- verified: 0.9.2 on every page, checked against the v0.9.2 tag and release assets - install, price-and-platforms: Windows x86 builds, riscv64 deb/rpm, macOS CLI zip - gpu-not-used: GPU Information now names the adapter or why the GPU is off; OpenGL means CPU compositing; #613 still open - import-footage: TGA, HDR, DPX, Cineon sequences; dropped PSDs ask; drop on an empty viewer makes a comp - render-a-video: QuickTime (Uncompressed) format - make-a-composition: Layer > New > Text starts typing; save and delete presets - CLAUDE.md: regular file instead of a symlink Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title, description, verified
| title | description | verified |
|---|---|---|
| EffectCraft | EffectCraft is a free, open-source app for motion graphics and visual effects, an alternative to Adobe After Effects. | 0.9.2 |
EffectCraft is a free, open-source app for animated titles, motion graphics and compositing. It is an alternative to Adobe After Effects.
You build a composition from layers (solids, shapes, text, footage, other compositions), animate their properties with keyframes, add effects and render the result. The panels and shortcuts follow After Effects: Project, Composition, Timeline, Effect Controls, Effects & Presets and the Render Queue. It runs on macOS, Windows and Linux, and in the browser.
EffectCraft is young and in alpha. It cannot open After Effects projects (.aep), and some things still behave differently from After Effects. See Can EffectCraft open After Effects projects?.
Start here
- Install EffectCraft
- Make your first composition
- Animate with keyframes
- Add an effect
- Render a video
- Import footage and image sequences
When something is wrong
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Ask in Discord or open an issue in the issue tracker. Say which version and which system you use.