Inpaint seems pretty cool, but looked at karl's pic where he used clone stamp - seems fair but paint strips on road didn't seem accurate to fact..but tools like these are fun...

I do not use this kind of software very much, but I believe I have tried an earlier version. I have to say that although I have not done any kind of big test on it, I think Inpaint is pretty remarkable. I'll keep it. Again, I am not a power user in this area, but for a boob like me, it worked quite well on the one small test I made. Thank you.

Thank you Teorex and GOTD. Going to work with it a few more days - Great useful program!!

just downloaded with no problems and tried on a couple of photos and I Love it!!!! works great very easy to use esp for those
of us that are not very computer strong as many of you are. Your feedback helped in me deciding to even try Thank you very much!
and Thank you Giveaway of the Day !!

Yes,

We need Giovanni's comments on this GAOTD today.
Its still a very useful programme. I have the earlier version that I'm sticking with.

Feasach

Well, I've finally gotten Inpaint to work in the user account in which I want it to work. Others have commented on what needs to be done to install the program and get it working. With Inpaint, one can very quickly and easily remove unwanted objects from images. Removed parts of a picture are replaced with - stuff - taken from other parts of the picture. It seems that one has very little control over what is used to cover the area of an image from which an object has been removed by Inpaint. I could not find a way to erase part of a picture and have the erased area left blank. The selection tools are quite crude and clumsy. The setup program puts icons on the desktops of all users, and my system seems to think that the program has been installed for all users, but the program only works in the account in which it is first installed. I've had the same problem with other GAOTD software, so I'm inclined to think that the GAOTD setup.exe is at fault. Installation of the program is very quick and simple (except that you can only make it work in one user account)and the program uninstalls cleanly (I know this for sure; I've had to uninstall this program several times), with no unwanted folders or registry entries left behind. The program doesn't produce fine art, but does quickly remove unwanted stuff from photos. You'll probably be able to see that something was removed from the photo, but your ex or that politician you hate or the dog that bombed your photo will be well and truly gone.

People really need to look up the Host name against a WHOIS database and KNOW where the site is located and/or hosted by.
I will never do business with a foreign company.

I downloaded this the last time it was available. I tested it on a cloudy sky with some power lines going across it, to remove the power lines. It worked pretty well on a JPG file, but absolutely horribly on a Camera Raw (NEF) file.

Thanks to all who took the time to answer my "Unistall by Reboot" query they were all very helpful. I'm sorry to have to put this response in todays comments but i was out all day yesterday and therefore not able to read you replys. Thanks again Mike7P

I miss Giovanni! Does anyone know how to contact him and ask that he come back?

Works for me. Downloaded fine. Unzipped into a separate folder. Four entries: Setup.exe, Readme.txt, Activate.gdc and Activate.exe.
Ran Setup. Did NOT start program. Ran Activate.exe.
Started program. I was prompted for my email to join a newsletter. No thanks. I worked on a pic for a few minutes. Saved result. Save worked.

I can't see what all the "yelling" is about today. It's the same procedure as any program with an Activate.exe vs a Reg code.

Thanks for the program! I lost my last copy in a motherboard death which corrupted the hard disk!

Inpaint works great on photos where there's a smooth background like sky or clouds or any other broad smooth texture. That makes it easy to fill in/cover over unwanted objects with some of that smooth background. Obviously, the more "busy" the background is then the more challenging it may be to fill in over an unwanted object and have the fill-in blend well. But that is your challenge, not a flaw in the Inpaint software!

Its a shame that the MultiView feature was removed in version 5.5 (wondered where it went) and was not included in the purchased version of 5.6 (disappointed when told at the time it was discontinued). Now MultiView is a separate program? Humm... The two parts together would make this really great program now that the inpainting part has improved so much.
I sure miss the MultiView feature, so its back to Photo Shop to do what MultiView did.

I do like this program, but have found that the more recent versions have become less easy to use and less controllable. However, I wouldn't be without it as it is so much quicker to load than some other programs and I don't need to search through multiple menus for the task I use this program for.
With reference to the registration of this program and whether it is possible to have more than one version registered at a time, I have found two things on my machine:

1) The registration data always goes into the same registry entries, so even if the programs are installed in separate directories the latest registration data overwrites the previous data (this is with Windows 7 home premium). For those with more than one registered version, congratulations and long may it continue!
2) If I copy the registration registry data from the administrator account and write it into my normal user account then the program is fully registered for me. I do not recommend this as an option for anyone not confident about delving into the registry. It had not occurred to me to use the properties tab as suggested above. I might try that on another occasion.

How can you tell if the software has been activated?

