I had the same problem as #10 and #12.
click start and nothing happens ... Also running Win 7 64bit so i guess it is not supported on 64 bit systems.

I installed and tested the program, and it removes watermarks as advertised ... but only if you 'select' the offending watermark. I cannot discover any way of persuading it to find a logo or watermark by its self.

#14 Keisha: removing logos and watermarks to reveal 'important parts of an image' underneath involves two separate steps: first, the software has to remove the watermark or whatever, replacing it with a blurred background based on the average colour there. The second step is for an artist, usually human, to paint in the missing information, if necessary guessing at what used to be there before the watermark or whatever was superimposed. #4 Giovanni: Which is why this program is legal: it is simply not possible for one software program (not even the miraculous GIMP!) to invisibly repair damage done by another, previous software program.

There are two main ways this can be done. If the logo is translucent, the image behind it can be recovered. If the logo is opaque, they can use "in-painting" techniques - however in-painting at an individual frame level would look OK on any individual frame but most likely would show discontinuities between frames.

A third technique that *could* be used by I doubt actually is, would be to identify adjacent background when the image is panning and fill in the missing background from adjacent frames.

Yes, i have the same question as #17.If it removes logo, what's left in that space? Please someone could answer it?

I have used this before...here are some anomalies to be aware of...I noticed some comments above that say it doesn't work...if you try it and nothing happens, go to the options dialog BEFORE you hit the start button and change settings for bit rate, frame rate, and or format...this will almost always solve the problem ---- and another thing...very important...there does not seem to be a way to turn off automatic update checking...if you ever get a "nag" dialog to update, be sure to hit "cancel"...DO NOT close the dialog by the X in the upper right corner because it does the same thing as hitting the OK button and it will update anyway and you lose your free version.

Tried this out. It installed and registered fine on Win 7 64 took a video .avi and it was able to remove the tv station logo with no probs.
this is the before and after
Before http://i44.tinypic.com/w0oswh.jpg
After http://i43.tinypic.com/29uu1cz.jpg

My only Complaint is when using this there is no way of seeing the video from the beginning when you use the slide at the bottom it jumps to 26 sec and then jumps to 56 sec So there needs to be a better slide ability. But other than that I am happy with it and Glad its Free because I would not pay $140.00

Installed and registered without problems on Windows 7 Home Premium, 64 bit, i7, 8GB RAM. It attempted to remove the logos I set up on two short test clips (both WMV files) I was using to try it out but did an awful job of it. The program replaced the logo with large blocks of color (Chameleon and Combined options) and left a dark smudge when the "Blur" option was used. It has little sensitivity to the textures and colors behind the logo and can't blend the selected area into the video. By the 5th test, it stopped working and I uninstalled it.

#17 - Brian- The program can't know what was behind the logo. It just uses the surrounding area to fill in the logo area by "blurring" it into the logo space. If you're lucky, it'll be in a nondescript background area where the blurring won't be noticeable. More likely, you'll end up with a "smear" in that spot instead of the text of the logo. This program offers several choices of the algorithm used to fill in the logo space which result in slightly different variations on the smeared area. You can try each of them and keep the version that's least objectionable. Then it's up to you whether the processed version is better than the version with the logo on it.

#22 Dear Karen, as I have said before, I have gotten software here that wouldn't accept my hotmail.com address. Often the "free" software, pays for it by spamming you.

#20, Rick S. - I've seem plenty of times where supposedly professional stations, even major networks, will deliberately blur the original (or previous) logo and then stick their own logo on the same video. I would say that it is perfectly ethical to remove such a logo, perhaps even ethically mandated. But when done for personal use, I see no harm in removing such a distraction from a video, the unethical thing was putting it there in the first place.

#22 and others: In this case the program will accept anything that even looks like an email address, you already have the key so you just have to get it entered. spam@gmail.com works, as would just about anything else. But in general it is wise to avoid giving out your private personal email to any business (and often even to friends). You can make as many free disposable addresses as you want at Spamgourmet.com and give a unique one to every business and even friend that you need to give an address to. That way when the spam starts, or when a friend gets sloppy and has their account hijacked, it is easy to know the source and disable just that one address.

#17 Brian - Many logos are semi-transparent, showing some of what is beneath. When that is the case it would be possible to build a mathematical model of how to process that percent that gets through to get back to the original image. I don't know if that is what this particular program is doing or not, but it could be done that way.

Opaque logos or subtitles are much harder. Likely they are just "removed" by filling in the space with colors from outside the edges, and perhaps averaging the pixels as they approach other colored pixels. In theory a better replacement could be done when the image is moving by finding the same shifted image in other frames and replacing the obscured pixels with the pixels from that part of the image in other frames, perhaps even adjusting them to account for shadows or other changes seen in non-obscured pixels. But I doubt if any consumer software is actually doing that.


