PhotoDemon
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PhotoDemon provides a comprehensive selection of photo editing tools in an 8 MB download. It runs on any Windows machine (XP through Win 10) and does not require installation. It can easily be run from a USB stick or SD card.
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- hced rated PhotoDemon
Excellent indeed. The only thing I'd love to disable would be the startup splash image. Does anyone know how to do that?
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- 1,630 Stars
- 212 Forks
- 44 Open Issues
- Updated Apr 11, 2025
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Excellent, fast, and easy photo editor with a remarkable number of features. I use it frequently to clean up photos and the various great filters are great fun to use on backgrounds for either PowerPoint presentations or my Windows/Mac desktop. Great fun, very useful, and actively developed.
Excellent indeed. The only thing I'd love to disable would be the startup splash image. Does anyone know how to do that?
I really like PhotoDemon as a versatile, easy to use, and fast image editor, more powerful than IrfranView or Microsoft Paint, and lighter than GIMP or Krita. In addition, it is open source, compatible with older computers, and portable. A gem of an app that is not sufficiently appreciated.
Simple and effective like Paint.net or Photopea
I never commented here before, but today I have to do it. My photo editing requirements are not many, but I was tired of waiting for my old copy of Photoshop 7.0 to open just to do some basic photo editing. I don't need more than "simple", but I wanted it to be light and fast, like a Snapseed for Windows. I downloaded this program — an it's exactly what I needed. It seems to have all the features I had on my old Photoshop, but it opens in one second and it's very, very light. So, if you're like me and you want a lightweight software to do some basic editing for your imgs on social media or work presentations, this is the app you need!
Limited yet powerful selection of tools, as straightforward as it can get. For example, one of the most important features : W- Magic Wand. By default it can select a leaf on a tree instantly, for example. But it's straight seems to be also a weakness. You can't add or subtract to the current selection. For example: Magic Wand + Polygon - Lasso tool. Correct me if I wrong. 90/100% IMHO.
Simply awesome.
At first I was like - huh? Where are the support and help files? - but then, curious, I installed and opened PhotoDemon - and, wowwww. Not needed.
Don't be put off by the name (some people scared of demons), this is a heavenly simple app. As in simple enough for a non-technical person like myself to see, almost instantly, what each tool was supposed to do, and how to do it.
Unlike Gimp or some other heavyweight, open source alternatives favoured by RAMmed up geeks wish (wish I was), this won't break your performance budget.
My only question is why the developer has not promoted the hell out of this on social media (they have none) to boost their Patreon donations - currently running at a miserly $15 a month. I can only imagine they are independently wealthy, or intelligent enough to comfortably survive without ample donations.
Without question the most solid 5 stars I've ever given an app, and I've given very few of those.