Unzip the files into a folder, run from there, after the install, right click on the activate.exe and choose run as administrator, if that option is there, do a another user has posted, go into control panel and elevate yourself to administrator, then run the activate.exe, remembering to go back to the type of user you were before the elevation.

If the activate.exe does not end in a message that activation was successful, then you probably do not have an activated copy, another way to tell is to launch the app, click on help, if you have an option that says something like enter serial key then you do not have an activated copy.

Great little program, been using for years. If anyone is looking for a changelog as I was to see if your version needs to be replaced, it can be found here:
http://www.theinpaint.com/download.html#changelog

Thanks GOATD and Teorex!

I have been using Inpaint now for more than 6 years, on hundreds of photos, and by enlarging the photo and working on it have had excellent results. Works great to remove lines and creases in the old black and white photos as well. Would definitely recommend this program, even at full price.

Guess I didn't register my 5.6 version properly because I cannot save my image either. What I do when finished "inpainting" something is to take a "print screen" of it and paste that into another photo-editting program and crop it. Chances are that it needs a little more touch-up anyway, so the extra step is not a big deal. Then save it in that program.

Is there a simple program that does the exact opposite of inpaint. I want to remove all the background ... in other words to extract an object from a picture

InPaint is a gem. I have used it off and on for several years with very acceptable results. It obviously takes learning how to best apply its editing capabilities. As someone mentioned, it doesn't magically replace items with exactly what you might have in mind. I haven't found a similar app that does that either. But some are better than others and InPaint has improved over the time I've used it. Combining InPaint's result with another graphics package's cloning or stamping, can do the trick. Something like Cloning/Stamping, can be achieved by selecting a donor area (see next paragraph), but it would be a welcome addition to have true cloning and stamping capabilities in Inpaint itself.
By default, Inpaint uses the area surrounding the Red selection (the area you want to replace) as the 'donor' area. This donor area can be changed - see the tutorial at: http://www.theinpaint.com/inpaint-how-to-change-donor-area.html. Admittedly the tutorial lacks some detail. You have to have the Marker icon selected to use either the Red (area to be inpainted) or Green (donor area). If you use the Eraser, it will only erase the colour selected (the Red or Green marker area(s)). You will see the donor area rectangle appear once you select a Red area. To erase the Green area, select the green marker and then the Eraser. You can then erase the Green while leaving the Red. Then select the Marker icon and the Green marker. You can now select another area of the photo to use as the donor area. Pretty slick.
The terminology is a bit confusing also. Calling the Eraser, the Eraser, is not confusing. But labeling the Arrow Button above 'Erase' rather than, say, 'InPaint', is confusing IMHO.
Other changes such as remembering folder paths and marker size as already mentioned, would be a great update.
This may help those who are having difficulty registering GOTD products using the Activate.exe.
I typically install the software, but do not launch it once it's installed. when the Launch screen appears, I leave it open and run the Activate.exe at that point. Once Activate has done its thing, I then launch the application. I can't think of a time I've had an issue with Activate using this method.
Thanks to GOTD and Teorex for today's offering...
Hope that helps... Enjoy your day!!

For those who have had trouble saving edited files: I have version 5.6, and I have found that I can only save my edited photo if I open the original with Inpaint's Open File dialogue. If I instead open the original by right-clicking and choosing Open with Inpaint, the photo opens in an older version of the program and I cannot save my changes, apparently because the older version is not registered.

To all the people with activation problems:

After you install Inpaint, if you want to register this for a standard account, you have to jump through some hoops. In Control Panel -> User Accounts, change the Standard Account to an Administrator Account.
Then run Activate.exe.

When Windows asks for administrator approval to run, make sure to select the name of the (formerly) standard account. Once you've run Activate.exe, change that account back to a Standard Account. Should be registered to the standard account.

QUESTION:\

I have used Inpaint for years and love it. I upgraded when the last one was offered to the 6.0 with free license. If we redownload this one and install WILL it over ride the current one with a new license to last longer than the last one offered or should we just keep the 6.0 offered just a few months ago?
Thanks!

Whoa, whoa, whoa: I don't know how Karl managed his review today but it could only have been of an unsaved project because this software can't be registered and therefore can't save and therefore is. . . useless.

Download went OK here but after that, signs of failure: an installation routine entirely in German (unexpected, for Russian software landing on my desk here in England) and then an activation process. . . which simply hasn't occurred.

I do wish developers would eschew the potential pitfalls of "blind activations" in which the user is precluded from seeing what's going on and instead stick to simple licensing practice,where the user can physically insert the code into the license field instead of hoping that some arcane software "activation" process has undertaken the registration on her / his behalf.

There is no system or user failure here at my end, with all files being unzipped to the same folder and both the application executable and the activation exe neighbouring GOTD's standard verification GCD file. Nor have repeated attempts to get the software to "register" been successful: the standard method of opening, closing, activating, re-opening, closing and even re-booting has achieved precisely nothing.

