MB RAM

Publisher:

TeoreX

Homepage:

http://www.theinpaint.com/

File Size:

4.56 MB

Price:

$19.99

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Developed by PhotoInstrument
Developed by Mirillis Ltd.
Developed by Andrew Zhezherun
Developed by DesktopPaints

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#132

Works fine on laptop with WinXP 32bit.
On desktop with Win7 64bit works fine except in Multi View: after selecting and loading the 1st image and after selecting the 2nd image, Inpaint shows a popup with a progress bar, and then crashes after a few seconds !?
Same result when launching in compatibility mode for XP SP3 and as an administrator.

Reply   |   Comment by WolfPan  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#131

Downloaded and installed your Give Away Of the Day yesterday on my win7 and was never able to activate because it wouldn't make contact. Tried many times even as administrator but still no contact. Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks,
Lynn

Reply   |   Comment by Lynn  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#130

This installed, activated and ran on Win7 64-bit without any problems. Good software. It works well, but you need to experiment a little with guide-lines and removing parts at a time, if removing larger areas against complex backgrounds. Against simple backgrounds like water or sky it does a great job first time.

My only criticism is that I can't find a way to re-size the red marker pen, used to highlight areas for deletion. This makes it tricky to delineate areas precisely. Otherwise - great, especially for free :o)

Reply   |   Comment by Tom  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#129

Best thing put on GOTD in a long time!

Reply   |   Comment by Auruo  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#128

Have just tried InPaint. A VERY impressive tool. Used it to remove small , annoying objects from picture and it made them totally dissapear. Fast processing and easy to use. Thank you GAOTD and TeoreX. A real hit !

Reply   |   Comment by Youtubefan  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#127

Fails to run at all. Error is 0xc000001d in ModName inpaint.exe at offset 000a3281.

Can anyone help?

Reply   |   Comment by Scott2  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#126

Good morning. This programme is absolutely fabulous. Just as a test, I converted a photo of a fruit basket into some new varieties. I expected the results would appear amateurish, but quite to the contrary, it actually looked very nice. Further testing was a very positive experience.

The USD19.99 price is right on target. Too many GOTDs are overpriced, yet this is exactly where it should be for what it does.

I do wish it had a before and after window, but it's easy enough to use a separate photo previewer to accomplish that task. Really, there's not a necessarily a need for before / after as each mod is accomplished one by one.

I'm giving this a rare 10 out of 10.

Great stuff!

Cheers.

Reply   |   Comment by Mr. Snoozles  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#125

Still not able to launch inpaint. used activate while inpaint is not running.

Reply   |   Comment by William Neurauter  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#124

I am running Visual Basic 2008 on my computer and Inpaint seems to be creating a debugger problem bringing up VB 2008. Can anyone help with this problem.

Reply   |   Comment by Kramer  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#123

"Failed to Connect"

SOLVED

Minimised Firefox, opened Internet Explorer, changed from "work offline" to "WORK ONLINE", closed Internet Explorer, ran activate.exe and it activated.

THANKS to Whiterabbit.uk ggotd moderator for the tip.

Reply   |   Comment by Oggie  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#122

I've reinstalled 3 times using different browsers. Each time I get the same message that I cant save the work because the programme is not registered, even though when I click activation it takes me to the GOTD page and says Congratulations now your activated. Well frankly I feel like I'm going round in circles. Once again I'll lose the programme becuase activation doesn't work.

Reply   |   Comment by Robert  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#121

Am I the only one who is not completely satisfied with the results? I have done multiple tests with this program and it is failing half the time in what it said it would do. It does not perform well with complicated backgrounds and when I tried to take a person completely out of a photo, it literally jumbled random parts of the picture into the selected area. I also tried taking out an object but this time with a simple background and it performed better but still not to what I was lead to believe. I am disappointed in this program after reading comment after comment of wonderful things but I can also not complain since this is FREE.

