Software Advice

[Mr Bits]

I would be most grateful for any direction that can provided to some sort of idiots guide to processing photographs for submission.

I have the GIMP freeware program but I find it super complicated. Is there any sort of automated solution please? My photographs need work and those I have submitted have failed for reasons such as:
- Too much or too little contrast
- Horizon unlevel
- Too much noise or grain
- JPG compression artefacts

Thank you for your kind help.

[dlowwa]

I would be most grateful for any direction that can provided to some sort of idiots guide to processing photographs for submission.

I have the GIMP freeware program but I find it super complicated. Is there any sort of automated solution please? My photographs need work and those I have submitted have failed for reasons such as:
- Too much or too little contrast
- Horizon unlevel
- Too much noise or grain
- JPG compression artefacts

Thank you for your kind help.

You can batch process in some programs, but since each photo is usually unique I still do each one manually myself. It would probably be worth taking the time to figure out and learn the 'super complicated' processes, despite how intimidating/tedious that may seem at first.

[glidescopeAviation]

Lots of video tutorials on YouTube