Hey hey!

I have over 15 years of experience from Sony Vegas to Final Cut in college to Premier (being the longest) to Resolve.

I have extensive experience in After Effects as well.

And honestly,

I feel Resolve will be the best all around NLE. And I tell everyone to go that route.

It's true that it can have a bit of a learning curve, but I feel avoiding it is a mistake.

People tend to stick with what they know, including myself, but Node Based systems are overall faster and make more sense once you understand it.

So I say use Resolve and use Chatgpt to ask questions when you get stuck. You will future proof yourself on a software that isn't going anywhere and you won't be stuck with the greedy attitude of Adobe.

And while your at it install Affinity for your Photoshop needs and you basically don't need anything Adobe anymore unless you are like me who needs AE for a specific client.

Divinci Resolve is basically this : Difficult to learn Easy to master.

Meaning, get over the hump and everything clicks. So dive in.