Photo enhancement software: I'm looking for help in this area. I have windows 10 and it has its own programme which is I'm told quite limited in what it can do. I have no experience at...

prcb1949 Loc: Ex Zimbabwe - Now UK

I'm looking for help in this area. I have windows 10 and it has its own programme which is I'm told quite limited in what it can do. I have no experience at all in this area so have no idea of what I should be expecting from a programme. Can someone please recommend what software I should be looking for and why?

Regards!

47greyfox Loc: on the edge of the Colorado front range

If Adobe Photoshop Elements is available, give it a run. Lot of capability plus three modes available to ease the transition. You can download a full trial version from the Adobe website.

reguli Loc: Uruguay

prcb1949 wrote:

I'm looking for help in this area. I have windows 10 and it has its own programme which is I'm told quite limited in what it can do. I have no experience at all in this area so have no idea of what I should be expecting from a programme. Can someone please recommend what software I should be looking for and why?

Regards!

If you are just starting out with photo editing, you must get a simple editor. Adobe Elements is an option but there are others with a little more capabilities and easy to use such as Luminar. Other more advanced software are Adobe lightroom, Capture One and the star of all editors, Photoshop, but the latter requires a lot of experience to use it.

yorkiebyte Loc: Scottsdale, AZ/Bandon by the Sea, OR

47greyfox wrote:

If Adobe Photoshop Elements is available, give it a run. Lot of capability plus three modes available to ease the transition. You can download a full trial version from the Adobe website.

+++ on that!!

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Try Faststone. It's free and will get you started until you are ready for a full-featured editor like On1 or Lightroom or one of the other "professional" editors.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

prcb1949 wrote:

I'm looking for help in this area. I have windows 10 and it has its own programme which is I'm told quite limited in what it can do. I have no experience at all in this area so have no idea of what I should be expecting from a programme. Can someone please recommend what software I should be looking for and why?

Regards!

Chances are good that your camera manufacturer has free basic software available. What camera are you using?

prcb1949 Loc: Ex Zimbabwe - Now UK

mwsilvers wrote:

Chances are good that your camera manufacturer has free basic software available. What camera are you using?

I am using a Nikon D3300!

prcb1949 Loc: Ex Zimbabwe - Now UK

Thanks to all of you for responding to my request I will spend some time weighing up the options. Regards!

armymsg

kpmac wrote:

Try Faststone. It's free and will get you started until you are ready for a full-featured editor like On1 or Lightroom or one of the other "professional" editors.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

prcb1949 wrote:

I'm looking for help in this area. I have windows 10 and it has its own programme which is I'm told quite limited in what it can do. I have no experience at all in this area so have no idea of what I should be expecting from a programme. Can someone please recommend what software I should be looking for and why?

Regards!

Photoshop and Lightroom kit, $9.99 per month.
1. updates are free
2. includes understandable tutorials
3. industry leader in post processing
4. many videos on utube to view to understand each and every command

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Start with the free software, either from Nikon or Irfanview or Faststone.

When you figure out what you need to do with your photos you will be in a better position to determine which software will address your needs.

rlv567 Loc: Baguio City, Philippines

I started my wife photo processing with Adobe Photoshop Express. It's free, does a lot and has NO learning curve! It will run on your Windows 10 computer, and will allow you to get a feel for post-processing; then if you eventually need more sophisticated software, you will have a good basis for making a choice. My wife now uses ON1 (which is a very powerful - and yet very easy to use - program), as do I.

Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

prcb1949 wrote:

I'm looking for help in this area. I have windows 10 and it has its own programme which is I'm told quite limited in what it can do. I have no experience at all in this area so have no idea of what I should be expecting from a programme. Can someone please recommend what software I should be looking for and why?

Regards!

Start with Photos...its included in Windows 10 and is as simple as it gets. Its has limited capability but that is exactly what you want until you have some experience. Later you can decide which editor suits YOUR needs based on how much complexity you want to handle.

anotherview Loc: California

Agree.

47greyfox wrote:

If Adobe Photoshop Elements is available, give it a run. Lot of capability plus three modes available to ease the transition. You can download a full trial version from the Adobe website.

gvarner Loc: Central Oregon Coast

47greyfox wrote:

If Adobe Photoshop Elements is available, give it a run. Lot of capability plus three modes available to ease the transition. You can download a full trial version from the Adobe website.

I second the choice of Elements. It does everything I want it to do.