NUKE AlternativesOnly apps categorised as VFX Software

The best VFX alternative to NUKE is Natron, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to NUKE and 11 are VFX Software so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting VFX Software alternatives to NUKE are Adobe After Effects, Blackmagic Design Fusion, TiXL and Autodesk Flame.

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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...

    19 Natron alternatives

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  2. 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.

    61 Adobe After Effects alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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

    20 Blackmagic Design Fusion alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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  4. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
     
  5. 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
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. PopcornFX icon
     5 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  7. Apple Motion icon
     23 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
  8. Notch icon
     6 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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  9. ButtleOFX icon
     16 likes

    ButtleOFX is a simple, user-friendly and open source compositing software. It is based on TuttleOFX, an open source, modular and sustainable image processing architecture.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Linux
     
  10. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
     
  11. 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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