EffectCraft
A free motion graphics and compositing app with layers, keyframes, effects and a render queue.
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About EffectCraft
EffectCraft is a native Rust compositor from the ArtCraft team for animated titles, motion graphics and visual effects. It provides compositions, layers, keyframes, expressions, cameras, lights and rendering, with Lottie import and export.
The project is in alpha. It cannot open After Effects .aep or .aepx files, and After Effects plugins do not run. The maintainers say it is not yet a replacement for client work and document platform interaction bugs.
Strengths
- Layered compositions with keyframes and expressions
- Lottie import and export
- CLI and MCP interfaces for automation
Limitations
- Alpha; not yet a replacement for professional client work
- Cannot open After Effects projects or run its plugins
- Windows and Linux have had basic interaction bugs
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source under MIT OR Apache-2.0.
- License
- MIT OR Apache-2.0
- Developer
- storytold contributors
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted, Command line. Windows, macOS and Linux desktop builds; browser build can be hosted on a static server. CLI and MCP controls are also documented.
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Self-hosted
- Best suited for
- A free motion graphics and compositing app with layers, keyframes, effects and a render queue.
- Categories
- Video editing
- Last verified
- Added