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Effect, a free motion graphics and VFX app in your browser

Animate with compositions, layers, keyframes, expressions and 308 effects, and render video or Lottie. A free alternative to After Effects.

Open EffectEffect vs After Effects

Opens

Lottie

Saves

MP4ProRes MOVWebMGIFPNG and EXR sequencesLottie

What Effect does

From the app’s own documentation, version 0.19.0.

Tools

  • Compositions with shape, text, null, camera and light layers
  • Keyframes and a Graph Editor
  • JavaScript expressions like wiggle and loopOut
  • Track mattes, 38 blend modes and motion blur
  • 308 built-in effects
  • 3D layers, cameras and lights
  • Puppet tools and text animators
  • Lottie import and export

Files it opens

Lottie

Files it saves

MP4ProRes MOVWebMGIFPNG and EXR sequencesLottie

Not there yet

  • After Effects projects and plug-ins

What Effect replaces

The paid apps people use for the same job. Prices from the vendors’ US pages on 14 November 2026.

Effect instead of After Effects

After Effects costs US$22.99 a month on an annual plan, billed monthly.

Read the comparisonEffect instead of Creative Cloud Pro

Creative Cloud Pro costs US$69.99 a month on an annual plan, billed monthly (US$779.88 a year paid up front).

Read the comparison

Effect questions

Is Effect free?

Yes. Effect is part of Madosuite, which is free. It runs in your browser on your own device.

Which files does Effect open?

Lottie. It saves MP4, ProRes MOV, WebM, GIF, PNG and EXR sequences, Lottie.

Is Effect ready for real work?

Alpha: its makers rate it about 45% ready; the ArtCraft team does not yet recommend it for client work. Not there yet: after effects projects and plug-ins.

Can Effect replace After Effects?

For motion graphics, animated titles and visual effects, often yes, and free. Effect does not open After Effects projects or run its plug-ins, and its makers do not yet recommend it for client work.

Where are my files kept?

In the browser on your device, inside Madosuite’s own Linux machine, in its home folder. Your files are not uploaded to us. Clearing the site’s data in your browser deletes them, so download what you want to keep.

Who makes the apps?

The suite apps are the ArtCraft team’s open-source Crafting Apps, under the MIT or Apache-2.0 licence. Madosuite puts them on one desktop in your browser, with Files, a Terminal and Edix, the code editor. See credits.

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Effect is EffectCraft 0.19.0 by the ArtCraft team, open source under MIT or Apache-2.0. Credits.