Avid DS Alternatives

Blender

Blender is the free and open-source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing...

Features:

• 3D modelling
• 3D Sculpting
• Compositor
• Animations
• Keyframe animation
• Real time rendering
• 3d animation
• Community based
• Texturing
• 3D Motion Graphics
• 3d renderer
• Animation rigging
• Motion tracking
• Physically-Based Rendering
• Rendering with graphics card
• Texture painting
• Video editing
• 2D and 3D physics
• 3d sketching
• Animation
• Customizable
• Drawing 2D
• Frame by frame animation
• HD-Rendering
• Lightweight
• Node Based
• Parametric Modeling
• Scripting
• UV Unfolding
• Vector Drawing
• Vfx
• 3D Composing
• Built-in Image editor
• Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
• Grease Pencil
• Intuitive Nodes
• Low memory usage
• Mapping
• Non linear editor
• Portable
• Procedural modeling
• Procedural Texturing
• Realistic viewport
• Rotoscoping
• Track everything
• UI customization
• Video overlay

MAGIX Vegas Pro

VEGAS Pro 15 Edit – Steam Edition provides you with state-of-the-art editing tools in a streamlined, logical interface, allowing for full creative freedom for your...

Features:

• Multitrack editing
• Chroma Key / Green Screen
• Integrated codecs
• Keyframe animation
• Mix Music
• No Watermark
• Non linear editor
• Video editing
• Video Maker
• Support for VST plugins

Adobe After Effects

Industry leading motion graphics and visual effects software for post-production and creative video work.

Features:

• Motion tracking
• Vfx
• Color correction
• Particle Engine
• Video editing
• 3D animated titles
• 4k rendering
• Animation
• Animations
• Editable animation effects
• Image Restoration Tools
• Keyframe animation
• Logo animation
• Node Based
• Optical Flow Retiming
• Video Noise Reduction

FXhome HitFilm

Providing the best tools for indie filmmakers. Free software great for composting and editing. All in one single app!.

Features:

• Vfx
• Video editing
• Colour grading
• Compositor
• Create composite HDR photos
• Non linear editor
• 3d animation
• 3D modelling
• Chroma Key / Green Screen
• Color correction
• Customizable
• Keyframe animation
• Noise Reduction
• Unlimited Tracks

Blackmagic Design Fusion

Fusion is the world’s most advanced compositing software for visual effects artists, broadcast and motion graphic designers and 3D animators.

Features:

• Camera tracking
• Planar tracking
• 3d animation
• 3D Motion Graphics
• 3d renderer
• Colour grading
• Deep Pixel Compositing
• Motion tracking
• Nodal Compositing
• Node Based
• Non linear editor
• Vfx
• VR support

NUKE

NUKE is a powerful compositing application that delivers unparalleled speed, an efficient multi-channel scanline rendering engine, and a first-class feature set that is...

Features:

• Nodal Compositing
• Node Based
• Video Masking
• 3D modelling
• Color correction
• File Versioning
• Motion tracking
• MultiTrack
• Real time collaboration
• Vfx

Sketchfab

Sketchfab is the first web service to publish interactive 3D content online in real-time without plugins. Every new format has its global platform: videos have...

Features:

• 3D modelling
• 3D Sculpting
• Animation
• Built-in 3D model viewer
• Built-in viewer
• Embeddable
• Gaming
• Online Sharing
• Real-time
• WebGL

Apple Motion

Motion is a compositing application used to create and edit motion graphics, titling for video and film production, and 2D and 3D compositing for visual effects. ...

Features:

• Motion tracking
• Vfx
• Video editing

Liconcomp

Liconcomp allows live content compositing to display screens for digital signage, scoreboards, LED installations, .

ParticleIllusion

particleIllusion 3.0: award-winning standalone particle effects application that enables you to quickly and easily add a huge variety of particle effects to your images...

Features:

• Animation
• Video editing