European alternatives to Adobe After Effects
Adobe's motion-graphics and visual-effects tool, the standard for animated and composited video. Subscription-locked and US-governed.
Company information about Adobe After Effects
- Company
- Adobe Inc.
- Headquarters
- San Jose, United States
- Founded
- 1993
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Mixed infrastructure
Why people switch away from Adobe After Effects
European alternatives to Adobe After Effects
Dutch open-source 3D creation suite covering modelling, animation, rendering, video editing, VFX, and motion graphics. Maintained by the Blender Foundation, a non-profit in Amsterdam. Used by studios and individual artists worldwide. 100% free, no subscription.
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Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.