ParticleIllusion AlternativesVideo Editors and other similar apps like ParticleIllusion

ParticleIllusion is described as '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' and is a Video Editor in the video & movies category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ParticleIllusion for Windows, Linux, Mac and Java. The best ParticleIllusion alternative is Adobe After Effects. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Blackmagic Design Fusion or Effekseer. Other great apps like ParticleIllusion are NUKE, ButtleOFX, Talos VFX and Apple Motion.

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  1. Adobe After Effects icon

    Adobe After Effects

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    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.

    55 Adobe After Effects alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Adobe After Effects is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to ParticleIllusion.

    • Adobe After Effects is the most popular commercial alternative to ParticleIllusion.

    • Adobe After Effects is Paid and ProprietaryParticleIllusion is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. Blackmagic Design Fusion icon

    Blackmagic Design Fusion

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

    19 Blackmagic Design Fusion alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Blackmagic Design Fusion is the most popular Linux alternative to ParticleIllusion.

    • Blackmagic Design Fusion is the most popular free alternative to ParticleIllusion.

    • Blackmagic Design Fusion is Freemium and ProprietaryParticleIllusion is Paid and Proprietary
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    NUKE

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    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

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Adobe After Effects

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  6. Effekseer icon

    Effekseer

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    Effekseer is a tool that allows easy creation of beautiful particle effects for games and movies.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Effekseer is the most popular Open Source alternative to ParticleIllusion.

    • Effekseer is Free and Open SourceParticleIllusion is Paid and Proprietary
  7. ButtleOFX icon

    ButtleOFX

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    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
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  8. Talos VFX icon

    Talos VFX

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    Talos is an open source, node based particle effect editor that can be used in game development. It features a powerful but intuitive, drag-and-drop interface with the ability to import legacy LibGDX files for easy, visual editing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
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  11. Liconcomp icon

    Liconcomp

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    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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  12. TimeLineFX icon

    TimeLineFX

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    Export the particle effects as static animations onto sprite sheets, animation strips or image sequences in PNG format, or if you develop for the iPhone or iPad, you can export using the PVRTC format (Mac only).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  13. Synapse Compositor icon

    Synapse Compositor

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    Synapse is a free node based compositor for Linux and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. Veejay icon

    Veejay

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    a 'visual' instrument and realtime video sampler.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  15. Solar icon

    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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