Submotion

Submotion: Open-Source Motion Graphics and Visual Effects

An open-source alternative to Adobe After Effects for creating motion graphics and visual effects with a node-based interface and tools for keyframing, tracking, masking, color correction, compositing, and more.

What is Submotion?

Submotion is an open-source, node-based application for creating motion graphics and visual effects. As an alternative to Adobe After Effects, Submotion provides many similar capabilities for compositing, animating, and applying effects to digital footage and images.

Some of the key features and tools in Submotion include:

• An intuitive node-based workflow for building up compositions
• Keyframing tools for animating layer properties over time
• A powerful tracker for motion tracking footage elements
• Masking tools for isolating and hiding parts of layers
• Color correction effects like brightness, contrast, hue/saturation
• Compositing modes for combining layers and footage
• A range of blur and distortion effects
• Support for importing common media formats like image sequences, video, audio, and more
• The ability to export compositions to formats like MP4, GIF, and image sequences

As open-source software, Submotion is free to download and use. It works on Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. The interface is designed to be user-friendly for motion graphic artists, video editors, compositors, and visual effects artists to incorporate into their workflows. With its extensive toolset and node-based workflow focused on building effects and animations, Submotion provides a full-featured alternative to After Effects.

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