Post-production & VFX software for film and TV

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Inc., United States · Desktop

Motion design and visual effects software from Adobe (San Jose) for animating titles, graphics and illustrations and compositing visual effects for film, TV, video and web. Compositions can be sent to Adobe Premiere without rendering via Dynamic Link.

Built for: Motion designers, VFX artists and video professionals, from individual creators to teams and enterprises

Pricing: Subscription: After Effects single app US$22.99 per month (annual plan, billed monthly); Creative Cloud Pro US$69.99 per month (US$34.99 for the first 3 months); After Effects for teams US$37.99 per month per license; student and teacher plan US$19.99 per month the first year. 7-day free trial (published)

Adobe Animate

Adobe Inc., United States · Desktop

2D animation software from Adobe (San Jose, California) for cartoons, banners, games and the web, with vector drawing and character animation, published to HTML5, WebGL and Adobe AIR. Adobe states it is in maintenance mode: security and bug fixes continue, no new features are planned, no plans to discontinue it.

Built for: Animators, game developers, content creators and educators

Pricing: Subscription: USD 22.99 per month on an annual plan billed monthly for the single app; also included in Creative Cloud Pro (USD 34.99 per month introductory price shown) and business licences at USD 99.99 per month per licence. Free trial (published)

Adobe Audition

Adobe Inc., United States · Desktop

Digital audio workstation from Adobe for recording, mixing, editing and restoring audio, with multitrack and waveform editing, spectral display and noise reduction. Works with Premiere Pro and After Effects for sound on video projects.

Built for: Video producers, podcasters, sound designers and audio professionals

Pricing: Subscription: Audition single app US$22.99 per month (annual plan, billed monthly); Creative Cloud Pro (20+ apps) US$34.99 per month for the first 3 months, then the regular price; students and teachers US$19.99 per month; business US$99.99 per month per license (Creative Cloud Pro for teams). Free trial (published)

Adobe Premiere

Adobe, United States · Desktop

Video editing application from Adobe (formerly Adobe Premiere Pro) for desktop and iPhone with text-based editing, AI media search, color grading and audio tools, bundled with Frame.io for review.

Built for: professional and independent video editors, creators and post teams

Pricing: Subscription USD 22.99 per month (annual plan, billed monthly; includes Frame.io and 100GB cloud storage); Creative Cloud Pro USD 69.99 per month, annual plan billed monthly (published)

Autodesk 3ds Max

Autodesk, Inc., United States · Desktop

3D modelling, rendering and animation software from Autodesk (San Francisco) for environments, props, characters and effects, with procedural workflows, built-in CAT and Biped rigging, the Arnold renderer and OpenUSD support. Part of the Media & Entertainment Collection with Maya, Arnold and MotionBuilder.

Built for: 3D artists in film, TV, games and design visualisation studios

Pricing: Subscription, EU store prices including VAT: EUR 2,112 per year for one user (EUR 176 per month paid annually), EUR 267 per month paid monthly, or Flex tokens from EUR 104 for 33 tokens at 6 tokens per day; 3-year term available; 30-day free trial (published)

Avid Media Composer

Avid Technology, United States · Desktop

Non-linear video editing application from Avid for film, television and news, with bin-locking for multi-editor projects, transcript-based search (ScriptSync, PhraseFind), multicam and finishing tools.

Built for: professional editors, post-production facilities and broadcasters

Pricing: Subscription: Standard EUR 259 per year (promotional EUR 207 until 30 September 2026), Ultimate EUR 549 per year, Enterprise EUR 909 per year, excl. VAT, as shown to EU visitors; Media Composer First free; perpetual licences also sold (published)

AWS Deadline Cloud

Amazon Web Services, Inc., United States · Cloud

Managed render farm service from AWS: farms, queues and fleets for 3D rendering and VFX on EC2 instances or your own machines, usage-based licensing for renderers, per-project budgets and a monitor in the browser or as a desktop app. Successor to the free Thinkbox Deadline 10, in maintenance mode since 7 November 2025.

