I know it may be late for some but might probably help others to fix the crashing issue, rename the PhotoEditor.exe.manifest in the installation folder to something different, as it triggers the crash and is thus invalid!

XP working
http://i.imgur.com/Qkk3NmA.png
http://i.imgur.com/gfCZ2oW.png

Good luck. ;)

It's worth noting that Adobe CS2 can be had for free:
http://adobe-creative-suite-2-cs2.en.softonic.com/

The only downside is that it's about a decade old and may not have all the features of other programs. The current package only sells by subscription.

@GOTD team:
I compared (binary comparison) the file downloaded this morning before I went to work (like 6:30AM)to the "new" build just downloaded and they compare the same. Is this really the updated zip file?

I reported to avast it (my previous post) was a false positive as a search proved so. Should've searched first. LOL
https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/547d2dd8410df226657259968243dde1997e03991d81ee837a3a75973d472d97/analysis/
Also, tried installing the trial from the author's page over top of the GOTD installation (the replacement build GOTD posted) and it still crashed as many others have already posted:
http://imgur.com/yYPiGoZ
Guess I give up as others have.

Tried many times to instal on XP machine, but will not run. Have re-installed Visual C++ 2005 but same result - error as reported by others in these comments

Installed on a HP win 7 without any problems. The registration was quick. I tried the program on a few sample photos
and am very pleased at the results. Thanks
BC

After reading the comments I'm wondering if I want to embark on this journey to what looks like a nice program, but has issues. An old xp user like me can't afford to take chances. Guess i'm gettin' old and cranky.
GAOTD is still in my will come what may. Uninstall this comment after reboot.

Your article has educated me. Btw, Binfer is a useful software for sending 100's of pictures with a simple drag and drop. An easy way to deliver photos to clients.

WinXP SP3 - fails to run as reported by others - Unable to execute file C Program Files ....\PhotoEditor.exe. Create Process failed code 14001. “This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect"

Tried with GOTD download at 18:30 (theoretically a repaired build) - no go same issue.
Tried with direct download of exe from their homepage - same problem

Tosh laptop (XP SP3) running a billion other programs perfectly.

Reg code requested twice. Still no email.
Sadly a waste of time - sounded good.
I'll have to continue with the GOTD INPAINT which has been useful

Regards all.

Thanks GOTD Team and SoftOrbits. Installed, registered and activated with no problems. Program did not crash once for me.
Remove and Image Correction functions were very slow for images 5000px and up. However, since this is only version 1.0, perhaps some time is needed for it to mature. Unfortunately today's SoftOrbits Photo Editor is not for me.

On a side note, I am not sure why the "Windows 2000" theme, and no Mac theme. Other changeable themes are Photoshop, MS Office 2010 Blue/Silver/Obsidian and Native Windows.

Just my 2 cents

I had no problem with installation or crashes on my Windows 64-bit machine.

I love Softorbits software and even purchashed their Digital Collection at 70% off. A great thank you goes out to Softorbits. According to The Wayback Machine, their first web page was uploaaded on June 19th, 2006. They only had one program called Pictor Doctor. Photo Editor still needs some work as it's onlt a new program at version 1.0. They update their software frequently and expect a much better product in version 2.0 or 3.0. It's similar to some of their other program that erase information from graphic files.

The country of India had the most frequent vists, followed by the USA, then Iran.

Where did people come from before visiting their site:
google.com
giveawayoftheday.com
facebook
google,co.in

Hopeful this information is helpful to some.

Maybe a note off-topic - Will there a DVD-Ripper on offer soon? I want to try it under Win 10 - because, some of the programs are not liking the update problems with the OS. Thanks

I am running Windows 10 Technical Preview 64bit and had no trouble installing or activating. The program worked as listed and I had no trouble with the layout either. It does seem to be a simple straight forward program with no "learning curve" needed to make it work. Sometimes simple is all you need.

Thank you GOTD!!

Can those who have issues please also check if the software had corrupted the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 in their PC?

When Visual C++ 2005 is corrupted (damaged by another software) you would only know if some other software suddenly cannot run with a pop up error message.
[The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150004). Click on OK to terminate the application.]

In such a case, doing a system restore will not help.
You have to uninstall the corrupted Visual C++ 2005
Install a clean copy of Visual C++ 2005.

Got the key OK............downloaded and installed OK..............tested the program OK ---Nice little program - I was impressed on its ability to remove an item from the picture and leave the picture looking very good.

I'm wondering if anyone is having the same problem that I'm having? Actually there are 5
problems (so far).

(1)I selected an image, resized it to work with it. Removed items I didn't want in the photograph. It did a so-so job. I had to keep removing the errors the editor made the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th time I tried to fix the problems.

