ShareX is a feature-rich screenshot utility that can grab a selected area with a single key and then edit, save to clipboard, drive and/or instantly upload them to 25+ different hosting services (posts to Imgur by default). ShareX can capture screenshots with variety of shapes including rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, triangle, diamond, polygon and freehand. Supports screenshots with transparency and shadow, as well as those that require scrolling. In addition to images, the program can upload other file types, supporting uploads from the clipboard, a watched folder, as well as drag-and-drop.
Additional tools include a powerful screen audio+video recorder (MP4/WEBM or animated GIF format), color picker, ruler, FTP client, monitor test, file hash checker, QR code generator+reader, image effects and much more.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2+ |
Stealth: ? | No. Log file saved to AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ShareX.exe. Optionally,
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Similar/alternative apps: | PicPick, Greenshot |
What's new? | See: https://getsharex.com/changelog |
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smaragdus
on 2017-03-22 14:26
ShareX is not stealth, it creates "ShareX.exe.log" in AppData (C:\Users\UserNAme\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs).
__philippe
on 2018-11-09 09:11
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ShareX v12.3.0 notable enhancement: |
paint.net is an image and photo editing software with support for layers, unlimited undo, image effects and a tabbed thumbnail interface. The program includes a variety of paint bushes and selection tools as well as image filters such as sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise etc.
The program supports plugins and will automatically start in 64-bit within an operating system that supports it.
Use 4.3.12 for: Windows 7 (32/64-bit) [with Platform Update], 8.1 (32/64-bit), or 10 (32-bit). It can be downloaded from here or here.
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Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes to C:\Users\~\AppData\Local\paint.net |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package (go with x86 if you're not sure which one to choose) and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch paintdotnet.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | GIMP, PhotoFiltre, PhotoDemon, PixBuilder Studio |
What's new? | See: https://blog.getpaint.net/category/update-news/ |
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Ennovy
on 2022-05-24 23:53
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The website reports: NOTE for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and 32-bit/x86 users: Paint.NET v4.3.x will be the last release(s) that work on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or on any 32-bit/x86 version of Windows(........)Starting with Paint.NET v4.4, only Windows 10 and 11+ will be supported, and only on 64-bit (x64 and ARM64). Updates for 4.3.x will be released on an as-needed basis until v4.4 is completed. |
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
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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... |
Inkscape is a vector graphics editor and open alternative to commercial apps like Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X. Useful for branding, icons, web design, publishing and even illustrated maps, it supports features like shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, alpha blending, transforms, gradients, patterns and grouping. Uses the open W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format, as well as exporting to other vector-based and standard image types like PNG. Imports formats such as JPEG, PNG and TIFF.
Inkscape Portable is a portable wrapper distributed by the publisher using the PortableApps.com format. Alternatively, X-Inkscape is another wrapper that writes settings to the application folder.
Those on Windows XP and Vista should use 0.92.3 as that is the last supported version for those operating systems.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch InkScapePortable.exe. |
What's new? | See: http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Release_notes |
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Andrew Lee
on 2022-12-06 16:00
@dmocha: It normally takes awhile before upstream changes make their way to the folks at portableapps.com
dmocha
on 2022-12-06 16:26
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@Andrew Lee: Yes I know about it. I don't expect portableapps.com to make a 64 bit version any time soon. Someone already asked them about it and got a link: https://portableapps.com/node/24371. That's why I'm asking here, maybe someone has tried or knows something. |
PicPick is a versatile all-in-one tool for images on the desktop. Includes a powerful screen capture tool, editor, color picker and palette, pixel ruler, protractor, crosshair, whiteboard and more. Can upload images automatically to FTP, Facebook, Twitter, default e-mail program, or send to installed Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, or PowerPoint).
Alternatively, PicPick Portable is stealth and automatically adjusts paths.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Leaves picpick in APPDATA, Cloud Explorer in LOCALAPPDATA, and picpick in ALLUSERSAPPDATA. |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Free for personal use. Note that without a blank picpick.ini file, the program will offer optional installation of the Bing toolbar. |
How to extract: |
Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Create a blank file called picpick.ini in the same folder. Launch picpick.exe. Optionally, delete unnecessary language files. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ShareX |
What's new? | See full changelog at:https://picpick.app/en/changelog |
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kiwichick888
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I just downloaded using the link here and got the previous version 6.3.1. Downloaded again from the website and got the right one. The link on the website Download page (Portable Version) is different to the one here. |
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 |
How to extract: |
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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. |
Blender is a powerful, integrated 3D creation software suite with character/solids modeling, animation, rendering, rigging, shading, motion tracking and post-processing tools. It lets users create high quality 3D graphics, movies and replay real-time, interactive 3D content. Its features can be extended with a variety of plug-ins, scripts, templates and more.
Cross platform (Mac, Linux). The program has been used for a wide variety of functions, including VFX, video edition, modeling etc.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | No |
Path portability: | Automatic relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
See this thread for more information. |
What's new? |
See: https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes https://www.blender.org/download/releases/3-3/ |
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webfork
on 2012-04-28 23:06
Added a note about films because I watched that Sintel short film created with Blender, which was in some areas even better than the work Pixar and Dreamworks are putting out commercially.
Checker
on 2012-10-03 18:17
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Watch Blender's fourth Open Movie "Tears of Steel" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6MlUcmOul8 |
Krita is a painting program made by artists to make concept art, texture and matte painters, illustrations, and comics. It uses a wide variety of customizable brushes as well as drawing aids for shapes, straight lines, as well as layers, masks, and more. The interface is also customizable and can be modified to both light and dark themes.
The program also supports animations, textures and more.
Krita Portable is a portable wrapper for the program.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: | Download the self-extracting EXE to a folder of your choice. Launch KritaPortable.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | MyPaint |
What's new? | See: https://krita.org/en/about/krita-releases-overview/ |
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Stephen Leibowitz
on 2019-12-13 10:17
KritaPortable_4.2.8.paf.exe from PortableApps automatically installs both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Krita:
Stephen Leibowitz
on 2021-12-28 08:56
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The Krita Portable package at PortableApps.com includes the last 32-bit version (4.4.3) and the current 64-bit version (5.0.0). Not surprisingly, it can be placed on portable storage. When it is run, the wrapper chooses the Krita version that matches the bit size of the Windows OS. Users should be aware of file compatibility issues between the two Krita versions. |
Artweaver is an image editor that tries to simulate natural brush tools eg. chalk, charcoal, pencils. It supports common image formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, TGA, TIFF, PNG and PSD, in addition to its own format (AWD). Image editing functions includes selection, gradient, crop, fill, transparency, layers, effects (sharpen, blur, emboss, mosaic etc.).
A pro version is also available with additional features.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: |
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What's new? | See: https://www.artweaver.de/en/changelog |
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dany
on 2011-12-08 00:06
@foxcole: click the link in 'how to extract.', you need to replace bin/innounp.exe with the latest version, yours only supports versions up to 5.1.1. Innounp version 0.36 supports unpacking version 5.4.2 Inno Setup installers.
Happy.Camper2
on 2017-03-10 19:34
Sadly, The Artweaver Team will shutdown on
PapaiMark
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After trying for 20 minutes the most basic operation, copy a part of the image and paste it elsewhere in the same image, |
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 |