thank you everyone!
It feels like he’s probably going to be able to do it to some level - and its a good thing to encourage! I know my way around photoshop and a few editing software programs but nothing as complicated as this seems, so if he wants to do it then I’m up for learning too (until he’s a million times better than me because ehe has the patience to sit watching tutorials! )
Im going to see a pc place that builds them and see what they suggest (and now I’m armed with a bit more info they can’t rip me off) as would this be the best avenue? My other half keeps finding cheap laptops but I’m worried they won’t be able to handle the complicated stuff - but hey that could be way too complex I guess!