Animation & VFX

Compare 148 animation & vfx tools to find the right one for your needs

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Cavalry

The future of 2D animation.

A 2D animation application with a focus on procedural workflows.

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Cascadeur

3D animation software for physics-based character animation.

A standalone 3D animation software that allows animators to create physically accurate animations for games and movies without using motion capture.

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Clarisse iFX

A new breed of 3D/VFX creation tool.

A 3D rendering, and look development software.

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Rive

The new standard for interactive graphics.

A real-time interactive design and animation tool.

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3DEqualizer

The World's Leading 3D Tracking Solution.

A 3D tracking and matchmoving application.

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Vyond

The AI-powered video creation platform.

Online animation software for business.

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LottieFiles

The future of motion design is Lottie.

A platform for managing, testing, and shipping Lottie animations.

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SpeedTree

The global standard in 3D vegetation modeling and middleware.

A procedural 3D vegetation modeling and middleware software.

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Boris FX Mocha Pro

The Academy Award-winning planar tracking tool for visual effects and post-production.

A planar tracking, rotoscoping, and object removal application.

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Rive

The new standard for interactive graphics.

A real-time interactive design and animation tool that allows you to create and ship beautiful animations to any platform.

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Jitter

A simple animation tool for motion designers.

A web-based animation tool for UI, social media, and video.

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Boris FX Mocha Pro

The Academy Award-winning planar tracking tool.

A powerful tool for planar tracking, rotoscoping, object removal, and stabilization.

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Renderforest

Your All-in-One Branding Platform.

An online platform for creating videos, logos, mockups, and websites.

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Boris FX Silhouette

The Art of Roto, Paint & Tracking.

Academy Award-winning software for rotoscoping, paint, and tracking.

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Boris FX Mocha Pro

The Academy Award-Winning Planar Tracking Tool.

Planar motion tracking, rotoscoping, object removal, and stabilization software.

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Cascadeur

3D animation software for physics-based character animation.

A standalone 3D animation software for creating keyframe animation of 3D characters, humanoids or other creatures.

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Marmoset Toolbag

The Real-Time Rendering Suite.

A full-featured 3D real-time rendering, animation, and texture baking application.

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ZBrush

The Industry Standard for Digital Sculpting and Painting.

A digital sculpting tool that combines 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting.

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SideFX Houdini

The Magic of 3D

A 3D animation software for film, TV, and game development, specializing in procedural generation.

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Redshift by Maxon

The world's first fully GPU-accelerated, biased renderer.

A powerful GPU-accelerated renderer.

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Adobe Substance 3D Painter

Texture 3D models in real time.

The industry-standard 3D texturing software.

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Unreal Engine

The world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool.

A real-time 3D creation tool for photorealistic visuals and immersive experiences.

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SynthEyes

High-performance 3-D camera tracking and match-moving application.

A standalone application for 3D camera tracking, stabilization, and motion capture.

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Animaker

The future of video making starts here.

Online platform for creating animated videos.

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Adobe Substance 3D Painter

Texture 3D models in real time.

The industry-standard 3D texturing application, allowing for the creation of realistic materials and textures.

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Maxon ZBrush

The industry standard for digital sculpting and painting.

A digital sculpting tool that combines 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting.

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Unreal Engine

The world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool.

A complete suite of development tools for anyone working with real-time technology.

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Vyond

The AI-Powered Video Creation Platform.

Online animation software for creating professional animated videos.

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Animaker

The Future of Video Making is Here.

An online platform for creating animated and live-action videos.

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Canva

Design for everyone.

An all-in-one visual communication platform.

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Fable

The motion design platform, for teams.

A web-based, collaborative motion design software.

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Synthesia

The #1 AI Video Generation Platform.

An AI platform for creating videos with realistic AI avatars.

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Blackmagic Fusion (in DaVinci Resolve)

The world's most advanced visual effects, 3D, VR and motion graphics solution!

A node-based VFX, compositing, and motion graphics tool.

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Marvelous Designer

The most intuitive way to create 3D clothing.

A realistic cloth simulation software for creating 3D virtual clothing.

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Marvelous Designer

The most intuitive way to create, edit and reuse 3D clothes.

A 3D clothing design software.

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Blender

Free and open source 3D creation suite.

Free 3D software with powerful 2D animation tools.

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Adobe After Effects

Create cinematic movie titles, intros, and transitions.

Industry-standard motion graphics and visual effects software.

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Character Creator

The Ultimate 3D Character Design Software.

A powerful 3D character creation tool for generating, importing, and customizing stylized or realistic character assets for use with iClone, Maya, Blender, Unreal Engine, Unity, or any other 3D tools.

