A tourist walking through your holiday shot or a power line across the sky? Mark it with a brush or selection tool and Inpaint rebuilds that area from nearby pixels, without touching the rest of the photo.
Mark and repair photo distractions
Open a photo, mark the unwanted object or imperfection, and run the repair. Inpaint fills the selection using image detail around its boundary. This workflow covers tourists in travel photos, power lines, signs, date stamps and small background objects.
The same selection-and-repair approach applies to scanned and older photographs. Scratches, spots, tears and faded patches can be marked and restored. Portrait cleanup includes blemishes and other small details such as pimples, redness, and dust.
What can Inpaint remove?
Inpaint is aimed at individual photo corrections, including objects that overlap a background and marks that interrupt a surface. It can also fill black areas in a panorama. The repaired result is generated from nearby pixels, so the appearance of the surrounding image is central to the fill.
- Remove people or objects that distract from the main subject
- Erase date stamps, signs and wires
- Retouch small portrait imperfections
- Repair scratches and spots in scanned photos
Tools for larger cleanup jobs
Harder jobs can use Guide Lines and the MultiView mode, and a batch mode handles many files. Batch processing extends the cleanup workflow to multiple images; the other tools are available for more demanding edits. Familiar brushes and selection tools provide the basic way to mark repair areas.
Pros
- Reconstructs selected areas using nearby image pixels
- Selection tools target people, wires, date stamps and blemishes
- Batch processing supports cleanup across multiple images
- Guide Lines and MultiView are available for demanding edits
System requirements: Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11 · Internet connection
How does Inpaint remove an object?
Mark the object or area, then run the repair. Inpaint rebuilds the selection from pixels around its boundary.
Can Inpaint repair old or scanned photos?
Yes. It can retouch scratches, spots, tears, and worn areas in old photos and scans.
Does Inpaint support batch processing?
Yes. Batch processing is available for working with multiple images.