Jerlyn Manohar uses Python for 2D and 3D image processing, managing digital assets, and testing tools and plugins. Python is widely used due to its readability, quick development, simple syntax, beginner friendliness, large community, and ability to interact with other languages. Python can be used for web development, machine learning, data analysis, desktop apps, games, image processing, and more. Setting up Python involves installing it and checking the environment. Python supports basic data types like integers, floats, strings, booleans, as well as collection types like lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries. Other topics covered include conditions, loops, functions, exceptions, user input, and digital image processing concepts.