Built for: Animation, VFX and media studios and their pipeline teams

Pricing: Pay as you go, no upfront commitment or minimum fee: compute billed as EC2 instances and EBS volumes for service-managed fleets, USD 0.015 per hour per connected worker for customer-managed fleets, plus usage-based licensing per renderer (for example Arnold USD 0.66 per hour). AWS Thinkbox Deadline 10 is free of charge (published)

Aximmetry

Aximmetry Technologies Ltd., Hungary · Desktop

Virtual production software from Budapest for green-screen virtual studios, augmented reality and LED-wall XR, with a node-based editor and a choice of its own render engine or Unreal Engine. Editions: the free Studio Limited, Studio, and Broadcast & Film with unlimited SDI, NDI and SMPTE 2110 ports.

Built for: Broadcasters, film and entertainment productions, corporate video creators, cinematographers, esports broadcasters, streamers and vloggers

Pricing: Studio Limited free (1 NDI port, basic tracking, no watermark). Broadcast & Film lifetime licence EUR 4,990, or subscription EUR 399 per month; Studio subscription EUR 159 per month; Maintenance+ plan for updates EUR 99 per month or EUR 1,090 per year; prices exclude VAT. Free trial and student licences (published)

AYON

Ynput s.r.o., Czech Republic · On-premise + cloud

Studio production platform from Prague-based Ynput that connects pipeline and production tracking for animation and VFX: planning, assets, versions, reviews and approvals, delivery and reporting, with addons for DCC applications, render farms and trackers. Fair Source and open source code, self-hosted or cloud.

Built for: Animation and VFX studios of all sizes: producers, supervisors, artists, pipeline TDs and clients on features, episodic and commercials

Pricing: AYON Pro EUR 19 per user per month or EUR 180 per user per year (5-user minimum, up to 200 users); AYON Studio EUR 38 per user per month or EUR 360 per user per year (unlimited users, planning and scheduling, client reviews); Enterprise on request; cloud hosting charged separately. Community Edition free to self-host from GitHub; free trial (published)

Baselight

FilmLight Ltd, United Kingdom · Desktop

Colour grading and finishing system from London-based FilmLight for film, TV, commercials and broadcast, sold as turnkey systems (Baselight ONE, TWO and X), as Baselight for macOS, and as Baselight Editions plug-ins that bring the same grades into Avid, Nuke and Flame.

Built for: Colourists and finishing facilities; Editions for editors and VFX artists

Pricing: Turnkey Baselight systems: Not published. Baselight for macOS by subscription: Baselight M from EUR 6,820 per year or EUR 2,270 per quarter, custom durations up to 365 days from EUR 80; example for Baselight S in USD: 1 day $90, 10 days $510, 100 days $2,850. 14-day trial of Baselight M; Baselight LOOK free (published)

Blender

Blender Foundation, Netherlands · Desktop

Free and open source 3D creation suite covering modelling, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and video editing.

Built for: 3D artists, VFX and animation studios

Pricing: Free, open source (GPL v3)

Cinegy Air

Cinegy GmbH / Cinegy LLC, Germany · On-premise + cloud

Multi-channel playout server and broadcast automation software from Cinegy (Munich and Washington, DC): automation, video server and branding in one Windows application, from SD to 8K, with logo insertion, subtitles and live control. Runs on standard servers, virtual machines or AWS; Cinegy Archive is the sister MAM.

Built for: Broadcasters, news and sports operations, live event producers and channel operators

Pricing: Perpetual licence from EUR 2,995 (Cinegy Air); Cinegy Air PRO includes Cinegy Title, Cinegy Air ULTIMATE adds one subtitle channel (published)

Cinema 4D

Maxon Computer GmbH, Germany · Desktop

3D modelling, animation and motion graphics software with the Redshift renderer included in the subscription.

