The Best Adobe After Effects AlternativesTop Motion Graphics Software & Animation Makers like Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects is described as 'Professional-grade motion graphics and visual effects tool for post-production in film, TV, and creative projects through cloud subscription' and is a very popular Motion Graphics software in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Adobe After Effects for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Adobe After Effects alternative is Blackmagic Design Fusion, which is free. Other great apps like Adobe After Effects are Blender, Natron, Apple Motion and Friction.

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Adobe After Effects alternatives are mainly Video Editors, but if you're looking for Motion Graphics Software or VFX Software you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Free, Windows + Free, Linux, Windows, Mac and Mac + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Adobe After Effects.
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  1. 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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  2. Blender icon
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    A comprehensive open-source 3D software suite for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, and animating. It supports renderings, simulations including fluid and cloth dynamics, complex compositing, video editing, and Python scripting, running across all major operating systems.

    150 Blender alternatives

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    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Steam
    • Flatpak
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    Splash Artwork for Blender 4.3
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  3. Natron icon
     224 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...

    22 Natron alternatives

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    • FreeBSD
    • Flathub
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  4. Apple Motion icon
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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.

    29 Apple Motion alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  5. Friction icon
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    Friction is a powerful and versatile motion graphics application that allows you to create vector and raster animations for web and video platforms with ease.

    11 Friction alternatives

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    • Linux
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  6. OpenCut icon
     33 likes

    Open-source video editor for Windows, macOS, and Linux offering non-linear multi-track editing, timeline tools, and advanced features like templates, no watermarks, fast exports, extensive format support, subtitles, user-friendly interface, and offline functionality.

    83 OpenCut alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  7. OpenToonz icon
     138 likes

    Open-source 2D animation software supporting raster and vector workflows, node-based compositing, plug-in extensions, anti-aliased painting, and support for major platforms, developed in collaboration with Studio Ghibli and suitable for commercial projects.

    47 OpenToonz alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  8. CapCut icon
     80 likes

    Free video editor offering multi-track timeline, trimming, splitting, speed adjustments, advanced filters, stickers, backgrounds removal, licensed music, speech-to-text, stabilization, customizable 4K 60fps export, and direct sharing to social platforms like TikTok and YouTube.

    224 CapCut alternatives

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    • Online
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    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  9. enve icon
     42 likes

    Enve is a free and open-source 2D animation app. It can create both vector and raster animations and even use sound and video files. It has been created with flexibility and expandability in mind.

    59 enve alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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  10. Pikimov icon
     19 likes

    Pikimov is a free web based motion design and video editor.

    31 Pikimov alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  11. Cavalry icon
     17 likes

    Cavalry makes 2d animation smarter, easier and faster to produce. Design in real-time for advertising, mobile, data visualisation, web, broadcast, UI, generative art, experiential, games and more.

    18 Cavalry alternatives

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  12. TiXL icon
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    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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