RealWorld Paint is an image, photo, and animation editor that includes support for layers and layer styles, photo retouching, and vector layers. Also supports Photoshop plugins, animated GIF and PNG formats, and a variety of downloadable extras including plugins, layer styles, brushes, etc.
The program includes a basic screen capture program, and can import/export to Photoshop, GIMP, and Paint.NET editors. A command-line interface is available for exact coordinates when drawing shapes and an in-place calculator for use with simple expressions (like "256/3") when setting filter parameters.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes. The embedded Internet Explorer control writes some files (cache) and some registry entries. Do not open the Online page within the app to prevent this. File thumbnails are stored in %TEMP% folder. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch RWPaint.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | GIMP, PhotoFiltre |
What's new? | http://www.rw-designer.com/paint-versions |
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kiwichick
on 2011-10-12 05:36
Links to the website and download don't work
billon
on 2016-05-07 04:48
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You can always try latest (unstable) version - http://download.rw-designer.com/latest/RWPaint.zip |
Dynamic Draw is a vector graphics editor useful for making flowcharts, line drawings, org charts, buttons, etc. It is an object-oriented drawing and design program with an intelligent linking system. It can export to other vector graphics formats such as SVG as well as non-vector graphics formats like JPG, TIFF, PNG, EMF, WMF, PSD, BMP, and PSD.
The program supports OLE allowing one to copy objects and paste to other OLE applications and vice versa, but the portable mode may experience issues with this.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | %TEMP% folder |
Dependencies: | GDIPLUS.DLL |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | BSD |
How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DynamicDraw.exe. Optionally, the program comes with video help files that take up 25 megs of space in the LangId\1033 folder. These files can be removed to save space without impacting the program, but deleting the entire folder will cause the program to crash on launch. |
What's new? | See: https://dynamicdraw.com/download/changes.php |
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portafreeuser
on 2011-01-10 05:07
seems like this program deals with the registry, it comes with some registry files and their contents hint that the registry gets modified a lot by this program...
Guido76
on 2023-06-14 10:35
It is not possible to downnload this software v6.4.1
Guido76
on 2023-06-15 04:00
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Pixia is a powerful raster graphics editor with a unique user interface. It includes various photo filters, brushes, layers, text and broad file format support. Note that the program has a fairly unique interface so, when learning Pixia, it's easier to discard everything you know about other editors like Photoshop or Paintshop and start from scratch with the tutorials and help files.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Artweaver Free |
What's new? | See: https://www.ne.jp/asahi/mighty/knight/history.html |
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webfork
on 2013-02-10 20:55
Checker: a portable version of Paint.net is available, but untested and not something I would use: http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=61988#p61988
Fixitman
on 2013-11-01 23:15
Webfork is correct, there is a portable version. Worked fine for me on XP. I also like the knockoff of it called Pinta available for Linux. It's not full-featured yet, but it certainly works.
AndTheWolf
on 2013-11-13 17:48
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Download link still pointing to Pixia 6.00G rather than to 6.00H and gets a "not found" error. |
PhotoDemon is a fast, feature-rich photo editor with rotate, resize, crop, etc. and a variety of color, contrast, filters and other graphics tools. The program also allows adding text, a metadata viewer/editor, on-canvas paint tool, layers, screenshot too, and works with common graphics formats including BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, TIFF, PSD, JP2, JXR, PPM, TGA and WEBP.
The program also supports macro edition and batch processing.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Wine |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | BSD license |
How to extract: |
Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PhotoDemon.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | LazPaint, paint.net |
What's new? |
See: https://photodemon.org/news/ |
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PhotoDemon
on 2020-09-11 16:28
Hi Zorro. PhotoDemon developer here. PD shouldn't have any new dependencies between v7 and v8. (In fact, its system dependencies haven't really changed since the Windows XP era!)
zorro
on 2020-09-20 14:01
Hi PhotoDemon ;-) - just wanted to send you a screenshot of the message appearing when I try to start the program... but PhotoDemon updated itsself and now the problem is gone. Means version 8.2 is working like a charm (and like old version 7.0) on my machine. Thanks for so much backwards-compatibility!