Built for: Motion designers, 3D generalists

Pricing: Subscription, monthly or annual (amounts published in the Maxon store)

DaVinci Resolve

Blackmagic Design, Australia · Desktop

Application that combines editing, color correction, visual effects (Fusion), motion graphics and audio post (Fairlight) in one program, with multi-user collaboration through Blackmagic Cloud.

Built for: editors, colorists, VFX artists and sound engineers, from beginners to feature-film post

Pricing: Free version plus DaVinci Resolve Studio one-time USD 295 (published)

disguise Designer

disguise, United Kingdom · Desktop

Real-time 3D visualisation and content control software for virtual production, live events and broadcast, used with disguise media servers and RenderStream.

Built for: Virtual production and live event teams

Pricing: Free Designer Starter edition; Designer Pro USD 159 per month or USD 1,500 per year (published)

Dragonframe

DZED Systems LLC, United States · Desktop

Stop motion animation software from DZED Systems in Ojai, California: camera control, live view, frame-by-frame animation tools, motion control and lighting, used on feature films and by independent filmmakers.

Built for: Stop motion animators, from feature film studios to independent filmmakers and students

Pricing: One-time purchase, digital download with licence key: Dragonframe 2026 EUR 310 including VAT as shown in the vendor's store, upgrade EUR 100, student version EUR 205; educational and reseller pricing on request; free trial (published)

EZTitles

EZTitles Development Studio Ltd., Bulgaria · Desktop

Subtitling and closed captioning software for streaming, broadcast, digital cinema and home video formats, sold as subscription or lifetime licence.

Built for: Subtitlers, localisation vendors

Pricing: Subscription from EUR 30 per week (One) or EUR 80 per month (Essentials); lifetime licences from EUR 1,720 (published)

Final Cut Pro

Apple, United States · Desktop

Video editing application for Mac and iPad with companion apps for motion graphics, encoding and audio.

Built for: Editors on Mac and iPad

Pricing: One-time USD 299.99, or subscription USD 12.99 per month / USD 129 per year via Apple Creator Studio (published)

Flame

Autodesk, Inc., United States · Desktop

Finishing and visual effects software from Autodesk (San Francisco) that combines timeline editing, node-based 3D compositing and colour grading in one environment, with machine-learning keyers for skies, bodies and faces. Used to deliver commercials, TV episodes and films.

Built for: VFX and finishing artists at post-production studios working on commercials, TV and film

Pricing: Subscription (US site): $5,215 per year for 1 user (shown as $435 per month, paid annually), $650 per month paid monthly, or Flex tokens at $99 per 33 tokens (18 tokens per day for Flame); 30-day free trial (published)

Flow Production Tracking

Autodesk, United States · Cloud

Cloud-based production management and review tool, formerly Shotgun (2006) and ShotGrid (2021), for tracking tasks, shots, assets, schedules and resources across VFX, animation and game pipelines, with the RV player for review.

Built for: VFX, animation and game studios

Pricing: Subscription USD 50 per user per month billed monthly, USD 390 per user per year (USD 33 per month paid annually) or USD 1,170 per user for 3 years (published)

ftrack

Ftrack AB (a Backlight business), Sweden · On-premise + cloud

Production tracking, scheduling and media review platform for animation, VFX and creative studios, sold as ftrack Studio (full production tracking) and ftrack Review (standalone review and approval), with a self-hosted option in the Enterprise tier.

Built for: animation, VFX, games and creative studios

Pricing: Subscription: ftrack Review from USD 10 per user per month and ftrack Studio from USD 25 per user per month billed annually (USD 15 and USD 30 billed monthly); Enterprise on request (published)

Fusion Studio

Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd, Australia · Desktop

Node-based compositing and visual effects software from Blackmagic Design for 2D and 3D compositing, motion graphics and animation, with GPU acceleration and unlimited network rendering without per-node fees. The same Fusion page is built into DaVinci Resolve; Fusion Studio is the standalone application.

