*** WARNING ***

Version 5.5 OVERWRITES any previous version's registration(s) which EFFECTIVELY renders any previous GOTD version TOTALLY USELESS.

This was NOT the case with previous GOTD offerings incluing 2.4, 3.0, 3.1, 4.3 and 4.7 - where, if installed in their own directory (not the default directory), each version worked perfectly as each version was essentially stands alone on its own. The lastest 5.5 version renders all previous versions (stand alone or not) TOTALLY USELESS.

AVOID 5.5 if you have any of the previous GOTD Inpaint versions installed.

Regards,

Martin

@Wes Chambers (#77)

First, see Giovanni (#13) above for alternate freebie recommendations.

Also, per Giovanni (July 9, 2013):

"Pay attention while installing this FREE GEM, since it’s ad supported. So to avoid the installation of useless third-party toolbars, switch to the “custom installation” mode you are done.
Enjoy Dudes (for FREE, of course…LOL!!)!!

http://www.photopos.com/Photo-Pos-Pro-Free-Photo-Editor.asp

See also:
http://www.rw-designer.com/image-editor
http://tintguide.com/picturecutout.html
http://www.gimpology.com/submission/view/how_to_remove_a_watermark_the_fast_amp_easy_way_
http://paint.net.amihotornot.com.au/Features/Effects/Plugins/Others/AddRemove_watermark

Well, after working with this version for a few min. I found a very bad thing....the donor area must be "painted" in order to change it, which is much much slower than the old way of just dragging the edge of the dotted line to where ever you need it...so I will not be using this new version...I hope they revert back to the old way of adjusting the donor area, otherwise I will never use any new version because it's just too slow and tedious. -- Plus, another very bad thing....if you install a new version, even in a different folder, it will deactivate any and all older versions(they just started doing this)...this is a cheap and crappy thing for them to do...I uninstalled the new version and rolled my system back one day so that the old versions work again -- If they want to gain customers, they should show a little good faith and not pull crap like this anymore.

Installed it, activated it, it will not open, just keeps saying “Inpaint encountered a problem and must close.”

Well, I seem to have found a "fix" -- at least for my wife's computer which uses ACDSee to unzip the files.

Simply install the new programme to a differently-named subdirectory (of course, or it will overwrite the earlier version). If you still have any earlier version(s) you will find that it still isn't activated though.

So you simply copy across the TWO activate ikons to the new subdirectory in the programme listing -- and click on the golden Activate ikon from there!

Seems to work....

Teorex should be pleased that I think their programme (in their various versions offered here over the past year or more) to be so good that I was prepared to go to all this trouble.....

NOTE -- this may well work with other "troublesome" programmes -- I am not sure. But it is offered here to others as it is a possibility that is probably worth knowing about....

-- Tranmontane. (With just 12 minutes to go to the "deadline"!)

I have been using Inpaint for years and this version is great...I'm so glad to see the new dark user interface...when you work with graphics you don't want a bright glaring background to compete with. -- I too keep older versions of Inpaint...I don't know why some people want to make things overly complicated...I set up separate folders labeled with each versions number...there is no interaction between them...simple as that.

Somebody help quickly. How do you run the Activate.exe file???

This is a top program, I use it a lot, especially touching up old photos which I do a fair bit of. Many old photos have got themselves damaged, but with a bit of effort, it is reasonably simple to have the photos looking really great again. Unfortunately I am unable to download this version for some reason, it begins to download then closes the link. No big thing though I have it already as I said. In fact I did at one time "lose" my original version (that I had got from GOTD) when I upgraded my PC. A bit of searching however took me to a German website where you can download Inpaint so this is one of the GOTD giveaways that you might have a chance of getting it back if you lose it through system crash/format/upgrade of hardware etc. I have often considered paying for the latest version, but it has been that hassle free I have never had any real headache using it.
No it doesn't work magic, but it does make ordinary looking images that may have any number of blemishes/streaks/lost colour/creases etc etc look a lot crisper and cleaner.

Hana #60,
Indeed you can download the program to anywhere you choose.
Just launch it from its download location, and away you go. It installs in "C:\Program Files\.." in its full expanded glory, so you certainly need space there.
Programs can be *installed* elsewhere, but it's generally not a good idea; move your data files - pictures, documents, videos - to your separate drive instead.
Note that, unfortunately, the author isn't particularly aware of running a computer as a Standard User - not an administrator - and forces us to install his program as an administrator, AND OPERATE it as one, too. Primitive, but if we point this out often enough, he may accommodate non-admin users in later editions. :-|
HTH

Hello... Installed on a 64x Win7 Ultimate pc with no problems of any kind. And I seem to have no problems with the saving of the modified picture: I am allow to save to a different file name, or to a different folder, or even overwriting the original picture if I wish to. I also did not need to install it under the ADMIN account for the program to get registered or work correctly here...
Thanks for another great and useful program !