PhotoDemon
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Thank you so much for the follow-up, Zorro! My favorite bugs are the ones that fix themselves. :D |
Pixopedia XE (Extended Edition) is a portable image editor with a powerful and configurable brush engine. Its auto-brushing tool allows for the emulation of various photographic painting styles. Advanced image filters and processing is also supported through IPP, OpenCV and even neural network style transfer via its integrated Lua scripting engine.
Pixopedia XE is not for the faint-of-heart and has a steep learning curve. However, it is very powerful and should be very rewarding for those who take the time to master it.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | GDIPLUS.DLL |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PixopediaXE64. |
Speedy Painter is an OpenGL-based paint software that features layers, a rich brush engine with size and opacity of strokes determined by pen pressure, and selection mask. The program includes a reference view to assist in creating a painting based on a reference image and an available replay of paint process that can be exported to video.
NOTE: requires a graphics card that supports OpenGL 3.0, which is widely supported in hardware newer than 2015.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch the shortcut Launch SpeedyPainter. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Artweaver Free |
LazPaint is a full-featured image and photo editor with support for layers, drawing tools, filter effects, rendering textures and more. The program can do standard operations like resize, flip/rotate, and crop, as well as advanced operations like zoom without pixelation ("smart zoom") and complex color controls. Supports variety of image formats, including SVG, RAW images, PDN (paint.net) and WebP.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux.
Alternatively, LazPaint Portable adjusts paths and includes both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Optionally, Python 3 for scripts |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | PhotoDemon, paint.net |
What's new? |
See: https://github.com/bgrabitmap/lazpaint/releases |
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webfork
on 2015-04-10 02:11
Has some interesting features but so far I find I prefer PhotoDemon, which seems to have a few more filters and controls.
PapaiMark
on 2020-05-17 21:32
A simple operation of copy / paste a piece of an image is a nightmare.
circular
on 2020-10-07 15:24
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@PapaiMark I am a bit shocked that you say it would be nightmare to copy / paste a piece of an image. I invite you to add an issue on the GitHub page of LazPaint to explain the problem you are encountering. You can also post suggestions of improvement there. |
FotoSketcher helps you take existing photos and modify them for a vintage or vibrant look, as well as a long list of available pencil sketch, pen-and-ink, or hand-drawn painting looks. All modifications include with a variety of settings and tweaks to control the look from dramatic to slight.
Also includes basic photo editing tools such as text, crop, rotate, even automatic contrast and sharpening.
Alternatively, FotoSketcher Portable is also available.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download FotoSketcher_X.XX_portable_32bit.exe or FotoSketcher_X.XX_portable_64bit.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
What's new? |
See: https://fotosketcher.blogspot.com/ |
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SunlitGreen Photo Editor is a lightweight photo enhancer and color editor. Features drag and drop, viewer with easy-to-use zoom tools, edit/save image selections, automatic color correction as well as advanced, channel-oriented color corrections, previewable image adjustments, as well as image filters for creating special effects.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PhotoEditor.exe |
Similar/alternative apps: | PhotoFiltre, PhotoScape |
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zorro
on 2016-09-25 13:18
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It should be mentioned that the screenshot shows the unreleased Pro-version. The actual program does NOT support layers! |
MyPaint is a fast and easy graphics application for digital painters, utilizing a brush system that's versatile and configurable. You work on your canvas with minimum distractions, bringing up the interface only when you need it. Supports graphics tablets made by Wacom and similar devices.
Cross-platform with clients available for Mac/Linux.
MyPaint Portable is a wrapper program for MyPaint. Alternatively, X-MyPaint is also available and can be updated to the latest version via this process (thanks shnbwmn).
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch MyPaintPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Artweaver Free |
What's new? |
See: http://mypaint.org/ https://github.com/mypaint/mypaint/releases |
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shnbwmn
on 2016-04-03 10:34
It's a real pity that the newer versions (aka 1.2.0 onwards) aren't portable, because the whole interface has been wonderfully overhauled and a whole slew of new features have been implemented. According to https://github.com/mypaint/mypaint/issues/91, the developers basically have no interest in making this portable.
shnbwmn
on 2016-08-11 14:24
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Update: please see the forum topic for details on getting the latest MyPaint (1.2.0) portabilised via the X-MyPaint launcher. |