PhotoWipe for Windows

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Key Details of PhotoWipe

Remove any unwanted objects from your photos.
Last updated on January 7, 2013
There have been 7 updates
Virus scan status:
Clean (it’s extremely likely that this software program is clean)

Editors’ Review

Download.com staffJanuary 7, 2013

Once upon a time, only tabloid newspapers and Soviet dictators had the power to make unwanted objects and people vanish from photographs. Thanks to digital photography and free tools like PhotoWipe from Hanov Solutions, though, anyone can send un-persons down the memory hole. You can also use it to remove signs and logos to meet copyright restrictions, reveal hidden details in your pictures, and make creative images, not just banish old flames and new enemies from your snapshots.

As is fitting for a simple-to-use, highly focused tool, PhotoWipe's interface is sparse; just a basic suite of file menus and an Open button for selecting files. We chose a random image from our Funny folder, a famous face. Images open in PhotoWipe's interface with a basic palette of drawing tools and draggable objects in several shapes and sizes. Using the program is simple: paint over with black anything you want removed from the image and then click Go. PhotoWipe's image algorithms reconstruct the image based on surrounding image data, with varying degrees of success. It works pretty well with landscapes, group images, and complex images with many elements; notorious noses, not so much. However, even the imperfect fill-in was effective enough to serve the purpose; namely, making a funny picture. The palette includes several prefigured shapes like circles and rectangles that you can drag and drop on the images. We especially like the rectangular bar, which you can drag to fit over the eyes of the innocent and anonymous. The Preview button and eraser icon proved effective in use, and the program played nicely with a Wacom tablet, too.

Full-featured photo editors and graphics packages can do what PhotoWipe does and much more, of course, if you can afford them and have the time to spend learning how to use them. Tools like PhotoWipe simplify the process by focusing on just a few things. Though not every fix it makes is seamless, PhotoWipe is fun and easy to use.

PhotoWipe for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: January 7, 2013

Latest update: January 7, 2013

Version: 1.21

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 10
Windows XP
Windows 7
Windows 2000
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows Vista
Windows NT

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 39,344

Downloads Last Week: 1

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User Reviews

2.1/5

19 User Votes

Does not support System Window 8
normaz54January 16, 2013
Pros
Does not work on window 8
Cons
Does not work on window 8
Summary
Please update system to be able on window 8
Es un buen app
fabzcomOctober 27, 2012
Pros
Cumple con su trabajo
Cons
Es simple pero util
Summary
Es free no pierdes nada provandolo
Amazing!!!!
HarryScottOctober 9, 2011
Pros
This thing is incredible so easy to use.
Cons
Hard to figure out how to save to a file.
Summary
Everybody who manipulates photos need this thing.
My system will not install it
William A IrwinMay 14, 2011
Pros
I suppose it might be a good program
Cons
won't load or install on my desktop
Summary
will have to see what happens next time I try it
Useless Software
Zaman_MFebruary 15, 2011
Pros
It might be used i addition to other softwares
Cons
Pathetic outcome!
Summary
Disappointing
Needs more information on how to use the erasing icons
terri901September 30, 2010
Pros
Great on really small areas like trigs and leaves. Anything lager and the "guess" work is not very good.
Cons
I don't really like the way it leaves some black marks after erasing
Summary
I like that it will take out something obstructing a view.But don't like some of the guess work replacements it puts in.I am also disappointed that there are no instructions for the different uses of the tools as some of them don't seem to work at all.
very awkword and useless
allen5511September 30, 2010
Pros
Didn't like very much. I tried it several times with similar results.
Cons
didn't really remove object clearly
Summary
the tools weren't very useful, they were awkword and the removal wasn't complete.
Ineffective, better done with PhotoScape Clone Stamp.
edathenricoSeptember 24, 2010
Pros
Good Zoom-in (Picture magnification) and positioning.
Cons
Over all not very effective. Can achieve better results in much less time and little or no saving of intermediate results if I use the Clone Stamp feature in PhotoScape or the Clone function of Gimp 2.
Summary
Not worth fooling with. Better software available for removing unwanted subject from a photo.
oh oh, no-go!
fatalfflawSeptember 21, 2010
Pros
nothing, it doesn't work
Cons
loads up a picture fine but when I go to 'paint' out the desired area the whole photo goes black
Summary
I may try to reinstall it, but when I disinstalled says 'some components could not be removed,,,do it by hand' or something to that effect. so now I imagine I have some orphan components running around in my hard disc (or register, or whatever) Thanks for recommending it.......
Not one of the best illustration programs
ElkhamJuly 2, 2010
Pros
Easy to use
Cons
The photo gets re sized after you the program is done removing the desired text. You will have resize the photo in an other program like Photo Filter back to its original size.
Summary
There are much better programs than this one. If you are not happy with this program, than by all means uninstall it from you computer.

Developer’s Description

By Hanov Solutions

Remove any unwanted objects from your photos.

PhotoWipe is a revolutionary imaging tool that magically removes unwanted objects from your photos. Just paint them over in black, and click go. Uncovers hidden details in your photos. Sit back and watch as cage bars disappear from your zoo photos, and your old boyfriend fades away into the wall.