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SideFX Houdini

3D procedural software for modeling, rigging, animation, VFX, look development, lighting and rendering.

A 3D animation and visual effects software application.

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Blender

Free and Open Source 3D Creation Software.

A free and open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset.

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Maxon Cinema 4D

The ultimate 3D animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering software.

A 3D software suite for modeling, animation, and rendering.

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Chaos V-Ray

The world's most complete 3D rendering software.

A biased computer-generated imagery rendering software application.

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Unity

The world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content.

A cross-platform game engine.

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Boris FX Sapphire

The essential visual effects suite.

A suite of high-end visual effects plugins for compositing and motion graphics.

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Blender

Free and Open Source 3D Creation Software.

A complete 3D creation suite for modeling, animation, VFX, and more.

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Maxon Cinema 4D

The most intuitive 3D application.

Professional 3D modeling, animation, simulation, and rendering software.

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Clip Studio Paint

The artist's software for drawing and painting.

Illustration software with 2D animation features.

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Cartoon Animator

The 2D animation software that turns images to animated characters.

2D animation software for creating talking characters.

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Blender

Free and Open Source 3D Creation Software.

A comprehensive, free, and open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, motion graphics, interactive 3D applications, and virtual reality.

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Adobe After Effects

Create cinematic movie titles, intros, and transitions.

Industry-standard motion graphics and visual effects software.

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Cinema 4D

The 3D software that's easy to learn and incredibly powerful.

A professional 3D modeling, animation, simulation, and rendering software solution known for its ease of use and powerful motion graphics tools.

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Unity

The world’s leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content.

A cross-platform game engine used to develop video games for PC, consoles, mobile devices and websites.

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Adobe After Effects

Create cinematic movie titles, intros, and transitions.

Industry-standard motion graphics and visual effects software.

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Blender

Free and Open Source 3D Creation Software.

A comprehensive 3D creation suite with a built-in compositor.

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Blender

Free and Open Source 3D Creation Software.

A comprehensive, free, and open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset.

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Cartoon Animator 5

The 2D Animation Software for Everyone.

An easy-to-use 2D animation software for creating professional-looking animations.

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Unity

The world's leading platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content.

A cross-platform game engine for creating 2D, 3D, VR, and AR experiences.

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Unreal Engine

The world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool.

A complete suite of development tools for anyone working with real-time technology.

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Clip Studio Paint

The artist's software for drawing and painting.

A versatile digital art software for drawing, painting, and animation.

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Blender

Free and Open Source 3D Creation Software.

A complete 3D creation suite for modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, and more.

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Cinema 4D

The most intuitive 3D application.

A professional 3D modeling, animation, simulation, and rendering software solution.

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Cinema 4D

The 3D software that's easy to learn and incredibly powerful.

A professional 3D modeling, animation, simulation, and rendering software solution.

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Houdini

3D Animation and Visual Effects Software.

A 3D animation software application developed by SideFX, known for its procedural workflow.

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Reallusion Character Creator

The Art of Digital Humans.

A powerful 3D character design solution for creating realistic and stylized characters.

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Buto

The Enterprise Video Platform.

An enterprise video platform for hosting, managing, and analyzing video content.

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Houdini

3D Animation and VFX Software.

A high-end 3D animation and visual effects software known for its procedural workflow.

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Adobe Character Animator

Create animations in real time.

A 2D animation software that brings characters to life using your own movements and expressions.

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Toon Boom Harmony

The most powerful software ever created for animation production.

An industry-standard 2D animation software for creating everything from simple cartoons to feature films.

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iClone

The Fastest Real-Time 3D Animation Software.

A real-time 3D animation software for creating cinematic animations and digital humans.

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Adobe Character Animator

Animate in real time. Really.

A 2D character animation application that allows you to bring characters to life using your own performance.

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Foundry Nuke

The industry-leading node-based compositing toolkit.

A node-based digital compositing and visual effects application.

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HitFilm

The all-in-one video editing and VFX software.

An application that combines video editing, visual effects, and 3D compositing.

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iClone

The Fastest Real-time 3D Animation Software.

A real-time 3D animation software that allows users to produce professional animations for films, previz, animation, video games, and content development.

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OctaneRender

The world's first and fastest unbiased, spectrally correct GPU render engine.

An unbiased, real-time, physically-correct renderer.

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SketchUp

The easiest way to draw in 3D.

A 3D modeling computer program for a wide range of drawing applications such as architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, civil and mechanical engineering, film and video game design.

