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PhoXo - tiny, fast, easy to use, powerful, image and photo editor

http://www.phoxo.com/en/

Requirements: XP / Vista / Win7
Settings: Application Folder

Version tested: V7.1

Download installer @ http://www.phoxo.com/en/download/phoxo.exe

Uniextract, the application files are in the $INSTDIR and ýŸ€ folders. Move to a folder of your choice. Launch PhoXo.exe

@ I am Baas:
You are really good in finding new things

PhoXo V8.0.0 is available (2012-10-16):

+ Add the DPI of image file read, write, modify support.
+ Add French, Japanese, German, Poland, Arabic, Portugal and Russian 14 total languages etc.
! Improved the speed of real-time effects processing.
! Improved printing function on Vista/Win7 system.
! Automatically detect color format when save image.
! Hold down the Ctrl key and scroll the mouse wheel to zoom view.
- Remove the UAC asking dialogbox when switch language.

http://www.phoxo.com/en/download/portable.zip

Its interface is halfway between an application for the children (like TuxPaint) and a serious editing program (like the GIMP). Anyway, PhoXo is powerful enough for home edition.
Not stealth, though. Leaves an empty folder in %APPDATA% and lists itself in the OpenWith registry entries.
Either way, it may be worth adding it to the database, if someone shows interest in it.

Softpedia gave a good review:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia ... hoXo.shtml

... will check it out.

Update: The "Free Select" option is broken in WinXP. I couldn't close the loop with any key that I could press on the keyboard (most editors like this it's the "Enter" key). I also couldn't press anything else either. Had to open the task manager and End Task the whole program.

I'd say wait until the next version comes out but it's at v7.1. It's not exactly in Beta.

webfork wrote:I'd say wait until the next version comes out but it's at v7.1. It's not exactly in Beta.

You mean 8.0.0

lautrepay wrote:Not stealth, though. Leaves an empty folder in %APPDATA% and lists itself in the OpenWith registry entries. Either way, it may be worth adding it to the database, if someone shows interest in it.

I believe that this behaviour was introduced in V8.0.0. I was looking for the 7.1 installer to retest but could not find any (from a reliable source that is).

PhoXo Version 8.1.0 is available (2013-08-28):

+ Add iOS style UI to delete thumbnails
+ The new style settings dialog
+ Add digital signature
+ Add Romanian, Serbian languages
! More background style of canvas
! Fix a bug in saving image file

http://www.phoxo.com/en/download/

Extracted with 7-Zip. Not Stealth (see post above).

I am Baas wrote: I was looking for the 7.1 installer to retest but could not find any (from a reliable source that is).

Not sure, but - Version : V7.1.

And what is it - PhoXo - portable 8.1.0?

ZZZ wrote:

I am Baas wrote: I was looking for the 7.1 installer to retest but could not find any (from a reliable source that is).

Not sure, but - Version : V7.1.

And what is it - PhoXo - portable 8.1.0?

@ZZZ

Many thanks. In my quick test, 7.1 is portable and stealth, version 8.1 is not (see lautrepay's post).

webfork wrote:broken in WinXP

Retested PhoXo 8.1 and no longer has the issue

Setup: Opened in 7zip, copied contents of all files (root and subfolders)

$COMMONFILES\$[51]\$PLUGINSDIR\
$PLUGINSDIR
$_OUTDIR

...to one folder.

Opens standard image files as well as PSD files, saves to standard formats, as it's own oXo format, which presumably stores the frames. Anyway, program was very nice. Preview tools for prescribed changes are remarkably fast and it's an excellent intro paint program that has a lot more features than I expected.

$PLUGINSDIR content is installer related and can be safely discarded. Disregarding this, the recipe works alright for v8.1 on XP SP3 -- Phoxo auto renames itself 'Portable Edition' (see 'Help | About').

webfork wrote:

webfork wrote:broken in WinXP

Setup: Opened in 7zip, copied contents of all files (root and subfolders)

$COMMONFILES\$[51]\$PLUGINSDIR\
$PLUGINSDIR
$_OUTDIR

...to one folder.

There's no need for that...http://www.phoxo.com/en/download/portable.zip

Version : 8.2.0
Date : 2014-09-11

+ Import image from scanner or camera
+ Dropper tool add hex colors display
+ Remember the last windows position
+ Add Danish and Swedish languages
! Fix bug in overwrite install
! Open multiple images from Explorer context menu

http://www.phoxo.com/en/download/history.html

http://www.phoxo.com/en/download/portable.zip

I've added PhoXo to the database.
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=2664 ... please vote