@jamesstaddon I forgot about your photography team contemplation…. ON1 is possibly a little too heavy for what you’re looking for if you’re looking for something simpler than Lightroom, because the two programs are similar in a lot of respects. On1 does offer a free thirty day trial (as does Luminar) which is much longer than Adobe’s weeklong trial.
If you’re going for simpler, though, my recommendation would be to look into Apple Photos. It’s not for Windows, it ships with Mac computers as part of the operating system. It’s pretty basic, but I think it might just have enough functionality to get someone started. You can easily flag your favorite images and crop and edit them, and you can edit RAW files in it. It’s not Lightroom compatible (meaning no saving anything as a DNG)—but neither are ON1 and Luminar.