Reply   |   Comment by Randy W  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#120

Installed and activated okay. On launch, gives error “Inpaint.exe has encountered a problem…. Reinstalled and have same problem. XP PRO S/P3. Previous version 3.1 worked fine. Installed twice with same results.

Uninstalled. Apparently, looking at the comments above, this is a common failure.

I was really looking forward to the improvements noted above, I was VERY satisfied with the previous version.

Reply   |   Comment by Dan  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#119

Info For Those Running XP As Limited User(s)

I'm using Windows XP SP3 and using a limited user account. I found I must run the "Activate" file while logged into the limited account the same as I did when installing as an Administrator. The program installed for all users but did not show as activated under the limited user account until I ran the activate file.

You must run the activate file for all accounts before the giveaway expires or you will only have an activated program when you run as the Administrator.

Reply   |   Comment by BeenTaken  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#118

Comment: I've read that many people are slightly upset by the fact that any programs downloaded from GAOTD are registered as "GAOTD" instead of their name. I actually think this is a plus. With all of the software I have installed--and use only rarely--when I see GAOTD in the RegisteredTo box I know that I shouldn't update to the latest version.

Turning off automatic updates is necessary, but not sufficient, without this little verification check, to keep me from inadvertently invalidating a useful program through my zeal to get the latest & greatest version.

MAJ

Reply   |   Comment by MAJ  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#117

Holy Smokes (and mirrors)! Wow, this works much better than I expected. I'm a Realtor so removing dirty underwear from the bedroom picture is a must. I use the Photoshop clone tool quite often for this kind of application. But Inpaint gave me almost the same result in less than 3 seconds. Very impressive. From now on, I'll use Inpaint for unwanted object removal as step 1 and any other touch-up in Photoshop as step 2. This is a big time-saver.

Reply   |   Comment by John B in Vegas  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#116

GREAT software! Thanks GOTD and TeoreX for making my day!

Reply   |   Comment by Olen  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#115

Suggestion. Not everyone learns in the same manner. Some folks are visual and some are cerebral.

Having the help file in text attached to the program which doesn't need to be connected to the internet would be a blessing. It is much easier to go back and read a line or two of text than it is to have to watch and re-watch a video to catch something you've missed.

So would like to see old style help file included in the program. Could have the video/internet stuff as additional help. Will see if I can muddle my way through the learning curve on my own without having to go online.

Reply   |   Comment by CabLady  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)
#114

Impressive...simple and effective

Reply   |   Comment by sheamurai  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#113

Wouldn't activate for me at first,.. deleted it, turned off any antispyware programs running in the background and reinstalled, and activated it,.. worked this time Win 7, 64 In this machine "hidden icons" in the bar made it easy to turn things off. Hope this helps someone?
A bit of fun here!
Martina

Reply   |   Comment by Martina  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#112

Why, oh why, is there a question asking the desired quality of the modified picture while saving it?

Why would anybody EVER want to save their modified picture at anything other than 100% quality?

Furthermore, why is there no option to set 100% quality for EVERY save and to eliminate the two additional steps of changing quality to 100% and then also clicking a button to continue EVERY SINGLE TIME?

This is pure added burden with no possible benefit. At the very, very least this nonsense should be permanently controllable through an options menu.

Thumbs down.

Reply   |   Comment by Blizno  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#111

@3 Randy, yes, I recommend no only uninstalling it but uninstall it using Revo Uninstaller as it will also remove the leftovers, including the old license, after the programs uninstaller finishes.

@15,17,others:
Every giveaway has an automatic pop up in your default browser stating that it was successfully activated but that popup really has nothing at all to do with the activation status. I really don't know why the Giveaway team doesn't change that to say "Thank you for installing today's giveaway. Please be sure to read the "readme.txt" for additional activation instructions that may apply!" as that's what they should say.

