Alight Motion AlternativesOnly apps categorised as VFX Software

The best VFX alternative to Alight Motion is Blender, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Alight Motion and seven of them are VFX Software so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting VFX Software alternatives to Alight Motion are Natron, Adobe After Effects, Blackmagic Design Fusion and NUKE.

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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.

    140 Blender alternatives

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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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    Comments about Blender as an Alternative to Alight Motion
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    While Blender can certainly be used to create video animation, it is still designed as a full-blown 3D graphics suite. Meanwhile, Graphite is a video animation software.

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    • Blender is Free and Open SourceAlight Motion is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Blender is Customizable, Lightweight and Privacy focusedAlight Motion is not according to our users
  2. Natron icon
     208 likes

    Natron is an open source, cross platform nodal compositing application. It is built around industry standard open source tech such as OpenFX, OpenEXR, OpenColorIO and OpenImageIO. The feature set includes realtime playback/RAM cache, multi-threaded rendering, 2d tracking...

    18 Natron alternatives

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  3. Adobe After Effects offers top-tier motion graphics and visual effects capabilities, ideal for film, TV productions, and creative projects. Featuring advanced compositing with keyframe animation and layer techniques, it's geared for professionals seeking powerful solutions via Creative Cloud.

    55 Adobe After Effects alternatives

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  4. NUKE icon
     36 likes

    NUKE is a powerful compositing application that delivers unparalleled speed, an efficient multi-channel scanline rendering engine, and a first-class feature set that is unrivalled in the desktop market.

    18 NUKE alternatives

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    • Mac
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  5. PopcornFX icon
     4 likes

    A suite of tools dedicated to real-time visual effects creation, along with ready-to-run mainstream game engine integrations and a runtime simulation framework for custom integration.

    25 PopcornFX alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  6. Autodesk Flame software is a powerful finishing and visual effects solution with an integrated environment that accelerates creative workflows.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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