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Maxon Red Giant

A toolkit for video editing, VFX & motion graphics.

A suite of plugins for visual effects and motion graphics in host apps like After Effects.

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Houdini

The Magic of 3D.

A 3D animation software application developed by SideFX, known for its procedural node-based workflow.

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Toon Boom Harmony

The most powerful software for animation production.

Industry-standard 2D animation software for studios and professionals.

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Foundry Nuke

The industry-leading node-based compositor.

A node-based digital compositing and visual effects application.

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Toon Boom Harmony

The Animation Production Pipeline.

A powerful 2D animation software that provides artists with a versatile set of tools for creating traditional, paperless, and cutout-style animation.

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Wondershare Anireel

Animated Explainer Video Software.

An easy-to-use animated video maker for explainer videos.

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Vectary

The 3D and Augmented Reality Design Platform for the Web.

An online 3D design tool that allows users to create, share, and experience 3D content, including AR and real-time web rendering.

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Foundry Nuke

The industry-standard compositing, editorial and review tool.

Node-based digital compositing and visual effects application.

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Apple Motion

Motion graphics that move you.

A powerful motion graphics tool for macOS users.

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Biteable

The world's simplest video maker.

A tool for creating short, professional videos with templates.

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Moho Pro

The all-in-one animation tool for professionals and digital artists.

Powerful 2D animation software with a focus on rigging.

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Krita

A professional free and open source painting program.

Free digital painting and 2D animation software.

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Modo

The flexible 3D modeling, texturing and rendering toolset.

A powerful and flexible 3D modeling, texturing, and rendering toolset that empowers artists to explore and develop ideas without jumping through technical hoops.

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Daz Studio

Create Your Own 3D Universe.

A free 3D software application that allows users to create, pose, and render 3D scenes and characters.

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Blackmagic Fusion Studio

The world’s most advanced visual effects, 3D, VR and motion graphics solution!

A node-based visual effects, compositing, 3D and motion graphics application.

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OpenToonz

Software for 2D animation production.

Free and open-source 2D animation software used by professional studios.

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Arnold

The production-proven 3D renderer.

An advanced Monte Carlo ray tracing renderer.

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Blackmagic Fusion

The world’s most advanced visual effects, 3D, VR and motion graphics solution!

A node-based visual effects and motion graphics software integrated into DaVinci Resolve.

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Powtoon

The Visual Communication Platform.

A platform to create animated videos and presentations.

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Blackmagic Fusion Studio

The world's most advanced visual effects, 3D, VR and motion graphics solution!

Node-based visual effects and motion graphics software.

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Apple Motion

Stunning motion graphics, made easy.

Motion graphics and compositing software for macOS.

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VRChat

Create, share, and play in a universe of virtual worlds.

A social VR platform where users can create and share their own virtual worlds and avatars.

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Moho Pro

The all-in-one animation tool for professionals and digital artists.

A powerful 2D animation software with a focus on rigging and character animation.

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Krita

The Free and Open Source Digital Painting Application.

A professional free and open-source painting program with animation capabilities.

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TVPaint Animation

The all-in-one 2D animation software.

A raster-based 2D animation software for creating traditional, hand-drawn animations.

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Motion 5

Stunning motion graphics, made easy.

Motion graphics and compositing software for macOS.

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Rokoko Studio

The world's most powerful and intuitive animation software.

A powerful software hub for recording, editing, and exporting motion capture data.

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Autodesk Maya

Create expansive worlds, complex characters, and dazzling effects.

Professional 3D software for creating realistic characters and blockbuster-worthy effects.

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OpenToonz

Open-source Animation Production Software.

A free and open-source 2D animation software used by professional studios.

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Autodesk Flame

3D visual effects, finishing, and color grading software.

High-end 3D visual effects, finishing, and color grading software.

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Autodesk Maya

Create expansive worlds, complex characters, and dazzling effects.

Professional 3D animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering software.

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VEGAS Effects

A full-featured compositor for all your VFX needs.

A visual effects and compositing software with a focus on integration with VEGAS Pro.

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Lightworks

The professional video editor for everyone.

A non-linear editing system with built-in compositing and VFX tools.

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PFTrack

The professional's choice for 3D camera tracking and matchmoving.

A 3D camera tracking and matchmoving application.

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Autodesk Maya

Create expansive worlds, complex characters, and dazzling effects.

A professional 3D animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering software for creating realistic characters and blockbuster-worthy effects.

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Autodesk Maya

Create expansive worlds, complex characters, and dazzling effects.

3D computer animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering software.

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OpenToonz

Open-source animation production software.