I'm not clear on how this program will work on permanent subtitles. Yes, I get that it removes logos, which are blemishes imposed the same way on every frame of the video (I would expect that it will have problems with any animated logo). But subtitles change throughout the video. Can it really remove subtitles?

Hi, I tested this Program on a little Video Clip of Ladybird with sky and grass background (Clip Length: 0:15, Aspect Ratio: 16:9) with Shutterstock Logo on it. I obtained it legally before anyone starts wondering, and I'm quite happy to leave it as it is, but for testing purposes used that very Clip, both versions of it - AVI and MP4.

I tried all possible choices and combinations of Tools within a Program. Find Logo, Select (both) rectangle and freehand box, Marker, using different Object Removing Modes too - AND no matter what - ALL results are dismal!! The Logo is Static and quite faint, seemed a doddle..

My conclusion: Either Logo on this Video Clip is too clever to be removed with this (expensive!) Remove Logo Now! Pro, or I missed something here altogether?? What could possibly be easier than using tiny Video Clip in Formats claimed by this Program to be recognized?

I was truly looking forward to write much happier Comment and seeing how Others find it working for them or simply "brilliant" - makes me even more jealous:)
Any Suggestions or Help? Oh, when I said I'm happy to leave that Clip as it is (with Logo) - doesn't mean I wouldn't rather see it without it! Lol. Anything of that nature is for my personal use only, so no crime in wanting something to look decent? Every Program given here opens a learning challenge and possibilities of recommendation if good. At the moment I cannot thumb it up, shame.

I understand XP-man (comment #11 above) could feel himself disappointed. But the application name is Remove Logo and not Remove Subtitles, is not it?

too bad it doesn't work for Windows 8 :(

I can't get it to install. Every time i try it says "failed to launch the program. I've d/l'd it several times no and get the same result each time

Further to #23, can someone help me to remove this program? The uninstall program does NOT work and consequently no removal program such as Revo Uninstaller, CCleaner nor the Control Panel can remove this program. Someone sure has blown this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks

Failed to launch program what gives with this! Fix it so it runs right!

Tried to install on Win 7 Ultimate. Wouldn't allow me to register. Froze unit when trying to uninstall. Stay away from this one!

However, owners of copyrighted materials on the Web can take advantage of "digital watermarking" in order to protect their materials from being duplicated without their permission.

There's a reason files have watermarks people. Why all the thumbs up? When Goto lists "keyloggers", etc,, it gets slammed. So, pay 140 bucks to take someones work and have fun. But if you want to remove YOUR OWN watermarks so you can FREELY share your work with the public. Go at it.

Just a note...

don't know why anyone gets their
undies bunched about having to
share an email address...

Get a garbage address for everything
that you sign up for.... forward
anything worth keeping... delete
the forwarding once that address
becomes annoying

@Giovanni: "Your" Apowersoft-tip record the video from screen - it is a complete other way then the tool from GOTD!

Unfortunately, I can think of only a few circumstances where it would be ethical to remove a logo or text. Perhaps I am not imaginative enough?

Never mind - the program is horrible. The original titles look better than the blurs you're left with. Will delete.

How do you turn off automatic updates? It's not under options.

What I don't understand is that if you remove a logo on a video then what do you leave in place of the logo? The program does not know what the graphic is behind the logo.
Maybe someone can tell me.

It looks like the name of the program was changed, but not completely. The program calls itself "Video Stamp Remover" or something like that at times during installation.

When I tried it it had a hard time finding the logo on a video that had been recorded from TV. I'm trying DeLogo for VirtualDub now.

# 9. noel

Why you people often write senseless comments like this guy?

I didn't recommend anything...just show you a way to do the same for FREE (instead of for 140 $).

Then it's up to you using this sw or the ones I mention in my comment.

I'm on a Win7 computer and while I don't have the fastest computer around I do have a pretty decent set up with 3.6 GHz Quad-Core and 8 GB of ram. I say this because the video I chose was a .wmv that was 25.3 MB and about a minute twenty long and it still took 15 minutes for it to calculate and run the "blur". I tried the Chameleon setting, then Blur, then Combined. Each of the three left huge globs of blurry stained glass looking marks where the logos had been.

If I had chosen a video with small watermarks, it might have not been noticeable. I also did not try to select them myself, as the Find Logo worked for me. For free it seems like a good program. For future versions they might want to think about making the status bar work better. There is one across the bottom but mine didn't work for the first few minutes, leaving me to wonder if it was running at all. Just before I closed it I noticed movement and it was still 15 minutes before I was able to view the video for changes. I am glad they create a new copy in another folder and not re-write the old video though. For me, I think I'll hang on to the program (only because it's free...$140 is a huge deal breaker for such a limited program that looks like Win 95) but I would rather look at a logo than have it blur important parts of the image.