Anyway, as for today's giveaway, there is no serial included; it requires you to also run the "activate.exe" that came in the downloaded zip that will "install" the serial into the registry automatically. If you're running Vista or 7 (or maybe 8?) you'll likely need to run that activate.exe as an administrator (right-click on the file and choose "Run as administrator" and then answer "yes" to the annoying UAC prompt that undoubtedly will pop up thereafter.

Oh, and as comment 29 "Wingnut66" said, any time you have an "activate.exe", ALWAYS close the program BEFORE you run the activate! Otherwise it likely will not be able to activate properly.

I was surprised to see how many times this program has been given away!
October 7, 2008
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/inpaint/
January 4, 2009
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/inpaint-10/
November 3, 2009
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/inpaint-2-0/
January 4, 2010
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/inpaint-2-3-holiday/
July 12, 2010
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/inpaint-2-4/
January 11, 2011
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/inpaint-3-0/
January 7, 2012
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/inpaint-31/

Reply   |   Comment by Avid Gamer  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)
#110

I can't honestly see what people like about this program to me it is rubbish no maybe that is to unkind it is very average and very limited in what it can do.

Reply   |   Comment by Bill  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)
#109

I'm amazed about how good that program removes unwanted people in photos or even cars. You really can make a busy photo "empty".

The interface is foolproof and has everything needed for the task of removing things.

Very nice software.
Extremely useful.
Thanks for sharing this.

5 Stars
all thumbs up for this one

Reply   |   Comment by stockmann  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#108

I am not able to save either, without seeing this message.

"this feature is available in registered users only, buy it now"

Lilo, how were you able to save??? Anyone else getting this message?

Reply   |   Comment by Dave  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#107

Downloaded install file & installed. when attempting to launch program it keeps crashing. have not triped to reboot yet.

willy

Reply   |   Comment by William Neurauter  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#106

Running windows XP SP3 and installed it several times but when you try to run it is says it has encountered an error and crashes.

Reply   |   Comment by Elric  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#105

Thanks to Wingnut66. I tried that idea, closed the program, then activated, works like a charm.
MK

Reply   |   Comment by Kirkeberg  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#104

If you're an amateur photographer and you want to do some basic editing of your pictures to remove unwanted objects, grab this software right now!

It's easy to use, with tutorial videos available if you need help understanding how to use it, and best of all, it's FREE TODAY!

Like others, I've taken advantage of previous Giveaways to download and install Inpaint, and each successive version is better than the previous one! Installation and activation are quick and easy, with the ability to choose where the program is installed, as well as where shortcuts will be placed (for those of us who organize our Start Menus).

Here's the process, for those of you who still don't have the ability to save edited image files (software isn't activated):

Unpack the zip file to a folder you can navigate to
Run setup.exe to install the trial version (a popup may appear asking you for permission to run the file as Administrator, in which case you should choose "Allow." An alternative is to right-click the setup.exe file and choose "Run as Administrator" if that option is available.)
When setup is complete, uncheck the box that tells the setup program to start Inpaint, and close the install dialog box.
Run the activate.exe file (making certain that Inpaint is not running). In a few moments you should see a popup telling you that the software has been activated, followed by a browser window opening up that also tells you that the software has been activated.
That's it! Inpaint should now be fully functional!

Have fun with Inpaint! Not only can you remove items from your photos, but you can also create some pretty weird-looking images by "inpainting" different areas and then seeing what happens. In short, just play with it - just remember to save your results with a different file name so that your original images aren't lost!

Thank you VERY MUCH, GOTD Team and Teorex for a wonderfully simple yet powerful software! If I didn't have your generous FREE offer already, I wouldn't have any qualms about buying it from you - you have a very fair price point for what the software delivers, and the training videos are very informative. Also, thanks for the "multi-file" feature, which I'm still playing with but on its face looks to be very helpful in certain situations where multiple photos have the same items that need to be removed.

