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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: starbug on February 19, 2010, 01:16:41 pm

Title: Alternative to Adobe After Effects?
Post by: starbug on February 19, 2010, 01:16:41 pm
Does anyone know of an cheap alternative to After Effects, I have used the 30 day trail and liked it but i simply can't afford or earn enough(student) to spend £750-900 on the software/license. So does anyone here know of any other products that to do the same but are at the price your average joe on minimum wage(UK) can afford i.e £150-250, maybe 350 tops?????
Title: Re: Alternative to Adobe After Effects?
Post by: Fury on February 19, 2010, 01:26:27 pm
Dunno about paid software but here's some free ones you can try out. You've got nothing to lose by trying them anyway, except time.

http://www.cinefx.org/
http://www.debugmode.com/wax/
http://lives.sourceforge.net/index.php?do=home
http://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Video-Editor.aspx?sct=aff&ct=avangate&cid=9958
Title: Re: Alternative to Adobe After Effects?
Post by: BloodEagle on February 19, 2010, 03:58:28 pm
Does anyone know of an cheap alternative to After Effects, I have used the 30 day trail and liked it but i simply can't afford or earn enough(student) to spend £750-900 on the software/license. So does anyone here know of any other products that to do the same but are at the price your average joe on minimum wage(UK) can afford i.e £150-250, maybe 350 tops?????


Doesn't Adobe offer student discounts? ::after-checking:: Yeah, here (http://www.adobe.com/uk/education/).

It looks like you can get the non-student version with a student discount (which is strange) for £466.48, or you can get it with a student license (you can't legally sell anything you make with it, according to them) as part of the production premium suite for £279.65.