Panchromatic is a very lightweight application which produces a simple monochrome line drawing of any image file. By reducing an image to only a handful of colours Panchromatic can draw lines where any two colours meet.
Line color is customizable as well as the amount of detail captured in the outlines.
Functional on 64-bit systems.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | DotNET Framework 2.0 |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Panchromatic.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Whitenoir |
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Loner
on 2012-02-22 20:24
Tried it out, but was not impressed. Already had another free program called "Instant Photo Sketch" and its by far much better than this.
guinness
on 2012-02-22 21:04
@Loner, the application you suggested isn't Portable! If you have a suggestion please post in the correct thread.
David Dollevoet
on 2012-02-25 16:37
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Tried it out and was disappointed. Better than many sketch programs, but still not satisfactory. |
AnmanieSMP is a graphics morphing/deforming software similar to Photoshop's "Liquify" function or Kai's Power Goo. Can also export morphed pictures as animations.
The program is no longer being developed. Although the website is in German, the program is in English by default.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | avifil32.dll - this is already on most Windows systems, but not necessarily all. |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Onesimus Prime
on 2009-12-24 06:59
You can see more screenshots and examples of its functionality by searching for "AnmanieSMP" at http://images.google.com/
Kermode
on 2010-02-11 23:47
Its one of those annoying programs which opens its windows on the desktop.
Kermode
on 2010-02-12 06:45
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By open on the desktop I mean "open on the desktop" - most PC programs open a 'master' window, and all child windows open inside it - so if you minimize the main window they all minimize. |
PaintStar is a lightweight, versatile digital image processing software suitable for such tasks as retouching of photographs, composing and authoring images, image morphing, screen capture, and filters. It supports alpha, layer, path, and the most common editing techniques.
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | GIMP, PhotoDemon |
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drutt
on 2008-03-08 09:15
Portable version available, no need to 'install' and delete things..
wdhee
on 2009-10-16 18:26
works also with uniextract. no need to install
hamasaki
on 2020-08-09 21:34
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There is no setup\{app} folder after extraction. Everything extracts in the root with nothing to remove. |
Active Pixels is photo editor with a variety of intelligent auto-enhance options including shadow/hilight recovery, many filters like sharpen, colorize, correction and denoise settings. Various brushes and the ability to add text are also available.
Includes batch capabilities for many images including flip, rotate, resize, etc.
Note: Main site offline (thanks NickR). Linking to archive.org website and Softpedia download.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | Local Folder |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Fotografix |
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Franchina
on 2008-11-04 08:23
it is too big and needs memory, but the author claims to reduce it in last version. Wonderful possibility: recover the shadow area in picture!!!
Cattleya
on 2011-08-14 13:18
Two best of the best image editor I found on Portablefreeware:
NickR
on 2011-08-14 14:45
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No longer available through Website or Download links |
Whitenoir converts any image to a strictly two colour monochrome image. Using a really simple user interface it's possible to convert any image in just three mouse clicks. The transformation is totally configurable. You can pick which two colours the resulting image should use and tweak the brightness threshold for the dark and light pixels to make your image more or less dark. You can use Whitenior for creating sharp bitmaps from pencil drawings
Functional on 64-bit systems.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | DotNET Framework |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Whitenoir.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Panchromatic |
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MnX
on 2013-04-17 17:13
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I finally got a chance to try this out. It works GREAT for creating two-color imagery. It's a keeper! |
GiF Resizer reduces the physical size of animated GIF files. This is not a compression program but instead changes the dimensions of the picture (e.g. 300x300 file reduced to 150x150) without changing other animation settings such as frame rate or colors.
This is useful for creating thumbnails of animated GIF files or for reducing the download size of the file.
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download GiFResizer.exe to a folder of your choice and launch. |
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__philippe
on 2017-03-24 23:16
@midas
Midas
on 2017-03-25 13:02
It was never my intention to pit GiF Resizer against any alternative app -- I was only shining a light on an easy to miss yet relevant factor... :)
Cornflower
on 2021-12-19 10:32
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We must now download via Wayback Machine |
WildBit Viewer is a compact and fast image viewer with component slide show and editor tools. The program includes a thumbnail viewer with various sorting and sizes, as well as a metadata viewer and favorites. Other viewer options include a side-by-side image compare and custom show creator with transition effects.
Supports 70+ graphic formats including JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF and TGA, as well as a search function with detailed image search criteria.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use |
How to extract: | Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Viewer.cmd. |
What's new? | See: https://wildbit-soft.fi/whatsnew.html |
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I am Baas
on 2016-01-31 15:29
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You need to run either the .cmd file e.g. Viewer.cmd or launch the .exe file (in the bin folder) with the /portable parameter. |
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! |
PaintBox is an lightweight image editor intended as an improvement on Windows' own Paint program, but with an emphasis on drawing, painting, selection and zoom functions. You can also flip/mirror, resize, rotate, crop, and even apply effects (brightness, contrast, RGB, grayscale, etc).
The program supports GIF, BMP, and JPEG image files, and comes with a built-in image browser for locating and open images for editing.
Note: main site offline, linking to softpedia (thanks Grinder).
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch PaintBox.exe. |
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PJ in FL
on 2010-03-17 18:18
The download and website links don't work anymore :-(
grinder
on 2010-08-29 09:49
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It is available at Softpedia: |
TwistedBrush is a complete utility for artists with a simple to use and intuitive interface. Comes with artistic brushes, layers, realistic media, photo cloning, tracing, masks, particles, filters, script recording, and scripts to AVI. The program supports drawing tablets, patterns, textures, Adobe compatible plug-in support, integrated scanner support, drawing guides, reference image views, dirty brushes, scratch layer, dynamic palettes and a whole lot more.
The free edition of TwistedBrush with most of the great features of the commercial version apart from brush editing and fewer included brushes. The program comes with a tutorial that appears at startup, which is recommended.
NOTE: the website no longer mentions this free version -- linking to Softpedia (thanks billon).
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Runs on: | Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder (book1\page1.cfg) |
Stealth: ? | No |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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Similar/alternative apps: | X-MyPaint |
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webfork
on 2017-07-05 04:49
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@billon: True enough. I've updated the entry to reflect this. Good catch. |