Editing software for someone with limited experience

[luetz]

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I believe LR Classic(subscription) to be a good choice.  It has a relatively low "learning curve" for a professional editing software and bundles with Photoshop and more at a very reasonable cost in my part of the world(Canada).  Endless support through "creative cloud" with many tutorials .

[harmen]

I’m not sure the experience will be limited for long.  Do consider if you’d like a program that satisfies your needs still after you’ve become familiar with its essentials.  For me that’s Capture One.

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[Camaro5]

One thing that many people do when they first get started is get carried away with all the adjustments and end up over-processing their images.  It's easy to do and we've all done it.  

With a Q2 if an image is correctly exposed, I've found they really don't need too much processing, sometimes none at all.  

I have the LR Classic & Photoshop bundle and the Nik plug-in.  With Q2 images I rarely have to go beyond a few LR basic adjustments.  

[Ludders]

thank you everyone, some useful suggestions