Free Autodesk Smoke Alternatives for Windows

Autodesk Smoke is not available for Windows but there are some alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best free Windows alternative is Natron, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Autodesk Smoke and six of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to Autodesk Smoke are VirtualDub, TiXL, Blackmagic Design Fusion and NUKE.

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  1. Natron icon
     216 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...

    19 Natron alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. VirtualDub icon
     323 likes

    VirtualDub is a video capture/processing utility for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows platforms (98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7), licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It lacks the editing power of a general-purpose editor such as Adobe Premiere, but is streamlined for fast...

    134 VirtualDub alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  3. TiXL icon
     18 likes

    TiXL is an open-source solution for creating interactive 3d content and animations. It combines the best aspects of animation, compositing, and coding into a lightweight and intuitive UI. Your designs can be shared as executable or rendered to movies.

    10 TiXL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
     
  4. Fusion is the world’s most advanced compositing software for visual effects artists, broadcast and motion graphic designers and 3D animators.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. 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

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Liconcomp icon
     10 likes

    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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