Autodesk Smoke Alternatives for Windows

Autodesk Smoke is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is Natron, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Autodesk Smoke and 17 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Autodesk Smoke are VEGAS Pro, Adobe After Effects, VirtualDub and TiXL.

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  1. Natron icon
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    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...

    23 Natron alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
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  2. VEGAS Pro icon
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    Video editing with AI enhances creativity. SOUND FORGE Pro for advanced audio editing. Use VEGAS Hub for media management. Features effects chains and Open FX plug-ins. Utilize hardware acceleration and mobile video uploads for seamless editing experience.

    135 VEGAS Pro alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
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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.

    75 Adobe After Effects alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. VirtualDub icon
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    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...

    139 VirtualDub alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  5. TiXL icon
     17 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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

    26 Blackmagic Design Fusion alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. 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.

    19 NUKE alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  8. Liconcomp icon
     9 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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  9. Simmetri icon
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    Simmetri is a creative toolbench and sandbox for building interactive 3D experiences for VR and screens. It's powerful enough for stadium-filling professional VJ's, while accessible and educational enough for VR-creation-hungry students, designers, artists, programmers...

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
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  10. particleIllusion 3.0: award-winning standalone particle effects application that enables you to quickly and easily add a huge variety of particle effects to your images, animation, or video.

    12 ParticleIllusion alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe After Effects
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  11. Notch icon
     7 likes

    Notch is the game-changing real-time visual creation engine that keeps up with your ideas. From motion graphics to interactive installations to VR experiences to the largest performances on earth, it helps creators rediscover the joy of creating.

    13 Notch alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Notch screenshot 1
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  12. 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

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    • Windows
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