Adobe After Effects AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Vector Graphic Apps

The best Vector Graphic alternative to Adobe After Effects is Blender, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Adobe After Effects and five of them are Vector Graphic Apps so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Vector Graphic App alternatives to Adobe After Effects are OpenToonz, Friction, Cavalry and Expressive Animator.

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  1. Blender icon
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    A comprehensive open-source 3D software suite for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, and animating. It supports renderings, simulations including fluid and cloth dynamics, complex compositing, video editing, and Python scripting, running across all major operating systems.

    143 Blender alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Steam
    • Flatpak
     
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  2. OpenToonz icon
     134 likes

    Open-source 2D animation software supporting raster and vector workflows, node-based compositing, plug-in extensions, anti-aliased painting, and support for major platforms, developed in collaboration with Studio Ghibli and suitable for commercial projects.

    44 OpenToonz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
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  3. Friction icon
     32 likes

    Friction is a powerful and versatile motion graphics application that allows you to create vector and raster animations for web and video platforms with ease.

    9 Friction alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Cavalry icon
     16 likes

    Cavalry makes 2d animation smarter, easier and faster to produce. Design in real-time for advertising, mobile, data visualisation, web, broadcast, UI, generative art, experiential, games and more.

    16 Cavalry alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  5. Create interactive SVG animations with precise keyframe and easing control, custom vector paths, shape and text editing, gradients, masks, boolean operations, blend modes, snap, grid, advanced export options including Lottie, GIF, and no JavaScript required.

    80 Expressive Animator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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