Blender AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Motion Graphics Software

The best Motion Graphics alternative to Blender is Autodesk Maya. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Natron or Wav2Bar. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Blender and six of them are Motion Graphics Software so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Motion Graphics Software alternatives to Blender are Apple Motion, Solar and Design Camera.

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  1. Autodesk Maya icon

    Autodesk Maya

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    Professional-grade 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and visual FX software used in films, TV, and games, featuring advanced tools, Bifrost effects, and a visual programming environment for intricate simulations.

    61 Autodesk Maya alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Most users think Autodesk Maya is a great Blender alternative.

    • Autodesk Maya is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Blender.

    • Autodesk Maya is the most popular commercial alternative to Blender.

    • Autodesk Maya is Paid and ProprietaryBlender is Free and Open Source
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    Natron

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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...

    18 Natron alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Natron as an Alternative to Blender
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    it does not build 3d models, it has no game design, natron is mostly use for videos, and it doesnt allow 3d models in the program

    Guest
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    It's not for Composing in 3D!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    It does compositing too. If this isn't an alternative, you might want to take Nuke off as well

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Natron is a great Blender alternative.

    • Natron is Free and Open SourceBlender is also Free and Open Source
  4. Apple Motion icon

    Apple Motion

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    Designed for video editors, Motion is a powerful motion graphics tool that makes it easy to create cinematic 2D and 3D titles, fluid transitions, and realistic effects in real time.

    27 Apple Motion alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Motion is designed primarily for 2D and relatively simple 3D animation, whereas you can model and rig 3D characters in Blender.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Apple Motion is Paid and ProprietaryBlender is Free and Open Source
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    Autodesk Maya

    Professional-grade 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and visual FX software used in films, TV, and games, featuring advanced tools, Bifrost effects, and a visual programming environment for intricate simulations.

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  6. Wav2Bar icon

    Wav2Bar

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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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    • Windows
    • Linux
    Project settings tab, and a project with bar visualizers, time text and classic text, a timer, an image and a background (shape).
     
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    Solar

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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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    Design Camera

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    Capturing and animating designs on phones and other devices in full 3D.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
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