Adobe

Adobe After Effects

Motion design held behind Creative Cloud, with project files nothing else can read.

• Forced subscriptionYou rent it. Stop paying and you lose it.
• Lock-inProprietary formats or cloud storage that make leaving painful.

The exits

1. →

   EffectCraft

   by ArtCraft

   Motion graphics and compositing with text, shape and solid layers, in pure Rust.

   Status

   Alpha Early and moving fast. Try it, expect rough edges.

   License

   Apache-2.0

   Source

   github/storytold/effectcraft ↗

   Get EffectCraft ↗View source ↗
2. →

   Blender

   Its compositor and Grease Pencil handle serious motion and VFX work.

   Status

   Stable Mature and ready for daily work.

   License

   GPL

   Source

   projects.blender.org/blender/blender ↗

   Get Blender ↗View source ↗

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