Built for: Visual effects artists, broadcast and motion graphics designers and 3D animators

Pricing: Fusion Studio $295 one-time purchase; Fusion is also included free in DaVinci Resolve (published)

Hindenburg PRO

Hindenburg Systems ApS, Denmark · Desktop

Spoken-word audio editor from Copenhagen-based Hindenburg Systems for recording, transcribing, editing, mixing and publishing radio, podcast and documentary audio, with editing by transcript, clipboards for organising material and loudness normalisation to broadcast standards.

Built for: Radio journalists, podcasters, broadcasters and audio storytellers, not musicians or engineers

Pricing: Subscription in three tiers, prices excl. VAT: Bronze EUR 19 per month (EUR 15.83 per month billed yearly), Silver EUR 34 per month (EUR 28.33 yearly) with 75 hours of transcription, Gold EUR 43 per month (EUR 35.83 yearly) with 100 hours; quotes for businesses needing multiple licences; free trial (published)

Houdini

SideFX, Canada · Desktop

Procedural 3D animation and visual effects software with FX, Core and Indie editions and a Houdini Engine plug-in for other applications.

Built for: FX and 3D artists, VFX studios

Pricing: Subscription from USD 299 per year for Houdini Indie (published); Core and FX prices via the SideFX store

iZotope RX

iZotope, United States · Desktop

Audio repair and restoration software with more than 50 tools, available as a standalone editor and as plug-ins in Elements, Standard and Advanced editions.

Built for: Dialogue editors, audio post studios

Pricing: One-time USD 99 (RX 12 Elements), USD 399 (Standard), USD 1,399 (Advanced) (published)

Katana

The Foundry Visionmongers Limited, United Kingdom · Desktop

Look development and lighting software from London-based Foundry for CG rendering pipelines, built around USD with Hydra-powered viewports, and connecting to renderers such as 3Delight (included) and other commercial renderers.

Built for: Lighting and look development artists and pipeline teams at VFX and animation studios

Pricing: Annual subscription (shown in EUR): Team edition for up to 10 seats, interactive licence EUR 2,289 per year and rendering licence (Foresight) EUR 354 per year; Enterprise edition (10+ seats) interactive licence EUR 4,459 per year; 30-day free trial, extendable to 60 days; education licences (published)

Kdenlive

KDE community (KDE e.V.), Germany · Desktop

Free and open source video editor built on the MLT Framework and KDE Frameworks, with multi-track editing, effects, colour correction and subtitling tools.

Built for: Editors on a budget, Linux users

Pricing: Free, open source (GPL-3.0)

Kitsu

CGWire, France · On-premise + cloud

Open source (AGPL) web-based production tracker for animation, VFX and game studios covering task assignment, progress tracking, review sessions and casting, available self-hosted for free or as the hosted Kitsu Cloud service.

Built for: animation, VFX and game studios, animation schools

Pricing: Open source (free, self-hosted) plus Kitsu Cloud plans from EUR 20 per user per month billed annually (EUR 30 and EUR 35 per user per month for larger tiers, Partner tier on quote, schools EUR 3,999 per year) (published)

Lightworks

LWKS Software Ltd, United Kingdom · Desktop

Video editing software with Free, Create and Pro editions covering editing, audio, colour correction and effects.

Built for: Editors, small post teams

Pricing: Free edition; paid Create and Pro editions as monthly, yearly or perpetual licences (published)

Logic Pro

Apple Inc., United States · Desktop

Apple's music production and audio editing application for Mac and iPad, with tools for recording, beat-making, songwriting, scoring and mixing, including Spatial Audio mixing in Dolby Atmos. Works alongside Final Cut Pro for scoring to picture.

Built for: Music creators, composers and producers on Mac and iPad

Pricing: Apple Creator Studio subscription (Logic Pro with Final Cut Pro, Motion, Compressor and Pixelmator Pro) $12.99 per month or $129 per year, education $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year, 30-day free trial; standalone Mac app $199.99 one-time (published)

Maya

Autodesk, Inc., United States · Desktop

3D animation and VFX software from Autodesk for modelling, rigging, animation, effects (Bifrost), look development and rendering, with OpenUSD support and scripting in MEL and Python. Used by film, TV and game studios; also sold as part of the Media & Entertainment Collection.