Reply   |   Comment by Don Hill  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)
#103

Are other people having trouble registering this software. It keeps saying it has registered but when I try to save a picture it says only registered software can save. Any help?

Mike

Reply   |   Comment by Kirkeberg  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#102

Downloaded and installed without a problem (Win7 x64). Ran activation program, said it was activated, but "enter serial" was still in Help menu. Reinstalled using "Run As Administrator" for both installation and activation programs, and now Help menu has only "Help" and "About."

Tried a couple of test images, and the results were very good, and it was easier to obtain quality results than the 3.x versions. Definitely a keeper.

Reply   |   Comment by scott  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#101

Okay, here's the deal- folder thumbnails did not show changes between original & altered jpgs. BUT opening files in Faststone viewer shows changes actually were saved. Sooo... a small Bug but a big relief. IF not for this I'd give v.4.3 a 10. Thanks Inpaint & GAOTD.

Reply   |   Comment by Sam Hell  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#100

My previous comment was # 38. I have followed all previous tips to get it to work, but I still get the "Failed to connect. Please try again later" message. I have tried unchecking the box, so program would not open automatically, I have let the program open and tried that, I have uninstalled, then removed, then redownloaded and installed again. Still the same message. Please help!

Reply   |   Comment by Julie  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#99

Activate ok. Can't find where in program license is confirmed, but I trust GAOTD. Removed my finger from a rare blossom, results were acceptable for the short amount of time I worked on it. (The new tools added from v.3 are worth the upgrade.) Changed filename.jpg to filenamea.jpg, BUT changes NOT SAVED. Therefore- USELESS offering, unless someone has discovered a workaround.

Reply   |   Comment by Sam Hell  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#98

Made the mistake of installing this over januarys GOTD. This version will not start for me at all and now have lost my old GOTD version too!
:-(
If anyone can help, please go to the forum where I have opened a discussion: "Help! Inpaint 4.3 won't open"
This was my fave GOTD so was really looking forward to the new features too. I'm gutted!

Reply   |   Comment by PAWZ76  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#97

Worked beyond my expectations. Did simple removals flawlessly. I hair on the camera lens was perfectly removed, as was a person on an otherwise deserted beach. Removing a lot of complicated items from a very detailed picture kind of choked the program, but I wouldn't expect any software to be able to do that.

Reply   |   Comment by Robert  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#96

I also was unable to install InPaint! I installed the program and activated it before starting the program (said "activation successful") but when the program starts I get the “Inpaint.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience”. Before I attempted to install 4.3 I uninstalled 3.1. I tried to uninstall/reinstall a few times. Once I did it with Revo-Uninstaller and restarted the computer before attempting the reinstall. I have XP Pro sp3. Now I don't have the old version OR the new version. Ideas?

Reply   |   Comment by Hfactor  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#95

XP SP3

install is as simple as it gets
Activate.exe presets the registration
Setup.exe is the program itself.

Setup.exe installs into directory of your choice, the single file, Inpaint.exe, 10 MB.

that's about the extent of it

no Help
Help would be nice (so that I don't have to go to their website to see what "Guide Lines" are?

has more features, undo/redo :-), compared to earlier Inpaint giveaways

if it fits your needs, what's not to like

earlier giveaway for reference:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/inpaint-3-0/

Reply   |   Comment by therube  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#94

NO NO NO NO NO!!!
This product and GotD's activate program DOES NOT activate programs - IT DOES NOT - for ordinary mortals.

Ordinary mortals are those people who do not hang out of trains doors, don't rollerskate between lines of traffic on highways in the wrong direction, don't play Russian Roulette with revolvers with a bullet in the cylinder... and don't operate AS ADMINISTRATORS.
Administrator accounts are for administering; Standard User accounts are for everyday usage - yet GotD's 'activate' process, as #41 chaotic.sys says, activates only FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT THAT ACTIVATED IT!
Thereafter, Inpaint MUST be run as an administrator. This is not acceptable.