Incidents of this kind are few and far between on GOTD so I hope it can be sorted out. I am, incidentally, trusting that today's giveaway is not -- absolutely not -- of a kind which has manifested itself with some developers, whereby if you already own an earlier version of the software, then the installation of a new version will either fail to complete or will over-write that earlier version and render it unusable.

Practices of that nature are highly unethical, the moral equivalent of black-mailing a computer user into only using the latest version of a product when that latest version may well be inferior to its predecessors. As in my case with InPaint: I have a registered copy of Inpaint 4.7 on this computer, the last of the 'classic' versions before the product was unfortunately over-developed to the point that "donor area" management is now nothing like as easy as it used to be. New ain't necessarily better.

Wonderful software. Only problem is when I make the changes needed to my photos. Than save them it will not save until registered,To register It goes to the purchase page.Anything I'm doing wrong?

I've had this for years and love it. I would just like to point out to people that they aren't claiming that it can do a great number of things. For $19.99 that's very good value for the results.

Why will this program not install for all users like a normal program? I installed Inpaint in an Admin account and ran Activate.exe, as instructed by the readme.txt file, and the program now works fine in the Admin account, but not in any other account. In my Admin account, I can alter pictures and use Save As so that the edited image file doesn't overwrite the original. In my user account, when I try to use "Save" or "Save As," I get a small window that says, "This feature is available only in the registered version." I've run Activate.exe in all user accounts, but Inpaint still works only in the Admin account in which I installed the program. Inpaint setup has put icons on the desktops of all 3 user accounts on this computer, but the program can be used only in the Admin account in which it was installed. Inpaint had the same problem the last time it was offered on Giveawayoftheday, and the Inpaint people just haven't bothered to fix it. In the one account in which it works, Inpaint 6.0 does a very quick job of removing unwanted objects from images. I'll remove the program now; I've got other software that can remove objects from images, and will do the job in all accounts on this machine.

After installation and activation, the help tab asks for a serial key. Am I doing something wrong? Have used this program for years and like it. I would hate to lose it for lack of a serial key. BTW, the GOTD installer says the program is activated.

I've too used Inpaint for years (on and off of course). Lost the program when old Betsy (my last PC) died on me but a few months ago, Inpaint 6.0 was offered here and I installed it and was happy once again. Worth it folks so take advantage of this offering while you can. :)

My last freebee of Inpaint, from October, I lost in a crash and immediately regretted it.
It's not a 'do it all' program but with a little practice it can work some incredible changes, very useful for removing damage when restoring elderly posters (and photos), it's quick, and it does the job.

Many thanks to GAOTD and TeoreX

This a great program! But I have problem with color of editor window. Too dark for me, need a theme changer or anything, for light theme. Thanks.

This was offered not too long ago. It's a nice program that can handle your needs as long as the image is not too busy. You will get better results taking it slow and erasing the unwanted portions little by little. More time consuming but worth the effort. My only complaint is the program will not remember your default folder. Each and every time you start the program you must start in it's default folder and navigate your way to the folder of your choice. It does not remember your marker size or your picture quality setting either. I know these are minor faults. I am no programmer but I think it should be no trouble for the publisher to have the program write to some ini type file to save user preferences. Those small details aside, this is certainly a worthy program to have and I am thankful for the offer.

Last time I downloaded this software it wouldn't let me save any edited images among some other options.

Great software. Though you have to try several times at certain pictures.
Question: Is this the same version 6.0 we got here last August? Any changes?
Thanks for letting us know.

Installs and runs fine on windows 8.1. Auto replaces previous installations.
Simple to use software that works.
My example from a previous give away is here:

http://1drv.ms/1KMq0GC

Like in photoshop, care and a bit of work is needed to achieve acceptable results - but - as long as you do not go flying in with big "marker" for edits and take a little at a time, the software does do a good job.

Installed and registered without problems on a Win 8.1.3 Pro 64 bit system.

We had the same version on October 13, 2014. The .exe is still from July 2014.
Here are the old reviews:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/inpaint-6-0/

My old review is still valid.
It is alarmingly simple to use. Draw a selection around the object you wish to remove from the picture, and run smart remove selection

Alarmingly simple, but also simply insufficient. There is no magic, all depends from the original photo, the objects, the background.

A new example today:
Before: http://www0.xup.to/exec/ximg.php?fid=46338858
After: http://www0.xup.to/exec/ximg.php?fid=66739951

If you can live with that: good, than install it.

Uninstalled via reboot, I'll work with my old clone stamp.

This is the absolute BEST program in it's genre. I've used it for many years with great results. Thank you Teorex ans GOTD.