Built for: Animation and VFX teams of every size at film, TV and game studios

Pricing: Subscription (US site): $2,010 per year for 1 user (shown as $168 per month, paid annually), $255 per month paid monthly, or Flex tokens at $99 per 33 tokens (6 tokens per day for Maya); 30-day free trial (published)

Mimir

Mimir Media Tech AS (Fonn Group), Norway · Cloud

Cloud media management from Norway's Fonn Group: live stream ingest with automatic transcripts and metadata, AI search across libraries, browser clipping and editing (Mimir Cutter), mobile capture, and assignments, comments and approvals for distributed teams.

Built for: Newsrooms, sports broadcasters, live event producers, communications teams and media archives

Pricing: Not published

Mistika Boutique

SGO, Spain · Desktop

Software-only finishing system from Madrid-based SGO that combines conforming, VFX, colour grading, stereo 3D and VR/360 in one timeline, with HDR and SDR workflows and Dolby Vision support. Its sibling Mistika Ultima is the turnkey Linux version for 8K real-time finishing.

Built for: Colourists, VFX artists and immersive content creators at post-production facilities and freelancers

Pricing: Subscription: Personal EUR 99 per month or EUR 990 per year; Professional EUR 199 per month or EUR 1,990 per year; Immersive EUR 199 per month or EUR 1,990 per year; Professional Immersive EUR 299 per month or EUR 2,990 per year; single-use 30-day and 1-year licences; free educational version with H.264 rendering only (published). Mistika Ultima (turnkey system): Not published

Mocha Pro

Boris FX, Inc., United States · Desktop

Planar tracking and VFX software from Boris FX for motion tracking, rotoscoping, object removal, stabilisation, PowerMesh warp tracking and 3D camera solving, with machine-learning masking tools. Runs standalone or as a plug-in inside editing, compositing and finishing hosts.

Built for: VFX artists, compositors and post-production facilities on film, TV and video

Pricing: Plug-in or standalone: $37 per month, $295 per year, or perpetual $695 (with one year of upgrades and support); multi-host licence $75 per month, $595 per year or perpetual $1,495. 14-day free trial (published)

Moho

Lost Marble LLC, United States · Desktop

2D animation software from Lost Marble (Danville, California) with vector drawing tools, a bone rigging system, inverse kinematics, physics, distortion meshes and a graph editor, and import of layered SVG and PSD files. Two editions: Moho Debut for beginners and Moho Pro for professionals.

Built for: Professional animators and animation studios (Moho Pro), hobbyists and first-time animators (Moho Debut)

Pricing: One-time purchase, perpetual licence: Moho Pro 14 USD 399.99, Moho Debut 14 USD 59.99; upgrade prices from earlier versions listed; free trial (published)

Nuendo

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, Germany · Desktop

Audio post-production workstation from Hamburg-based Steinberg for film, TV, game audio and immersive sound, with tools for editing, sound design and mixing, including Dolby Atmos and MPEG-H authoring inside the program.

Built for: Audio post-production, game audio, dubbing and immersive sound professionals

Pricing: One-time purchase: Nuendo 15 full version EUR 999.00 including 21% VAT; crossgrade from other DAWs (Pro Tools, Logic, Reaper and others) EUR 799.00; free trial (published)

Nuke

Foundry, United Kingdom · Desktop

Node-based compositing software for feature film, episodic and commercial VFX, available as Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio.

Built for: Compositors, VFX studios

Pricing: Subscription from EUR 3,139 per year for Nuke; NukeX EUR 4,759, Nuke Studio EUR 5,799 per year (published)

OBS Studio

Wizards of OBS LLC (OBS Project), United States · Desktop

Free and open source software for video recording and live streaming: capture and mix video and audio in real time, build scenes with transitions, and stream to streaming platforms. Maintained by the OBS Project and community contributors.

