This GAOTD, already given away here several times in the past, is probably the cheapest tool out there designed to remove objects (people, text, watermark etc…) from any photo you may run into, although you should not expect wonders like removing an entire building or a whole person from a pictures (only PHOTOSHOP can do such wonders...LOL!!), since it can only remove small objects flawlessly using the surrounding pixels in order to avoid leaving any traces around.

So THUMBS UP from me!

That being said, there are three little FREE GEMS on the market right now which do the same job as Inpaint, namely remove imperfections or even unwanted objects from a photo and honestly I was very much impressed by their final performance:

http://www.rw-designer.com/image-editor
http://www.gimphoto.com
http://www.photo-toolbox.com/free/clone-stamp-tool.html
http://photo-toolbox.com/free/photo-blemish-remover.html

YES, they are all amazingly FREE of charges unlike InPaint!!

And how about IrfanView??
http://www.pcdon.com/032209IrfanviewCloneTool.html

So in theory there is no need to pay anything even for this kind of apps!!

Please note that the first (PORTABLE) tool mentioned above not only is able to remove objects, red eyes and blemishes from your photos with its clone tool, but it can also make animations (flashing buttons, animated forum avatars, filmstrips etc…), create professional logos, buttons and/or web icons, as well as change shapes of your pics with the Shapeshifter tool (Liquify in Photoshop’s terms).

So, despite being FREE, it looks like more complete than InPaint: do you agree with me folks?

Are you a Linux user? No problem (psss don't show that to the multibillionaire Bill Gates....could become angry....LOL!!):

http://www.winehq.org

Enjoy!!

Giovanni  –  11 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+119)

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Same version as offered in October 2012. Probably the reason why the original suggestions have been carried over. Worth a look if you missed it previously.

Steve  –  11 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+57)

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Pros
*Remove unwanted objects from your pictures quickly and easily (such as text, watermarks, trees, power lines, face wrinkles, etc.) or repair old photos that may have become damaged or scratched
*Supports JPB, BMP, PNG, and GIF images
*Has Undo/Redo features
*Allows users to modify what area of the photo is being pulled to replace the object/blemish that is going to be removed

Cons
*Isn't a perfect magic wand for fixing images. How well this will remove a blemish or object depends on the complexity of the background surrounding the object/blemish you want to remove. And you may have to process an area multiple times, or in pieces, before it comes out how you want it to.
*The ability to modify the area of the photo that is being used to replace the selected object/blemish is limited to whatever area you can resize the rectangle to -- it isn't completely full customization

Free Alternatives
Web Inpaint

Final Verdict
Click here for final verdict and full review

Ashraf from dotTech  –  11 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+29)

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Great software. Have used it before. Installed and tested on Windows 8 64-bit just now. All good.

Ross Nixon  –  11 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+27)

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Thank you TeoreX for giving this away again. Sadly this new year my hard drive went up in smoke. Thanks to Paragon & Eausus I have manged to save most of it such as over 30GB of family photos & video that would of been irreplaceable but for those programs.

Thanks to them & GAOTD I had some nice off site back ups stored away. I have rebuilt and rescued what I can, but sadly this was one of the programs lost. Now I have another chance to reinstall it and update my new hard drive backups to be made tonight. So if things should go to crap again, I hopefully wont lose this program again.

I lost all of the Games and programs that I have. I lost most of all the PC & home entertainment stuff I own because of a small fire. but I would never have managed to download and instal all those great games and programs without the kindness of certain company's and to Giveaway of the day.

It could of been so much worse than it was. I have been on disability since 2008 and living on a minimum budget since 2009. I don't have insurance so Most if not all of my PC & home entertainment items such as the programs and games I have installed over the past few years are beyond my budget to replace.

Thankfully I have good friends and family & I can rebuild with a minimum of down time 2 days of being offline 1 day of waiting for a new apartment. It will be a few days befor a new hard drive to arrive which has been donated by the kindness of friend from my local church.

The rest of my computer stuff such as the Monitor, CPU & Video Card & Ram, I got cheap from Reboot Computers On Hastings street in Vancouver BC. most of it is Obsolete stuff a few years old but it is good enough for me and actually better than what I used to own. The hard drive was a spare one I had in storage.

I still live in the same building but I am now on a new floor and this ones actually wheelchair disability friendly. Sadly the previous owner died but it was vacant & I got it. The old suite will be a month before it will be livable again.

Anyways I am rambling so lets get me back on topic, thanks to the companies like TeoreX, Bitsum, Eausus Paragon & far to many more to name one by one. Thanks to the kindness of those company's that provide their programs for Giveaway of the day I have got to enjoy many programs that have been beneficial to my life that I would never have had a chance to enjoy for as long as I did.

For the kindness of some company's I have had 5 years of extra enjoyment getting to play some great games and use programs that I had installed on my PC that I would not have been able to afford on my limited budget.

Even after using my hard drive back ups thanks to Easus and Paragon the rebuild got me much of my stuff back but sadly this was one of those programs that refused to work after rebuilding my Hard Drive programs and registry form the back ups I had.. So I am very happy to have this easy to use program for removing things like power lines and other simple blemishes you need to have removed from your photos..

Anyways that's more than enough about my Life Let just say This program is a must have for its simplicity & I for one am thankful its back.

Peace to you all in the New Year.
Signed A tired
Rick Frog

Rick Frog  –  11 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+24)

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