I installed the program, and unticked the option to run immediately.
I then ran the Activate.exe
It threw to a web page saying that the program is activated.
I then ran the program and went to the 'Help - About' screen to ensure it is activated.
There is NO mention of whether it is, or is not, activated.
Would it kill the designer to display that information ?
Whilst I am complaining about the new generation of young programmers (designers - COUGH!) that are forcing minimalistic interfaces on to us, could you dispense with the pretty dark backgrounds (with white writing). I would prefer a practical useful interface, like they used to be. If I wish to look at something pretty, I can go to an art gallery.

#61... I agree. I HATE it when a new GAOTD update to a program I already have insists on overwriting the activated status of my prior version. By doing this they are taking away my older version permanently when I may not want to keep the new version after trying it. Very uncool. I sure hope this new version really is better overall. I haven't had time to play with it yet.

#68... Moving/renaming folders doesn't work. Though I haven't explored the Registry, it's pretty clear that this version of Inpaint overwrites the same entries/keys that prior versions use thereby rendering the previously activated version as useless.

It won’t recognise my Wacom pen tablet either. I do not own a regular mouse and I'm not going to go buy one just to use this program. Why a program won't allow the use of a pen is a mystery, as graphics users frequently use pen tablets. I can use prior versions with my pen, so why this one doesn't work with it baffles me. Luckily I didn't waste time trying to figure it out, thanks Holly!

Downloaded and installed smoothly, activated immediately (Win7 x64). I like the new interface options, selection tools, etc. Does (IMO) a better job than previous versions. I don't understand the problem others have had with Save As... When I clicked the icon it came right up with a Save dialog, ready for me to alter the name and save it as whatever I wanted. What are you guys doing?

Nice tool that saves having to fire up PS CS6 for most jobs. Thanks for updating it, Teorec, and GAOTD for offering it again.

I’ve always loved Inpaint in the past, but this new version looks like it has a significantly larger learning curve than all previous versions. Despite that, it seems that there are eleven online tutorials at http://www.theinpaint.com/tutorials.html which is much appreciated.

It took me only a couple hours and I had this program down. It's simple and easy and quick to learn. I don't see that SAVING your work is an issue at all, if you use the "SAVE AS" ... you can then rename the modified picture in the same folder, not a problem.

Thank you for this GOTD and TEOREX

I used Inpaint to remove people from in front of the marker of the first atomic bomb at the Trinity Site here in New Mexico. I'd say the results were more than stellar...you'd never know that anyone was ever standing there. Even got the shadows right with a little patience. Amazing program! Yes, I could have done this with even Zoner, another freebee here once in a while, but this program made it much faster than a clone tool alone. I'd daresay that it might have even come out better with Inpaint than with the photo program (yep, even have Photoshop...but as mentioned but not quoted here, you don't need a Greyhound bus to push a baby carriage!).

@13 Giovani - hould not expect wonders like removing an entire building or a whole person from a pictures (only PHOTOSHOP can do such wonders…LOL!!). Wrong and double wrong - The best program is the person themself and not software - with patience I've removed people and objects with old paint program and other programs - takes more time, but more fun! People are the artists and software is only a minor tool of us! To people better then software! to 6 cents LOL.
GOTD Thumbs Up!!!

@60 But I’d love to try this out. Is it possible to download it to my attachable hardrive? And how can I get it to work? - Ashaf in his post on his web page says this is not portable, but some people put a post that there was a way to make portable. Followw links post one and look in commments section.. I prefer portable too. My computer was filled up years ago and I have more software in external harddrive then main computer.

@47 GOTD Team.

Not true. I don't have McAfee and yet could not activate it. I have admin access to my XP machine. Although I installed it in a separate folder (Inpaint5_5) yet it inactivated older version of the software (won't allow me to save). It was good and easy program but, it got to go! This the FIRST program that I uninstalled (both old and new versions) because of this.

@ 38 webroot the greatest?? It is a high number of false positives.

I have two previous versions of this program, so when I installed this on my Vista computer, I made sure that I set up a separate Program Files folder for this version. It installed and activated without a problem; also ran and did what it was supposed to. It's a good program to have if you don't have Photoshop, and it's a good program to have if you do have PS, because the startup time is much quicker so you can get in, do the erasure and get out by the time PS has finished loading itself.

I had it before (older version) but lost everything in a house fire, I'm glad to have it again even if you have to make a copy to edit, not that big of a deal to me but needs to be addressed. I use Irfanview: http://www.irfanview.com to make a copy and save it where I want and then edit that one. Thanks GAOTD!

After playing around with this app and comparing this version to earlier ones I must say I am disappointed in their UI. In four years and as many versions it is all over the place and they still can't get it right. Although the UI is greatly improved - some choices are so glaringly bad that one wonders what they are smoking.