This is an excellent program.

It accepts most video file types,
batch removes artifact from the videos
and outputs them to some desired file type,
and it does this very fast.

I had about ten videos with time stamps
that I wanted to remove,
and I wanted to convert the file type.

I loaded the videos, used the "Select" feature
to draw a box about the date field,

and it quickly removed the time stamps
and converted the videos.

Obviously, it does not do a perfect job,
but the output is MUCH BETTER than the input.

The instructions need to be improved but the program is excellent.

I installed on Windows 7 64 bit, added an .avi, selected the area, started and was advised that the program was finished and did I want to open the destination folder. I said yes and there was nothing there.

Tried 3 times and then deleted. I guess I am thick.

After the success of my first test #1 I decided to try it on subtitles, the only file I had was an FLV file so I use that one.
Yet again it could not find the text on the screen and I had to select using the select tool.
I also decided to use setting intervals as there were not too many subtitles in the film.
When you attempt to slide through the film this is not possible and can only be done in stops and starts, so you jump in quite large steps rendering it more or less useless.
Sadly setting the interval was no better as it has to be done manually, that is it will not automatically set the position you were at in the film.
And after all this rigmarole it failed to convert, possibly I thought I was doing it incorrectly and under help went to the online demo which doesn't exist!

I put a watermark on an AVI film, large white text which overlaid a rather rough sea and it did a brilliant job.
My conclusion being forget subtitles but for static text it does a first rate job, but if I paid full price I would be rather disappointed.

Vote me down if you wish, but this didn't work for me. I selected the offending text I wanted removed, pressed the "start" button, and.....nothing happened. Kept pressing it; still nothing.

To 'LOL' man
You are questioning the legality of a logo-removing software like this GOTD while at the same time you are recommending alternatives with similar removal function? Don't you think you are not more funnier than the company you were sarcastically laughing at???

At last! I've actually been waiting for something like this. (I realise this sounds like the sort of comment a shill would normally make.) SoftOrbits are a regular here on GotD and their products seem pretty dependable.

The price does seem exorbitant, but I can understand why the developers think they can (and probably do) get away with it, since intrusive logos on videos can drive the viewer to distraction and yet be surprisingly difficult and labour-intensive to remove. I'll enjoy testing this.

Had an older version 1.3 from another website giveaway, that suddenly asked me to register or continue to use as a Trial. Maybe I forgot to turn off the automatic update in Options. When I tried to re-register using the old serial code key for that Ver 1.3, it rejected the input.

Just as well. Today GOTD has a newer version.

Uninstalled the non-functioning old version and downloaded this newer Version 1.5 from GOTD.
Installed this and activated.
Turned off automatic updates in Options.
Thanks to GOTD + SoftOrbits.

tried in once, tried twice and removed.
it replaces the logo with different stain.

I downloaded the software. Followed instructions.Installed it,When I went to try it the bs came up a trial version.Went to register it and all I got was a page wanting me to purchase it.Not going to fall for it.I deleted the program. My paint software will do the same.

Nice tool...no way!

Very easy to use (the program can even automatically locate the logo in the video on its own), with no loss of quality and an excellent rendering time. It would be nice though to give users the ability to preview results once clicking on various methods (Chameleon, Blur etc...)

That being said, I was just wondering how LEGAL can be a software like this GAOTD designed to remove watermarks and copyright logos from videos....

Anyway, this company is funny...on one hand it produces tools designed to protect your copyright by putting watermarks on your pics and videos, thus making you believe that you are protected by online fraudsters, but on the other hand it does the exact opposite...LOL..that's funny, isn't it?

THUMBS UP for the software but THUMBS DOWN for its price (140 bucks? Are you kidding me dudes??)

BEST FREE (so 0 $) ALTERNATIVES

http://www.apowersoft.com/remove-watermark-from-video.html

http://www.videohelp.com/guides/category/guides/category/how-to-extract-remove-subtitles-logo-from-a-video-5;66#5;66
http://voidon.republika.pl/virtualdub/ladocs301/logoaway.html

So 140 BUCKS??? ah,ah,ah,ah,ah,ah...very funny company!!

==> LOL <== Enjoy !!!!

Oh come on... $139 for this? Please!!

To register, it asks for an e-mail address. I left that blank, and kept clicking the register button, it worked.
This is a keeper.
Thanks people.

No problems getting it up and running then I selected an MP4 file to test it on.
The logo consisted of three small off white blocks with transparent letters in the top left corner.
When requested to find the logo it only managed to find the first letter, no problems, I selected them using selection tool and set it to work.
I stopped it after a couple of minutes of the video and was able to examine the partial results, it was almost impossible to see where the logo had been.

In truth this was a very simple test but it passed it with flying colours, what more could you ask.