best editing programs

There are many, depends on what you do and how much you are willing to spend: Premiere Pro CC, Davinci Resolve, Sony Vegas for video, for photo/image stuff, you can use Illustrator CC or Inkscape (vector graphics), and then Photoshop CC or GIMP (photo editing)

I use adobe photoshop cc 2019 and premier pro 2019.I love this programs.

wondershare filmora for simple vids. works good for me

If you want to edit photos, then there are many programs that can help you with this. It all depends on what you need
1. Photoshop
2. Illustrator
etc

For photos and graphics Photoshop, illustrator, Indesign and for video Premier and After Effects are all fabulous. I would suggest trying some of the trials on programs such as Adobe, Wondershare, Davinci Resolve, Affinity, etc., and see what programs you work best with. At times I wish I could change over to Affinity because it doesn't bogg down my computer as much as Adobe, but I feel lost in their programs and the learning curve would just slow me down. haha

Photoshop CC 2020 for images,

Premiere Pro CC 2020 for videos.

For editing photoshop is the most obvious one but a very good alternative is photopea. Its an online editor that's just like photoshop and doesn't need you to download any files.

for images paint usually works the best for me, i dont like a photoshop

Industry standard is of course going to be Photoshop, and many users are fine living with cs6, very good. However I would very much like to point you in the direction of Pixelmator for iOS and macOS and the Affinity Suite for cross-platform. Really a great Photoshop alternative.

I have always used the adobe suite. Love having all the programs. I also dont want to lose my student discount so i have been paying 20$/mo for years. Now i think its up to 60$/mo