(2) I could have lived with that because eventually I got something close to what I wanted but when I tried to use the "Clone Stamp" (by the way softorbit people - the symbol is universally used for a clone stamp - the magic wand looks different, it looks like a wand) it just colored the target area PINK.

(3) When I used the "reverse the mistake you've made" button it brought up one of the removed items I had removed before and cancelled that removal - the pink was still there and now what I had removed before was back. At this point I was getting tired of playing with this thing.

(4) This brings us to problem number 4. When I tried to return the photo to it's original size - No go. It just wouldn't work. Nothing I did would work. I gave up and decided to exit the program.

OK folks were almost at the end. We're finally at the last problem - so far. Problem number:

(5) I didn't want to save what I had done so I clicked all the correct buttons to make sure the work wasn't saved. After we were all told that version 1 was out and that everything was hunky-dory I downloaded version 1, installed it, and registered it (no problems doing that with either version). OK, SoftOrbits had corrected the problems of the previous version so I decided to give it another try. I wanted to use the same photo as before to see if it would make the same mistakes. This is when I discovered problem 5. THE PHOTO IS MISSING. It's no where to be found. I've checked the recycle bin (by the way Domi, I'm probably as knowledgeable as you are so please don't you try to give me any advise. OK?) it wasn't there either. I checked everywhere. It's gone.

OK there is one more mistake. I guess this is Mistake number 6 but it's my mistake. I take full responsibility for this one. I used an original photo. Now Domi I know that was stupid - 99% of the time I use a copy - not this time. I'll try using one of the photo recovery programs that GOTD has given us in the past. It's gone and that's all there is to that.

Anyway that's my comment for today. If any of you are experiencing the same kind of stuff please let me know. I hate to feel that I'm alone. Misery loves company. I hope the rest of my day is better and I hope all of you (even Domi) have a great day.

Good Morning everyone.
I installed (without incident) on a physical dual-boot system (Win 8.1 & Win 10 TP) and for the most part I am very happy with the program (my wife says I have an eye like a tin can, when it comes to pictures - but I try lol). I want to applaud SoftOrbits for maintaining the pull-down word menus & I only have a couple of small suggestions for the GUI. The colors seem very drab & not too neutral - They sort of wash the icons into the background. I know the purpose is to make the photo front & center, but a flip-flop of your color design might work - make the area around the work area lighter & the icons darker and they may stand out like the words. (IMHO) I believe I have a keeper here - thks for trying the software twice today Karl. By the way Karl, I am trying something knew with the installations from now on - I am going to install from each of the partitions as always - but install BOTH into the same subdirectory on a 3rd partition - it has been working well so far & both programs behave & both find their work material in directories I setup for both to read & the work done by one (on the pics I just did) was finished by the other - no residual memory & I save disk space (Yea) just a little shop talk, hope you don't mind. HAGD.

Anyone still using XP is a fail. Download and test their released version, they posted that they replaced the build with a new build.

For the benefit of those complaining the program didn't work, I give the following relevant definition:

Debugging: The process of uncovering flaws by packaging prerelease software as finished product, then waiting for irate customers to report problems.

And for those who also couldn't get the revised version to work, I cite my own supplementary definition:

Debugging is the replacement of old bugs by new ones. (tomcat)

;)

I suppose this product is meant to be used with win7...Win8xx doesn't seem to like this Software!

Running Windows 8.1.6.2.314.56.1.88.3 ISO 9650. Installed perfectly. A postcard with atamp on it shot out my printer.

The second version still fails in XP SP3.

A pop up message reads:

This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

If you go into the Program Files folder and click on PhotoEditor.exe
a pop up message will read:

Access denied!

This is the umpteenth time I have stated that we users in GOTD are in fact the Quality Control Department of many software developers. It is cheaper this way, than to set up their own QC department and pay the full time staff. One day we will win the Deming Prize.

Uninstalled.

Not another one you have to chase up the registration , E-mails etc , these are the ones that seem troublesome & timewasting ,

Downloaded the "revised" program to see if it would start correctly now that it has been updated.

Same error code #14001 and message: Fail process #14001. “This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.”

Since this is Version 1.0, I'm guessing that we, the Giveawayoftheday fans, are the quality control test dummies to iron out all the bugs in the real world.

Maybe someday Version 2.0 will be more successful.

The title of this is deceiving: "Turn your digital snapshot into a perfect postcard!" This gives the impression I can literally print out postcards with my photo on front and your address lines and place for a postage stamp on the back, and have it done easy for me.

