#Gimp portable .exe#

It also has a loader that starts up whenever the drive is attached to a new machine, making starting GIMP easier while using a new PC. This will come complete with many other open-source applications that you may find useful.

The other option is to download the entire PortableApps Suite from their site.

#Gimp portable .exe#

exe file which will need to be searched out and activated manually each time you start the program. When prompted, choose the drive letter for the portable drive as the installation location (the whole process has few screens and is quick). After download, ensure your portable drive is connected to your PC and start the installer.

The first is to download the app itself from the PortableApps website. There are two ways to acquire GIMP Portable. The program also needs only 53MB of space to run (and it is a 21MB download). Removing the drive will make bad things happen while trying to make changes to photos. Most of the common use computers you will find while traveling will likely run Windows as the hardware is cheaper to purchase than Macintosh.Īlso, the drive needs to remain installed the entire time the program is running. This will be a bummer to many, but realize the idea is you are taking this version with you to use when you are not near your regular computer. Some notes on GIMP Portable: It can only be downloaded and used by Windows. This means you can take it with you on a thumb drive or even place it on flash memory cards used for photography.

The normal version of GIMP can be installed on a hard drive and the portable version is designed to work off of any portable device (that can be mapped as a drive letter in Windows).

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a photo editing program that trails behind Photoshop proper, but is open-source and free to download.