


The downsides of Resolve are that it requires a beefier system to run, and I'm not really all that partial to its database-oriented project repository. I really like the jog/shuttle wheel, it's well weighted and a pleasure to use. The Speed Editor keyboard works quite well with Resolve's "cut" page - you can import all your footage, review it very quickly and categorize clips as "keepers" or "discards", and then easily throw a rough cut together. Fusion is a fantastic tool - its node-based workflow is totally different than Premiere's layer-based approach and is a lot more flexible. And it's much handier having everything under one roof rather than needing to swap back and forth between Premiere and After Effects. The "Dynamic Zoom" feature is a nice easy way to include Ken Burns effects. I really like the fade handles that make it really simple to fade audio and video in and out without having to use a transition. I find that, having gone through the training, Resolve is easy to use and it has a lot of nice little touches that make my life easier than it was under Premiere. And then I upgraded to Resolve 17 when it was released. I was impressed enough to order the Speed Editor keyboard, which comes with the Studio version of Resolve (for the same price as the Studio license alone). So last fall I installed the free version of Resolve 16 and went through all the training videos. But it was getting long in the tooth and didn't support some of the more capable codecs in my Panasonic GH5.

I've been using Premiere Pro CS6 for almost a decade now - I refuse to pay a monthly fee for the newer versions.
