Friendly rebuttal. I don’t like this version either because of two reasons. First is that it is still using stolen material to do any of this “creative work”. Second: the knob twiddling, mixing colors, and all versions of that are integral to the creation process. Happy accidents are why we have a lot of what we have in the creative world. Somone chasing a specific sound might discover their own sound while twiddling away for hours. They will be able to do that in a much more replicable and modifyable way than the black box that is “AI”. But that’s just my opinion as an amature creative.

Add darktable to the list for raw photo editing. Blender for 3d modeling/animation, hell it even has a video editor now.

If Davinci Resolve seems complicated then Kden Live is another open source alternative.

It’s definitely possible to get started in almost all major creative endeavors using almost exclusively foss. It will require a little more effort in some cases but a lot of these tools also have good free plugins. I typically recommend people start there until they find a propietary software that is a must for their creative/marketing niche.

For me that was a DAW. I worked with what I could for 5 years before I finaly “splurged” on Ableton Live which luckily is NOT subscription based.

Start with just one recipe. When I first was getting into cooking I was buying too much making it overwhelming to open the fridge and decide what to cook. As someone else mention shoot for having leftovers. One recipe scaled for 3-4 meals that you can split into containers and throw in the microwave when you are hungry.