Imagine Portable

Imagine Portable is a complex software application whose sole purpose is to aid people in viewing, editing and converting their images, taking screenshots and creating animations.

This is the portable counterpart of Imagine and thus, going through the installation process is no longer a must. It is not going to add files or other items to the Windows registry or hard drive without your approval, and no leftovers will remain after its removal.

You should also know that Imagine Portable can be used on any machine you can connect to, by simply moving the program files to a pen drive or other such removable storage device, and clicking the EXE.

The interface you come by is quite plain, as it is comprised of a menu bar, several buttons, a preview panel, a folder structure with the contents of your HDD and a pane to display thumbnails.

Despite its modest looks, this software utility supports quite a long list of formats, such as PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, TGA, TIFF, PSD, ICO, PSP, PGM, WBMP, PIC and DCX, both at import and export.

There are a lot of tools you can take advantage of, such as the conversion of multiple images in the same time. It is possible to create slideshows, rename multiple items in a single session, capture the entire screen or just a selected active window and save the resulted image to a custom location on the hard drive, and using one of the many formats supported.

You can adjust image parameters so as to enhance the way they look, as well as create animations and multi-page pictures, establish file associations and sort them according to name, extension, image dimensions, size and date.

In conclusion, Imagine Portable is a well-rounded piece of software and a good choice for people interested in managing and editing pictures. Our tests did not pick up on any errors or crashes, the CPU and memory usage is minimal, and the interface is accessible.