PhotoDemon - free, portable, open-source photo editor

guest · Sep 12, 2022

PhotoDemon provides a comprehensive photo editor in a 14 MB download. It runs on any Windows PC (XP through Win 11) and it does not require installation. You can run it from a USB stick, SD card, or portable drive.
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Lightweight and completely portable
No installer is provided or required. Aside from a temporary folder – which you can specify in the Tools > Options menu – PhotoDemon leaves no trace on your hard drive. Many users run PhotoDemon from a USB stick or microSD card.
Integrated macro recording and batch processing
Complex editing actions can be recorded as macros (similar to Office software). A built-in batch processor lets you apply macros to entire folders of images.
Usability is paramount
Many open-source photo editors are usability nightmares. PhotoDemon tries not to be. Small touches like real-time effect previews, save/load presets on all tools, unlimited Undo/Redo, "Fade last action", keyboard accelerators, mouse wheel and X-button support, and descriptive icons make it fast and easy to use.
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Pro-grade features and tools

Extensive file format support, including Adobe Photoshop (PSD), Corel PaintShop Pro (PSP), GIMP (XCF), and all major camera RAW formats

Advanced multi-layer support, including editable text layers and non-destructive layer modifications

Color-managed workflow, including full support for embedded ICC profiles

On-canvas tools: digital paintbrushes, clone and pattern brushes, advanced selection tools, interactive gradients, and more

Adjustment tools: levels, curves, HDR, shadow/highlight recovery, white balance, and many more

Filters and effects: perspective correction, edge enhancement, noise removal, content-aware fill and resize, unsharp masking, gradient and palette mapping, and many more

More than 200 tools are provided in the current build.

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PhotoDemon 9.0 Released (September 8, 2022)
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PhotoDemon 9.0 is here
After two years of work, PhotoDemon 9.0 is available to download. Highlights of this release include an improved user interface, new best-in-class selection tools (including support for multiple selections), support for many new image formats (AVIF, Paintshop Pro (PSP), GIMP (XCF), SVG, and more), content-aware fill, new filters and effects, and so much more.

Like all PhotoDemon releases, PhotoDemon 9.0 runs on any Windows PC sold in the past 20 years. All modern versions of Windows (XP through the latest Windows 11 insider builds) are fully supported.
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guest · Sep 12, 2022

Open Source Photo Editor PhotoDemon 9.0 released
By Martin Brinkmann - September 12, 2022

The developers of the open source photo editor PhotoDemon have released PhotoDemon 9.0 after two years of development. The new release features user interface improvements, support for new image formats, reduced resource usage, built-in support for Adobe Photoshop plugins and more.
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PhotoDemon 9.0
One of the main improvements of the new PhotoDemon is that it uses less resources than the old version. On cold start, for instance, it is using 12% less memory than the previous version.

Users who upgrade from an earlier version of PhotoDemon to version 9 may notice the revised interface right away. Tools have moved, and popular settings appear directly on the toolbar, with the rest appearing as flyout panels. According to the developer, the new user interface takes up "less than half of the vertical space of the old design" without sacrificing functionality.
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The photo editors selection tools have worked well in previous versions. The new release introduces support for multiple selections. Selections may be combined using Add, Subtract and Intersect, and the last selection remains editable even when multiple selections are active.

The latest release includes an optimized automatic GIF optimizer, which the developer calls best-in-class. Image formats that rely on palettes benefit from the new neural-network color quantizer.
Closing Words
PhotoDemon 9.0 is a massive update for the photo editor. It adds support for new formats, improves the user interface and reduces the program's resource usage.
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guest · Sep 13, 2022

New: PhotoDemon Portable 9.0 (photo editor) Released (September 13, 2022) (PortableApps.com)

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