The Good:
=========
"Stop" icon changed to a self-labeled "Clear Selection" button
New button to flip between original and edited views
New "Zoom to fit" button
Faster image processing

The Bad:
========
Probably the worst is their screen layout - a horrible example of poor design and wasted space. The horizontal size of the tool panel is fixed and uses almost 1/3 of screen at full screen and pushes using half at min size. Multiple & tool bar icons buttons are placed side by side forcing the exorbitant width yet half the vertical space is is blank! Simply stacking the tool panel buttons vertically would have cut the panel's horiz size in half.

The "Save as" dialog is improved with the pull down "Save as type" dialog actually allowing a selection. However, instead of using that selection you are now REQUIRED to include the filetype in the name! This is unlike every other windows app in existence.

Still non-intuitive UI: Earlier versions had the operative button labeled "Inpaint" which at least gave a clue as to its function - v5.5 labels it "Erase". Erase what? The Image? The selection? The guidelines? There is no entry at all in the pull down "Edit" menu to actually perform an edit.

The Missing:
============
No pop-up button descriptions for the most important buttons (Select, Deselect, Mask, Donor, Clear Selection and Erase). Mouse over pop-ups appear for tool bar icons only.

No help file, only an exit to an online tutorial instead of in-context help or even a minimal local help file describing each button, let alone an easily navigable chm file.

No auto sizing to fill available screen when changing window size; auto sizes only when image first opened.

The "Recently Opened" menu item has disappeared

About dialog gives no indication of registered status

The Ugly:
=========
The black background is an affront to the eyes.

BTW - Wes Chambers (#20), ouialaraison (#28), Bill Bailey (#32) and malachz (#53): If you want to keep or restore an earlier or current version, save or restore the associated Teorex registry key. And Bill Bailey, a number of vendors here do not leave users high and dry if their system crashes. For example, Paragon even tells users how to reinstall their giveaway.

BTW2 - For all those saying you cannot save under a different name - not so. As I stated above, you have to include the filetype after the file name and then it will save fine.

To protect earlier version:-

1. Go to C:/program files/inpaint

2. Rename "inpaint" to "inpaint47"


Now new version will not over-write the previous version.

i`d like to thank those that offered their advice. if i had the money to buy the program, i wouldn`t need to get it for free. being in a fixed diasbled pension, i have no money in which to buy the program. that is why i joined the GAOTD, so i could get these programs for free. i did notice #23 offered a way to get a similar program for free, so i`ll go with that one.

Dear Team, I am not running McAfee and have the program not running when I activate it. I am given a Activated Successfully" but the program still will not save and requires a Serial Number. Can an S/N be given on a case by case basis? Again, I appreciate your help with this. Tom

On the third try, I was finally able to activate the program using Anita's (#39) suggestion. Thank you Anita! (W8, 64bit...no McAfee) I have no trouble saving the changed picture with a new name. My old version 4.7, which I did not uninstall first because I wasn't sure I could get the new version activated, now requires a registration key.
I think Inpaint is a great product.

Running win7-64. Registered fine using a different destination folder (so I could keep previous version). Registered fine and tested well. I was able to change the name of the finished photo. Most programs use a default same name as original, but all you have to do is change it. Thank you GOTD and TeoreX. This is a keeper.

InPaint installed fine (with one minor exception) on Windows 7, i7, 64 bit.
The exception: During installation the program was going to be installed to C:/Program Files/.... I went to the program's Homepage and couldn't find information regarding its system requirements but I also didn't see any info regarding its being a 64 bit program, so I changed the destination to C:/Program Files (x86)/....

I removed that pesky palm tree in the example I posted yesterday and it disappeared with nary a reminder of its former existence. I used File>Save As, got the usual Save As dialog and had no trouble saving with a different name or to a different location.

I tried removing some errant birds and bees on hummingbird photos and it did a great job of removing them. Tried removing a larger object (a feeder in the very-near background) and the program couldn't do it. The "safe" (green) area extended into the part of the photo I was trying to preserve and some of a second feeder with the birds I wanted to isolate ended up in a mish-mash where the feeder I was trying to remove had been. This is a composition problem and not really a post-production kind of thing.

Being able to close an image is a standard function in photo manipulation programs and it's odd that InPaint lacks this function. You can easily open another image to work on without saving or closing the current image in the workspace. You can close the program with an image in the workspace. Consequently, not being able to close an image doesn't really impact workflow. It's just that most of us are used to having that X in the upper right corner of the images we work on.

All in all, this is a nice little program that does exactly what it says it will do. I scanned some very old family photos that I spent hours and hours retouching the old fashioned way with a photo editor. It will be fun to see what kind of job InPaint can do on them.

Much Thanks, GOTD, for these useful programs that fill the gaps.

