Free NUKE AlternativesTop Motion Graphics Software and other similar apps like NUKE

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

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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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    Natron vs NUKE Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Similar pipeline.Nodebased.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    copy of Nuke, but opensource

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Natron is Free and Open SourceNUKE is Free Personal and Proprietary
  2. Camtasia icon
     235 likes

    This all-in-one solution offers screen and webcam recording, video editing, and chroma key features, producing stunning HD-quality content easily shareable on platforms like YouTube and Screencast.com. Designed for training, presentations, and more, it supports H.264 format and compact file sizes.

    287 Camtasia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
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    Camtasia vs NUKE Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    This is not a VFX program this is a video editor and screen recorder

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
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    Camtasia Studio is for editing simple videos.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Camtasia is Freemium and ProprietaryNUKE is Free Personal and Proprietary
  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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    • Mac
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    Blackmagic Design Fusion vs NUKE Comments
    Aleksandr Dikov
    Positive
    4

    Fusion is also have wide range of usage in the industry. And it's closer to Nuke than others.

    • Blackmagic Design Fusion is Freemium and ProprietaryNUKE is Free Personal and Proprietary
  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. 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.

    26 PopcornFX alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  6. Sketchfab icon
     34 likes

    Sketchfab is the first web service to publish interactive 3D content online in real-time without plugins.

    80 Sketchfab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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    Sketchfab vs NUKE Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Sketchfab isn't a compositing software, it' a 3D model library

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Sketchfab is Freemium and ProprietaryNUKE is Free Personal and Proprietary
  7. Fragmentarium icon
     8 likes

    Fragmentarium is an open source, cross-platform IDE for exploring pixel based graphics on the GPU.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. 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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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  9. 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
     
  10. Working with 3D files using MeshMagic free 3D modelling software is intuitive. Quickly draw a 2D design and expand it to a 3D mesh. Import an existing STL file or other 3D file and modify it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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