Photo Editing Made Easy

[zingo1327]

I used to use Adobe photoshop deluxe (it was probably 15 to 20 years old) and stopped working when I purchased Windows 10. I'd have a photo and would select "trim and size". I'd select 7" x 5" and select the portion of the photo I wanted, and voila, I could then print out the photo as a 7" x 5" print. Simples. Now the programs are so advanced, I am lost as to how they work.Does anyone know of a basic photo editing program that will allow me to trim and size with one click and adjust brightness/contrast and a few other simple tasks.Thank you in advance

[Buenchico]

Before moving on to photo-editing software, I'll offer you a suggestion for printing photos out to a desired size, which has nothing to do with such software. That's simply to use word-processing software (such as Microsoft Word, OpenOffice Writer or similar) or, possibly even simpler, a desktop publishing program (such as Microsoft Publisher or Scribus). Simply open a blank document, import your photo into it and then adjust the image size (by dragging a corner of it) until it meets your requirements. (Most of the types of programs I've suggested give you fine control over the image size via right-clicking on it and then adjusting its properties). My suggestion isn't just pure 'theory'; it's the way that I print out images to specific sizes myself!

Returning to the core of your question though, for such simple photo-editing tasks, I'll suggest a program which is best known as an image viewer (rather than as an image 'editor') but which actually has all the options you require hidden under the bonnet:

It's the might Irfanview (which is always one of the first programs I install when setting up a new computer, whether for myself or for someone else). Although I've got both Photoshop and Gimp on my computer, I only use them for complex tasks; it's always Irfanview that I go to for the 'day to day' stuff:
https://www.irfanview.com/

To crop an image in Irfanview, just use your mouse to draw a rectangle around the desired area and go to Edit > Crop Selection (or, simpler, hit Ctrl and Y together).

To change things like the brightness, contrast, saturation and colour balance, go to Image > Color Corrections (or just press Shift and G together; the shortcuts come naturally to you after a while!).

There are LOADS more things that Irfanview can do (and all of them incredibly easily too) but, if you decide to give it a go, it would be best for you to simply play with it for a while to see if you like it.

[mjwman]

Similar to Irfan View, I like the free to use, Faststone Image Viewer.
Again, very simple but with some great editing tools.
Just open the image and take the cursor to the left side of the screen and a box appears with all the tools. Take cursor to the right and another box appears with all the image data.

[Canary42]

I use Photos which comes with MacOS :-)

[zingo1327]

thanks guys. Buenchico I didn't even know that MS Word and Publisher could do these tasks.I'll give irfanview a go as well. Mjwman..I'll give faststone a look as well. canary42..sorry. I forgot to say it's windows I use.. Anyway ..thank you all once again