Free and open-source 2D animation software.

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Moovly

The online video editor that empowers everyone to create professional-looking videos.

A versatile online video editor for creating a wide range of video content.

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Autodesk Maya

Create expansive worlds, complex characters, and dazzling effects.

Professional 3D software for animation, modeling, simulation, and rendering.

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Autodesk 3ds Max

Create professional-quality 3D animations, renders, and models.

3D modeling, animation, and rendering software for games and design visualization.

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Natron

Open Source Compositing Software.

A free and open-source node-based compositing application.

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Autodesk 3ds Max

Create stunning 3D designs and immersive entertainment experiences.

A professional 3D computer graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games, and images.

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Autodesk 3ds Max

Create professional-quality 3D animations, renders, and models.

3D modeling and rendering software for design visualization, games, and animation.

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Clara.io

Online 3D Modeling, Animation and Rendering.

A full-featured, web-based 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software tool that runs in your web browser.

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Natron

Open Source Compositing Software for VFX and Motion Graphics.

A free and open-source node-based compositing application.

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Corel VideoStudio Ultimate

Fun, easy, and intuitive video editing software.

A consumer-level video editing software with compositing features.

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Autodesk 3ds Max

Create expansive worlds and premium designs.

3D modeling and rendering software for design visualization, games, and animation.

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Pencil2D

An easy, intuitive tool to make 2D hand-drawn animations.

A free and open-source 2D animation software for creating traditional hand-drawn animations.

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Synfig Studio

Open-source 2D Animation Software.

A free and open-source 2D vector animation software.

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Autodesk MotionBuilder

3D character animation software.

Software for virtual production, motion capture, and traditional keyframe animation.

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DeepMotion

Animate 3D. Your World, In Motion.

AI-powered motion capture and real-time 3D animation from a single video.

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Adobe Animate

A new age for animation.

A multimedia authoring and computer animation program for interactive and 2D vector animations.

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Synfig Studio

Free and open-source 2D animation software.

A vector-based 2D animation suite that eliminates the need for frame-by-frame tweening.

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Foundry Katana

The look development and lighting powerhouse.

An efficient, collaborative, and scalable lighting and look development software.

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Pencil2D

A simple 2D animation software.

Easy-to-use, open-source 2D animation software.

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Adobe Animate

The industry-leading animation software for designers and developers who want to create interactive 2D animations.

Versatile 2D animation software for web, TV, and games.

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LightWave 3D

Powerful. Production Proven.

A 3D computer graphics software developed by NewTek, used for rendering 3D images, both animated and static.

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Natron

Open Source Compositing Software for VFX and Motion Graphics.

A free and open-source node-based compositing application.

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Autodesk Smoke

Video editing and effects software for macOS.

A timeline-based video editing and effects software for macOS.

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Synfig Studio

Open-source 2D animation software.

Free vector-based 2D animation software.

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Gaea

A new paradigm in terrain design.

A powerful and artist-friendly software for creating realistic terrains.

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Isotropix Clarisse

A new breed of 3D/VFX creation tool.

A high-end 3D rendering, look development, and scene assembly software.

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EmberGen

The real-time volumetric fluid simulation tool for game developers, VFX artists, and enthusiasts.

A real-time fluid simulation software for fire, smoke, and explosions.

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Gaea

A new paradigm in terrain design.

A procedural terrain generation software.

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Cavalry

The future of motion design.

A 2D animation app focused on creative coding and procedural workflows.

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CinePaint

Open Source Deep Paint Software.

A free and open-source tool for deep paint and rotoscoping.

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Shake

Discontinued image compositing software by Apple.

A discontinued, high-end node-based compositing software.

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Eyeon Fusion

The world's most advanced visual effects, 3D, VR and motion graphics solution!

The former name of the compositing software now known as Blackmagic Fusion.

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Digital Fusion

The world's most advanced visual effects, 3D, VR and motion graphics solution!

The former name for what is now Blackmagic Fusion.

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Dragonframe

The Professional's Choice for Stop Motion Animation.

Industry-standard software for stop motion animation, used in feature films, commercials, and broadcast television.

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Stop Motion Studio

Let's Make a Movie.

A user-friendly and powerful stop motion animation app available on a wide range of devices.

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Boinx iStopMotion

The award-winning stop motion and time-lapse app for Mac and iOS.

An easy-to-use stop motion animation software for Apple devices, perfect for beginners, kids, and educators.

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Stop Motion Pro Eclipse

Fresh, brilliant software for stop motion animation.

A feature-rich stop motion animation software for Windows, designed for studios, schools, and independent animators.

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