TheLaird Posted May 9 Share #1 Posted May 9 Advertisement (gone after registration) A friend bought his wife a Q3. She has no real experience and I offered to help her out. I know the Q3 is not a beginners camera so will put everything in auto to stwrt with. If she gets that we will gradually move away from auto settings but she has lost all faith in using the camera so my intention is to get her to start taking photos, any photos and hoe that helps. she is able to transfer to her pc but does nothing more than view. any ideas on the most basic of editors for her ... simple cropping, perhaps brightness,etc. Will show her Leica Looks to get some other ideas as well as the in camera photo styles. It has been a while since I used Windows and maybe its default photo app is more than suitable. thanks for any advice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tarekith Posted May 9 Share #2 Posted May 9 (edited) Deleted Edited May 9 by Tarekith Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNK100 Posted May 9 Share #3 Posted May 9 (edited) What a waste of money. She should sell it and get something simpler and cheaper. Edited May 9 by JNK100 . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denebola Posted May 9 Share #4 Posted May 9 https://www.irfanview.com/ Extremely simple and complete. Den Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barralad Posted May 9 Share #5 Posted May 9 In my opinion a Q3 or similar is - for a novice, which is what this looks like - a camera to discover and learn about photography. You can set everything to automatic, including focus, and you’re pretty much done. Alternatively, you can use the camera in fully manual mode. Getting from the former to the latter is one of the joys of photography. If someone isn’t interested in that ‘journey’, or seems unwilling to put much/any effort into taking it, then buying them this camera seems a waste of time and money. Sorry if this comes across as negative, but I’m reading this as a case of someone spending a lot of money on a recipient who doesn’t seem interested in what they’ve been given. At the risk of being blunt, I don’t get the impression that the recipient of this fantastic camera - which is something that’s beyond the reach of many enthusiasts - wants anything more than the camera on their phone. Snap! And you’re done. No need for a fully spec’d $6000 camera with near endless permutations of image possibilities. Again, apologies if I’m misreading this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobtodrick Posted May 9 Share #6 Posted May 9 Kudos to your friend. Nothing wrong at all with giving a camera that can be set up ‘program everything’, but can expand as the person progresses. To the OP’s question I’d try and find someone who has an old copy of Photoshop Elements…easy to use with lots of features. Admittedly it will only work with JPEG’s or conversion of Leica RAW to TIFF’s…but a great introduction to post processing. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimesmaybe Posted May 9 Share #7 Posted May 9 Advertisement (gone after registration) 8 hours ago, TheLaird said: any ideas on the most basic of editors for her ... simple cropping, perhaps brightness,etc have a look at Luminar NEO (both subscription and full purchase). it's mostly sliders. has some nice automated editing features for both landscape and portraits Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Ardinger Posted May 9 Share #8 Posted May 9 I would just use the photo software that comes with the computer. “ Photos” for a Mac and “Microsoft Photos” for a PC. They do a good basic job and have non-intimidating interfaces. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-train Posted May 10 Share #9 Posted May 10 An IPad Pro with Leica and Apple photoapps. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoCruiser Posted May 10 Share #10 Posted May 10 (edited) Many good suggestions already. First it depend if it has/should be a free app or a paid one. For a paid one i would suggest Adobe Photoshop Elements 2025, 99.99 for 3 years or a older version with no time limit For a free, yes the ones the OS offers, Irfan view or GIMP (more advanced) I teached my ex GF photography and she used in the beginning Google Photos what has basic editing options and a catalog and share function and is free. Google is arguably a data collector, so some have problems with it, some do not If the wife get addicted to photography it may be a good idea to start immediately with Lightroom what is not too complicated and she can start to catalog her photos and with progress use the advanced editing features. My Ex GF is really good in learning and self study and after a few years she became a Photoshop Queen selling her art, but photography need a lot of basic knowledge to get nice photos and then for editing too. So i suggest to your friend that he teach photography or find classes to start from scratch with photography and later then for photo editing. For editing there are many youtube tutorials to find if she is good in self study, if not there should be classes to find. Chris Edited May 10 by PhotoCruiser 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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