Silverman Loc: Michigan

I am not a Computer Wizz and am looking for a beginning to Shoot RAW Images. I need simplicity.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

What camera manufacturer and did it come with editing software?

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

When it comes to post processing, best and easiest are contradictory. The best programs are not easy at all, and the really simple ones are not very good. It is a compromise.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

If you haven't bought anything, consider the trial period offer for any candidate software. Use one-at-a-time for the entire trial period, including the available training, possibly always against the same set of 20 to 100 images. Make an informed decision that hopefully gets it right the first time. Consider the online documentation and free video training (u-tube) in the context of your trial-period comparisons.

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

The box the camera came in may not have any software, but if you check the manufacturer's website they offer some free software. (At least all the manufacturers I'm familiar with).

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

All manufacturers that provide RAW files should have their own software too.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Well, I meant to imply included in some form.

Silverman Loc: Michigan

Nikon D3300 and not sure about any Software??

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

When you become a RAW photographer, you become the decision maker for these considerations in post processing, where many had been decided by the camera for the JPEG:

1. Sharpening
2. Noise Reduction
3. Color Saturation
4. Exposure adjustments, general
5. Contrast, general
6. Highlights and shadows
7. White Balance
8. Lens corrections
9. Color space
10. Pixel resolution for target image share platforms
11. Disk storage (for the larger files)
12. Image file back-up strategy (for those larger files)

You don't have to understand all these issues, but when you do, you'll be much more successful as a RAW photographer.

You might resist the (peer?) pressure to explore RAW. You might ask yourself: how much / even if you're editing your JPEGs. How much / little do you enjoy editing JPEGs? That self-analysis will give a since of the possible enjoyment of editing RAW. Consider whether a higher quality lens coupled with expert-level shooting technique might yield more tangible results as compared to more computer time after shooting.

Getting started is really no further than picking some software, even the download from the camera site, and watching utube training on how to do it. Watch how the video author addresses point 1 thru 9 above. Do the same for videos on any of your candidate 3rd party software tools.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

You should be able to go to the Nikon website and download their editor that will work with RAW files.
You might need the serial number from the camera to get the software.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

You can download NX Studio from the D3300 'software' support page at the Nikon USA site: https://downloadcenter.nikonimglib.com/en/products/21/D3300.html

This software will fail both the 'best' and 'easiest' assessments. But, it does meet the 'free' criteria. As said above, use utube to get started. Maybe start with video results from these searches:

google utube nx studio

google utube nx studio raw editing

google utube nx studio getting started

Bookmark all the videos that seem interesting / useful to revisit later when you have a few RAW files ready for editing and the software installed.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Nikon gives all Nikon owners the program they call "NX Studio". It does Nikon raw processing.

If you want easy, consider Photoshop Elements. It comes with a version of Adobe's raw processing program. It will cost you about $100.

Perhaps the elephant in the room is Adobe's Lightroom Classic. For the millions of users, it makes their photography more fun and is worth the $10 per month rental system.

There will be no shortage of UHH people posting their favorites!

timcc Loc: Virginia

The photo software that comes in your Windows or Apple computer is very easy to use, and perhaps a good place to start if you are new to post-processing. Another easy and free program is PhotoScape X, which is more sophisticated and has many more features than the built-in ones, so you can make your editing as simple or as complex as you want. There are lots of YouTube videos that explain how to use it. Check out https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video;_ylt=AwrNaMxS5ZtjuvMGzlpXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3BpdnM-?p=photoscape+x+tutorial&fr2=piv-web&fr=yset_ff_syc_hp-s

Ysarex Loc: St. Louis

The OP specifically asked about apps for processing RAW files -- note the thread title: "Best & Easiest RAW Editing Processing." PhotoScape is entirely inappropriate for processing RAW files.