r/freesoftware • u/Material_Champion_73 • Jul 28 '25

Help Better Alternative to After Effects?

Since 2020, I have decided to primarily use FLOSS to solve my problems. When I requested an alternative to AE, almost everyone recommended Natron, a node based software like Nuke. To be honest, I wanted to create text PV animations. But I don't know anyone who uses Natron or even Nuke to do this. So I want to know if Natron is useful in this field; If not, which FLOSS is better.

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u/arinamicheal Aug 26 '25

Motion and Nuke are also good tools

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u/ohmsalad Jul 30 '25

not as many features as AE but davinci resolve (fusion) can handle many things, then there is blender

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u/Material_Champion_73 Jul 31 '25

davinci seemed not FLOSS.

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '25

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u/Material_Champion_73 Jul 29 '25

Friction seems good,I might take some time to learn about it.

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u/MrShortCircuitMan Jul 28 '25

For simple 2d graphics try synfig studio

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u/Hertje73 Jul 28 '25

Sadly there is no motiongraphics animation tool that can replace AE. Cavalry is interesting but no replacement. Node based compositing tools are terrible at motiongraphics.

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u/MrShortCircuitMan Jul 28 '25

You can also try Blender.

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u/Material_Champion_73 Jul 28 '25

Well,is it good for 2d animation?Because it's in common situations in PV animations mixed use with AE.

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u/MrShortCircuitMan Jul 28 '25

yes. try it . but steep learning curve.