Inpaint Tutorials | Remove Unwanted Objects From Photos

See how easy it is to remove unwanted elements

Inpaint keeps the workflow simple: open a photo, select the problem area, and let the app rebuild the background.

Load the image

Select the problem area

Remove unwanted objects and save the result

Erase and save

Photo retouch and restoration tips

Get better results with a simple workflow

Inpaint reconstructs the selected area using surrounding pixels. The Donor Area lets you control which pixels are used. Read the tutorial.
The Guide Lines tool helps when the object you want to remove crosses different background patterns. Read the tutorial.
For complex photos, remove objects one at a time instead of trying to erase everything in a single pass.
Each restoration pass can produce a slightly different result, so try another pass if the first one is not quite right.

Inpaint Quick Tour

This tutorial tells how to use Inpaint - easy to use photo repair software.

How to Change the "Donor" Area

Photo restoration is about more than merely cropping out unwanted elements. Inpaint's "donor" area selection allows you to specify exactly what you want to replace the deleted area with.

How to Use Guide Lines

Inpaint does an incredible job of removing unwanted elements from your photos, but you can sometimes make the process that little bit more accurate by the use of Guide Lines.

How to Remove Unwanted People From a Photo [+Video]

Everyone has at least one: the perfect photo, if it wasn't for that person walking by just as you took the picture. Removing unwanted people from your photos literally couldn't be quicker and simpler. Watch the photograph repaired in front of your eyes.

How to Remove Watermark From a Picture

This tutorial tells how to remove a watermark from a photo in several minutes without any graphic or retouching skills at all.

How to Remove a Date Stamp From a Photo

You might find your camera's date stamp feature useful, at least until you decide to print some of your photographs. Photo retouch techniques in Photoshop are incredibly complex, but with Inpaint you can remove your date stamp in literally seconds.

How to Remove Censored Parts From a Photo

Is there a way to uncensor image and get its censored parts back? The answer to this question you will find at this tutorial.

How to Fill Black Areas of a Panorama

Merging photos into a panorama often leads to unsightly empty areas on the final stitched image. Inpaint momentarily restores those black areas saving the natural non-cropped look of the photo and retaining author's composition.

How to Remove Power Lines from a photo

Have you ever thought, "This photo is beautiful except for those power lines in the background"? Now you can quickly erase power lines from any photo with Inpaint.

How to Repair an Old Photo

Repairing an old family photo is easier than ever thanks to this simple Inpaint tool.

How to Erase Wrinkles Pimples and Skin Blemishes

Discover how to easily remove people's wrinkles and take years off without any graphic editor skills.

How to Remove Shadow From a Photo

Ever take one of those photos that's great, except of shadows that ruin the image? Here's how to salvage that shot and remove those shadows in a few seconds.

How to Remove an Unwanted Object From an Image [Video]

Watch how a palm tree is removed from a photograph in less than sixty seconds. Most people have no idea that photo retouching and restoration could be so quick and simple.

How to Use Magic Wand Tool

The Magic Wand tool is a quick way to select a large complex-shaped area with just several clicks.

How to Use Multi View Inpaint [+Video]

Inpaint can get rid of pesky tourists or other distractions from your beautiful vacation shot, by seamlessly blending two or more pictures of the same scene.

How to Remove Tourists From Vacation Photos

If you're visiting a hugely popular tourist area during your vacation, you can't stand there all day and wait for the perfect photo. With Inpaint there's no need - just take several pictures and allow Inpaint to clean it up and make your photos perfect!

How to Clone Yourself on a Photo [+Video]

Multiplicity Photography is a process of taking several photos of the same human, animal or object doing different things in different areas of the frame. All those photos are then combined using Inpaint.

How to Retouch Multiple Photos with Batch Inpaint

Remove watermarks, date stamps and other unwanted objects in a batch mode.

How to Remove people text or objects from photo with Inpaint for iOS

The easy way to remove people, text or objects from a photo - a quick and effective approach using Inpaint for iOS.