PhotoDemon
A free, portable, open-source photo editor for Windows that runs without installation.
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About PhotoDemon
PhotoDemon is a photo editor for Windows that needs no installation, administrator rights or Internet access, so it can run straight from a USB stick. It includes more than 200 tools, including layers, selections, paintbrushes, content-aware fill and resize, shadow and highlight recovery, and perspective and lens correction.
It opens files from other editors, including Photoshop PSD, Paintshop Pro PSP and GIMP XCF. A macro recorder and batch processor handle repetitive jobs, keyboard shortcuts are customizable, and dark and light themes are built in.
Strengths
- Portable, runs from a USB stick without installing
- Opens PSD, PSP and XCF files
- Macro recorder and batch processor
- Over 200 editing tools including content-aware fill
Limitations
- Windows only
- Mainly a single-developer project
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Tanner Helland
- Platforms
- Windows
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- A portable photo editor for Windows PCs where you cannot install software
- Categories
- Image editors, Photo tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to PhotoDemon
Compare allSoftware that can replace PhotoDemon for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Paint.NET
A fast Windows image editor that sits between Microsoft Paint and a full photo suite.
Paint.NET is a free but closed-source Windows editor with layers, GPU-accelerated effects and a large plugin library, installed rather than portable.
GIMP
The long-running free image editor for photo retouching, compositing and general pixel work.
GIMP is a free GPL editor for Windows, macOS and Linux with full layers, masks, paths and scripting, larger and with its own interface conventions.
Pinta
A small painting and image editor modelled on Paint.NET 3, and the closest thing to it on macOS and Linux.
Pinta is an MIT-licensed Paint.NET-style editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, with layers and history but fewer tools.
LazPaint
A free cross-platform image editor with raster and vector layers, similar to Paint.NET.
LazPaint is a free open-source editor for Windows, macOS and Linux with raster and vector layers, with fewer advanced features.
PhotoFlare
Simple cross-platform image editor for quick edits and batch processing.
PhotoFlare is a free GPL-3.0 cross-platform editor with built-in batch processing for quick edits, but no layers or non-destructive editing.
Photopea
Browser-based image editor that opens Photoshop, XD and Sketch files.
Photopea runs in the browser with no installation and opens PSD files, but it is closed source and ad-supported unless paid.
miniPaint
Open-source online image editor with layers and filters that runs entirely in the browser.
miniPaint is an MIT-licensed browser editor with layers and filters that needs no installation and can be self-hosted, with fewer tools.
PhotoDemon as an alternative
Listings that name PhotoDemon as an alternative.
Acorn
A one-time-purchase image editor for macOS covering photo editing, painting, text and graphics.
PhotoDemon is a free, portable open-source editor with batch processing and macros, but it runs only on Windows rather than macOS.
Affinity Photo 2
Raster photo editor for retouching, compositing and RAW processing.
PhotoDemon is free, open source and portable on Windows, opens PSD files and has over 200 tools, but is mainly maintained by a single developer.
Cleanup.pictures
A web tool that removes unwanted objects, people, text and defects from photos using AI inpainting.
PhotoDemon is a free, open-source, portable Windows editor with content-aware fill among over 200 tools, so images are edited locally rather than uploaded.
Microsoft Paint
Simple image editing and drawing app for Windows, distributed through the Microsoft Store.
PhotoDemon is a free, open-source portable Windows editor with over 200 tools, macros and batch processing, runnable from a USB stick without installing.
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