Other users in this household don't know their administrator passwords, and I'm not going to tell them. I'm their administrator.
Please, GotD, how do we register Inpaint for standard users?

Reply   |   Comment by Phaedron  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#93

When I use the new two-picture-feature I paint only a kind of light orange on the picture with one or more lines.

Reply   |   Comment by Tuvo  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#92

I have been using version 3.1 flawlessly for over a year. My occupation is doing real estate appraisals. My photos are of the buildings and land. No people or animals are allowed in the photos. Many times it can't be avoided. NOW "In comes Inpaint". That dog, cat horse or person is gone with no evidence of it ever being there. What a life saver. What a time saver.
Thanks
Keep them coming

Reply   |   Comment by Joe Ragon  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#91

I can't see where is the registration. My Vista tells me that the activate.exe stop working but then this message usually appears in setups.exe and the setup install fine.
So, if you please, where can I see if the registering process had been successefull?

Reply   |   Comment by gil  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#90

Got this some time ago (ver. 3.01) from GAOTD and found it to be not perfect, but quite helpful. Yes, you can do what this program does with a clone brush in some other application, but this makes it quick, simple, and doesn't use the system resources other programs do. Glad to have the new version, and can't wait to try out the new multi-view feature. Thanks, GAOTD and INPAINT!

Reply   |   Comment by DonP  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#89

Did not register the first time around using activate, did not download again, just tried activate a second time and this time it showed as registered with ability to save a file. Very slow on Win7 64 bit machine, but worth the wait. Have downloaded previous versions as well - Thanks GAOTD

Reply   |   Comment by Doug  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#88

... & thanks to 66, Jon651, & 67, fran as well !

Reply   |   Comment by Confused?  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#87

hi -
problem. running xp. downloaded and seemed to install but can't get program to run. any ideas? thanks.
david

Reply   |   Comment by david  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#86

@ graylox (comment nr 62 ) - Thanks from Nr 40 (A little less) Confused now.

Reply   |   Comment by Confused?  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#85

I paid for this software when it was first released because it was cheap..

This 'Free' version, offered today is a vast improvement...

It's not so 'smudgey' or 'obvious' in the pics nowadays..and it's still only $20..(and that isnt a great deal of money)

I've used this software today..messed around with it..re-touched a pic after using Paint.net and produced a perfectly acceptable picture, good enough for anyone.

This software is not going to re-write 'image manipulation' software..

But..

My point score out of 10 is..

Ease of Use = 7..(maybe a 7.5)
Value for $$$s = 9
End result = 7.9 (but an 8.9 if removing an item from a totally plain background)

All in all..These people have improved their software and are obviously working on it..and that's a good thing..and they keep coming back to GAOTD for criticism..

Overall score 7.9 out of 10

Not 100% supreme software..but certainly very good value for the price.. and certainly acceptable and understandable for the non-pro, average user..

I downloaded without problem and i will keep it..and i have access to Pro vid/image software that costs thousands...

Worth the download and just playing with..even if you bought it..

Eddy

Reply   |   Comment by Eddy  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+11)
#84

I've used this software for several years now as an amateur photographer. Awesome for eliminating telephone poles, power lines, etc. Thanks GAOTD and Inpaint for a great product!

Reply   |   Comment by Rameumptom  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)
#83

Thank you TeoreX 4 improving the visual brush size - that helps alot!

love that the 'back' is multi-stepped & now you don't loose ur previous selection & lose time having to RE-select - Thank you for that also.

while I can still adjust the sides of the bkgd box I could not find a way to move the entire box as a single unit. I was/am bummed about that. I used that about 75-90% of the time.

although this does an impressive job most of the time; it does NOT do well w/lines. Leaving the bkgd box w/o any alterations & wanting to extend a line, I was left with solid bkgd color circle w/what line was there removed.

Reply   |   Comment by z  –  11 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+7)
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