Built for: Streamers, content creators and broadcasters of all levels

Pricing: Free, open source (GPL) (published)

OOONA

Oona.Net Ltd., Israel · Cloud

Cloud-based toolkit for subtitling, captioning and media localisation: online tools to create, translate, review, transcribe, convert, QC and burn in subtitles, plus audio description, and OOONA Integrated and OOONA GO for managing localisation workflows and vendors. Subject to Israeli law; sells worldwide.

Built for: Subtitlers and translators, localisation vendors and broadcasters managing translation and accessibility work

Pricing: Per tool, by duration (1 week, 1 month, 6 months, 1 year): Create + Translate Standard $30.00 per month or $300.00 per year, Pro $600.00 per year ($50.00 per month); bundles and Pick & Mix toolsets; free trial. OOONA Integrated: Quote on request (published)

OpenToonz

OpenToonz project (Dwango, with Digital Video and Studio Ghibli), Japan · Desktop

Open source software for the production of 2D animation: ink and paint, colour design and digital composition from scanned drawings to final footage. Based on Toonz, the software developed by Digital Video in Italy and customised by Studio Ghibli; the project was launched by Dwango.

Built for: Professional and amateur animation production and school education, for commercial and non-commercial projects

Pricing: Free of charge for commercial and non-commercial projects; source code under the New BSD License (published)

Pixotope

Pixotope Technologies AS, Norway · On-premise + cloud

Real-time virtual production platform from Oslo, built on Unreal Engine: virtual studios in place of green screens, augmented reality graphics over live footage and extended reality on LED walls, with its own camera and talent tracking products. Render engines can also run on virtual machines for remote production.

Built for: Broadcasters, sports and esports productions, corporate communications and advertising

Pricing: Quote on request

Pro Tools

Avid Technology, Inc., United States · Desktop

Digital audio workstation from Avid (Burlington, Massachusetts) for recording, editing and mixing audio, from music to film and TV sound. The Ultimate tier adds full audio post workflows, 64 video tracks and immersive Dolby Atmos mixing.

Built for: Studios, producers, mix engineers and audio post teams for music, film and TV

Pricing: Subscription, prices shown excl. VAT: Artist EUR 99 per year (32 audio tracks), Studio EUR 289 per year (512 audio tracks, immersive mixing, 1 video track), Ultimate EUR 589 per year (2,048 audio tracks, 64 video tracks, full audio post workflows); monthly plans also offered. Pro Tools Intro is free; perpetual licences and academic pricing available (published)

REAPER

Cockos Incorporated, United States · Desktop

Multi-track audio, MIDI and video production and recording environment sold as a single licence with a 60-day evaluation period.

Built for: Audio post engineers, sound designers

Pricing: One-time USD 60 (discounted licence) or USD 225 (commercial licence) (published)

Redshift

Maxon Computer GmbH, Germany · Desktop

GPU-accelerated biased 3D renderer from Maxon (Bad Homburg, Germany) that turns 3D scenes into production images and animations with interactive feedback. Native in Cinema 4D and available as plugins for other 3D applications under one subscription; CPU rendering is supported too.

Built for: 3D artists and studios rendering animation, motion graphics and VFX

Pricing: Subscription: EUR 25.52 per month billed annually (EUR 306.27 per year), stated as inclusive of the highest potential VAT rate; monthly billing also offered; included with every Cinema 4D subscription and in Maxon One (published)

SCRATCH

Assimilate Inc., United States · Desktop

Colour grading, dailies and finishing software from Assimilate (San Jose, California) covering the camera-to-post workflow: live grading, offload and backup, dailies transcoding, conform, grading and delivery in formats such as DNx MXF, ProRes, OpenEXR and H.264.