Hans, assuming that E is the drive letter for your attachable drive do the following.
1st create a "Downloads" folder and a "Programs" folder in drive E (makes it tidy).
2nd download the file but use "save as" to save the file to E:\Downloads.
3rd extract the file (should be automatically extracted to the same folder).
4th Install the program but use the browse command to install to the location E:\Programs.

Hi,

I have never been able to use the save function with this program before - and no, I don't have McCaffee. However, in frustration, I opened and closed the program and hit the activate key 3x + the gcd file and finally got it to work. I can now save.

Installed on a windows 7 ultimate 64 ... works fine

To those who wish to save without over-writing your original, I suggest that you save to a different folder;then re-name your copy and move it back to the folder which contains the original.

@ RoseD1st (#12), Don (# 61), tomcat (# 63) : Strange… Either in bmp, jpg or png, I have had absolutely no problem in saving a modified picture under a different name (W7 64bit).

Nice clean and easy program for quick photo clean ups, especially for those teenager photos, where facial imperfections can be removed.
No problems on download or install. Thank you GOTD and the guys at TeoreX. Most appreciated.

Works perfectly in Windows7.
Nice to see an old favourite updated again.

Oh not again and its not that good either good for small object removal but i'm happy with my Gimp

A useful and popular tool. It is to the credit of both TeoreX and GAoD that they keep offering improvements to it.

A minor bug that shouldn't be difficult to fix is that trying to save the result under a different name seems to fail, while saving under the same name will overwrite the original.

Yeah, forgot to mention I don't like the new background either.Saw someone else mention that the user should be able to select the background color they want. Good idea. (see my first comment #54)

I eagerly took the opportunity to upgrade to a newer version, since i REALLY like Inpaint.

BUT.... I HATE version 5.5! I le it overwrite the old vesion. Now i am considering doing a system restore or something to get back the old one.

What I don't like:

* the new interface is more awkward than the old one
* the quality of the erasures is worse, not better (how could this be?)
* I can't close the image when I want to start over--I have to close the program and say "Don't save"
* I haven't tried to save a modified pic yet, but I saw someone comment that you have to save an image as the same name. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT usually. If this is true, then I will have to work with a copy of the original that I have renamed already inorder to keep an original (actually, that's not a bad idea, but I don't remember HAVING to do that with the old version)

Anyway, thanks o GAOTD and the vendor. I appreciate the chance to try out your software.

Wow All,
Thanks for the great feedback. I'm definitely in need of this. But a different question:
My old VISTA laptop is almost filled up, so I have been using the attachamble hard drive now (until I can start getting and using a new computer). But I'd love to try this out. Is it possible to download it to my attachable hardrive? And how can I get it to work?

Many thanks

How come when installing, it says Inpaint3.0?

Inpaint 3.0?

I already have that. Isn't it 5.5 we supposed to be installing???

Installed and, apparently, activated OK but there is no local help file (inpaint.chm) and no DL link for one on the vendor site. It is a real PITA to not have a good local help file but to be forced to switch to a web page that only provides dribbles of info. Even then, the only web pages available are tutorials. A help file is a reference document and is much more useful for ongoing usage.

The loss of the help file is a serious deficiency of the offering and a sign of laziness and insufficient support of the product.

I've managed to install and activate it on my windows XP maschine but it fails to launch. Is there any way I could fix that? Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance.

Downloaded, installed , activated with no problems, Win7x64. Haven't used this update yet but was/am totally happy with an earlier version so expect good things.

Any chance of getting you to give away the Mac version of InPaint? I know many would love that as well.

Here's the Changelog (on the Download page): http://www.theinpaint.com/download.html.

Be warned: Inpaint v4.3 and v4.7 included Multi View Inpaint. Now, Multi View Inpaint is a separate product (v1.0 - new release). If you want to keep older Inpaint version(s), create new folders during setup (copied from an earlier Giveaway):

- Select Destination Location (do not use default location). For example, create C:\Program Files\Inpaint5.5

- Start Menu folder (do not use default shortcut folder). For example, rename to InPaint5.5

- Create Desktop Icon (eliminates confusion with existing Inpaint icons). For example, rename to Inpaint 5.5

unfortunately this inpaint version 5.5 removes the activated state of the other previous versions of inpaint i have. the option to enter serial number for the previous versions (2.x, 3.x, 4.x) are there again. this should not be the case because users should have the option to try out new versions before uninstalling or deleting unneeded older versions of the software.

good thing though that the current inpaint 5.5 version appears to be in native 64-bit because it installs to default 'program files' on my windows 7 64-bit OS instead of the 'program files (x86)' file directory.

Installed it, activated it, it will not open, just keeps saying "inpaint encountered a problem and must close". Really sucks, I loved my old inpaint and lost it when I had to reformat. Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo
Any suggestions?