GIMP Portable 2.8.6 has been released. GIMP Portable is the full-featured GIMP image and photo editor bundled with a PortableApps.com launcher as a portable app, so you can edit your photos and images on the go. This release updates GIMP to the latest version. The GIMP Portable Photoshop Layout add-on is also available. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. Best of all, it's open source and completely free.
Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.
Features
The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc. Learn more about the GIMP...
The GIMP Portable Photoshop Layout
As seen in the screenshot, the GIMP Portable Photoshop Layout changes the layout of the right-hand toolbox and enables GIMP's single window mode to more closely approximate the layout of Adobe Photoshop, making GIMP easier to use for users already familiar with that layout.
PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
GIMP Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It's packaged in the PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.
Download
GIMP Portable is available for immediate download from the GIMP Portable homepage. Get it today!
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A quick note to those using
A quick note to those using Avast Antivirus - it is currently giving a false positive on the download for GIMP Portable and will cause the installation to fail.
You will need to deactivate the Web Shield component of Avast to successfully install the updated package, and also disabled the File System Shield to have the specific file not be quarantined.
I have reported this to Avast.
GIMP 2.8.6 portable significantly slower to start-up than 2.8.4
On Win7 64bits, Core 5, 8Gb RAM
GIMP 2.8.6 portable significantly slower to start-up than 2.8.4, to a point I thought GIMP 2.8.6 hangs up...
This should be fixed or revert to 2.8.4
Apparently fixed
As per 2013-06-26, this has apparently been fixed—without the need to deactivate anything in Avast! Antivirus. I just ran the PA Updater again today and all is well.
Thanks for reporting!