Overview
EffectCraft is ArtCraft's open source motion graphics app. It brings compositions, layers, keyframes, effects, expressions, and 3D cameras together in desktop and browser builds.
About
EffectCraft is for animated titles, compositing, and visual effects work. Its timeline uses layers and keyframes, with a graph editor for timing changes. The app also offers effects, expressions, nested compositions, and 3D cameras and lights. Export options include video and image sequences.
There are builds for macOS, Windows, Linux, and the browser, with a WebAssembly package for self-hosting. Check the effects and project formats you need before moving an existing motion graphics job into it.
Good for
- — Animating titles and graphics with layers and keyframes.
- — Trying compositing and visual effects in a local editor.
- — Working with a graph editor and 3D camera layers.
Limitations
- — The maker does not list After Effects project import as a supported workflow.
- — Check required effects and export formats with a sample project.