What this software is truly about, is editing out unwanted objects, which that should clearly be stated in the title, such as: "Remove unwanted objects in your photos." That's clear and not deceiving now as to what this software truly is.

The second version still does not install properly on XP.

Don't know if I installed the "first" or "second" release on Windows 7x64. Registered OK. Tried some things on a test image but nothing seemed to happen.
Nothing I tried worked as expected.
Uninstalling it was a bit of a pain, too (using Revo). The program's uninstaller wanted access to MS Outlook (which I don't and never use).
Thanks, but no thanks for this one.

The second release of the installer worked. It installed and started correctly.

A greyish interface opens, this is a combination of several tools, from red-eye removing over the remove of "unwanted" objects and a clone stamp, which I tested.

The clone stamp did not work as expected, the stamp color (see arrow) could not be changed, the size not selected and the release of the key gave unpredictable results. Maybe the developer looks again in the code, before giving this as a unfinished version 1.0.0.0

Uninstalled. Could become a nice little tool some versions later.

Dear GOTD users,

the program build was replaced to eliminate the fail.

Those who had experienced problems, please try to download the renewed build.


Sorry for the inconvenience
GOTD project team

Registered without problems and everything working fine.

It reminds me a little of programs like Inpaint and Photupz, perhaps a tick faster removing stuff from a photo.

The interface is clean and dark consistent with the trend going dark-gray. Pretty much nothing great to learn about using SoftOrbits, because it's easy to use for everyone.

I now have InPaint, PhotoUpz and SoftOrbits to choose from with past Giveaways, but think they are all equally good.

cheers GOTD & SoftOrbits

To remove unwanted objects I generally like to use 'Inpaint' from TeoreX. But to make the output more perfect I also take the assistance of 'Clone Stamp' tool.

1) Remove objects from photo - Tutorial using clone stamp tool of RealWorld Designer.

2) Irfanview Clone Stamp Tutorial.

3) Also we can use the freeware GIMP . See How to Remove an object on a photo with GIMP

4) Another method using Paint.NET , just follow the instructions given in Paint.NET Clone Stamp Tutorial .

At the same time I would like to name some free and powerful image editing softwares -

*PhotoScape

*Hornil StylePix

*PhoXo

* Chasys Draw IES

*Image Composite Editor (ICE) by Microsoft Research

*PhotoDemon - A really cool editor.

*PhotoFiltre Studio

*XnView

*FastStone Image Viewer

and

ToolWiz Pretty Photo

Thanks

Well, the Photo Editor program installs and registers fine. But after I installed it, three other SoftOrbits programs (Photo Retoucher, Photo Stamp Remover, and Photo to Sketch Converter) that I had previously obtained and registered via Giveawayoftheday have now stopped operating as licensed programs.

Apparently, this company does some kind of an online check of the registration codes upon starting any of its programs, and the other three programs all report that "the license key has already been activated." Not sure why it would say that, as all three Softorbits programs had registered cleanly and I have not tampered with them in any way.

I like the software that this company makes. But I don't like it that they have taken away three licensed programs from me. A licensed program should stay licensed and not phone home to negate the free license code. That is very disingenuous.

Windows 8.1.6.3 9600. I had much the same result as Karl - Setup completed, but the actual program crashed immediately, so I didn't even get to try for the registration key.

Installed but unable to run in XP, same as Susan #4, but successfully registered and opened in Win Seven.
A modern mud coloured interface but thankfully easily readable, similar to their retouch program with the addition of some simple editing functions, this includes an automatic correction function and the ability to sharpen the image.
A quick test on the removal aspect worked well in a simple situation; an easy-to-use limited functionality program, a handy little program to have around but most definitely will not replace my main editor.

Program FAILS. Running XP-PRO w/SP3. (AMD Processor)

Fail process #14001. "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem."

Of course, reinstalling the application gives me the same result, program failure. Apparently, this program (Version 1.0 !!!) is obviously not ready for prime-time considering that the system requirements above list just about every operating system except Windows 95 & 98!

Please fix the program, it sounds great!

i get key from adress(they send it to my mail) i download this program from web...its working without problems.Thanks

Download and installed this software successfully on my windows & based system. After using it I just want to say that it’s a cool photo editing software in less value...

Installed (and not registered) on a WIn 8.1.3 Pro 64 bit system. A clean install.

A Russian company from Smolensk with address, phone&fax.

The registration page didn't like my email address, so I did not receive a key. Even if I would get a key, i could not enter it...

The program crashes immediately after start:
http://i.imgur.com/rnU2Cyu.png

What a pity, I would have liked to test it. No way. Not working, a real version 1.0.0.0, no better a version 0.9.0.0

Uninstalled via reboot.