Adobe After Effects Alternatives

Adobe After Effects is described as 'Professional-grade motion graphics and visual effects tool for post-production in film, TV, and creative projects through cloud subscription' and is a very popular Motion Graphics software in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Adobe After Effects for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Adobe After Effects alternative is Natron, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Adobe After Effects are Blender, Blackmagic Design Fusion, NUKE and Apple Motion.

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Adobe After Effects alternatives are mainly Video Editors, but if you're looking for Motion Graphics Software or VFX Software you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Free, Linux, Motion Graphics, Android, Online and Windows + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Adobe After Effects.
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  1. Wav2Bar icon
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    Wav2Bar is a FOSS desktop app that lets you make nice visuals for your audio source, to then share on the internet.

    9 Wav2Bar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. Rotato icon
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    The way you showcase your design work is directly related to how many apps you sell, job interviews you're invited to, and designs you get approved.

    29 Rotato alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
     
  3. PixelConduit icon
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    The “swiss army knife” of visual effects and live video processing. PixelConduit is a realtime video and graphics compositing tool that’s Fast, Powerful, Precise, Universal, Affordable, Addictive.

    10 PixelConduit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. Solar icon
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    Lightstream Solar is a new GPU-accelerated high-end compositor for VFX work.

    The software provides a node and tree-based workflow, and offers the range of tools one would expect in an app of this type, including layer management tools, colour correction and grading, and addition.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Project Violet is a high performance, iOS-native video editing app written from the ground up for iPhone, iPad, and Vision Pro.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. TimeLineFX icon
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    Export the particle effects as static animations onto sprite sheets, animation strips or image sequences in PNG format, or if you develop for the iPhone or iPad, you can export using the PVRTC format (Mac only).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. Liconcomp icon
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    Liconcomp allows live content compositing to display screens for digital signage, scoreboards, LED installations, ....

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    AfterCodecs plugins for Adobe CC, giving you the best and missing codecs for faster exports!.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe After Effects
    • Adobe Premiere Pro
     
  9. JuiceFX icon
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    Flash, Scale, Skew, Shake, Wobble, Jump, Wave even you can add an outline effect with any disered color.

    5 JuiceFX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Bink Video icon
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    Bink 2 is massively better than Bink 1. You'll be shocked at how low you can drop the data rate while maintaining beautiful quality.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Animate logos, slogans, headline and letter badges.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. MyZesty icon
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    AI Video Editor, AI Photo Editor, AI Reel Maker, Text to Video, AI Video Generator &AI Image Generator AI Caption, Subtitle Generator & More.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Online
     
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