Built for: DITs, colourists and post-production facilities on film and TV productions

Pricing: SCRATCH: monthly subscription $99.00, 1-year licence $795.00, permanent licence $995.00 (includes 1 year of support and updates). DIT Pack+ (live grading, offload, dailies): $149 per month, $899 per year, permanent $1,499, support renewal $699 per year. Free trial (published)

Silhouette

Boris FX, Inc., United States · Desktop

Rotoscoping, paint and node-based compositing application from Boris FX, GPU-accelerated, with over 400 nodes, non-destructive paint, integrated Mocha planar tracking and machine-learning tools. Available standalone or as a plug-in for editing and compositing hosts.

Built for: VFX artists and studios working on feature films and television

Pricing: Plug-in for Adobe and OFX hosts (prices shown in EUR on the site): EUR 91.00 per month, annual subscription EUR 40.00 per month, permanent licence EUR 1,055.00; Silhouette Standalone EUR 145.00 per month, annual EUR 64.58 per month, permanent EUR 1,940.00; also in the Boris FX Suite. 14-day free trial (published)

Subtitle Edit

Nikolaj Lynge Olsson (nikse.dk), Denmark · Desktop

Open source offline subtitle editor for creating, converting and synchronising subtitles, with video playback via mpv.

Built for: Subtitlers, small post teams

Pricing: Free, open source (MIT)

Toon Boom Harmony

Toon Boom Animation Inc., Canada · Desktop

2D animation software from Montreal-based Toon Boom for hand-drawn and cut-out animation, from rough drawings to character rigging and compositing. Sold in three editions: Essentials, Advanced and Premium.

Built for: Enthusiasts, students, professional animators, freelancers, animation studios and educational institutions

Pricing: Subscription, priced in the vendor's shop: Harmony Essentials EUR 33 per month or EUR 273 per year; Harmony Advanced EUR 83 per month or EUR 640 per year; Harmony Premium EUR 151 per month or EUR 1,225 per year; three-year terms and student prices also listed. 14-day free trial (published)

Transkoder

Colorfront, Hungary · Desktop

Mastering, transcoding and delivery system from Budapest-based Colorfront for DCP and IMF authoring, Dolby Vision and HDR conversion and faster-than-real-time transcoding on multi-GPU hardware, with REST API automation. Colorfront also makes On-Set Dailies and Express Dailies for graded, synced dailies.

Built for: Post-production facilities, studios and broadcasters delivering to cinema, broadcast and streaming

Pricing: Quote on request

TVPaint Animation

TV Paint Développement SARL, France · Desktop

2D animation software from Metz, France, built on bitmap technology to reproduce paper-based drawing with digital tools. Two editions: Standard, and Professional with storyboarding tools, bitmap rigging and a 2D camera.

Built for: Professional animators, animation studios and animation schools and students

Pricing: One-time purchase (perpetual licence) with free technical support. Prices shown after choosing a country: TVPaint Animation 12 Standard EUR 650 and Professional EUR 1,600, excluding tax; student prices EUR 325 and EUR 650; upgrades from version 11 also listed (published)

Unreal Engine

Epic Games, Inc., United States · Desktop

Real-time 3D engine from Epic Games (Cary, North Carolina) used in film and TV for virtual production, in-camera VFX on LED stages, previs and animation. Sequencer for per-shot editing, Control Rig for rigging and animation, Live Link for streaming mocap and Maya data, MetaHuman characters.

Built for: Film and TV studios, virtual production teams, animation and VFX studios, previs and broadcast teams

Pricing: Free for individuals and businesses under USD 1 million in annual gross revenue, and for educators and schools. Above that, non-game uses such as film, TV and linear content need a seat licence at USD 1,850 per seat per year (30-day trial); games and applications that ship engine code pay a 5% royalty on gross revenue above USD 1 million instead (published)

Viz Engine

Vizrt, Norway · On-premise + cloud

Real-time 3D graphics rendering and compositing engine from Vizrt (Bergen, Norway) for virtual sets, augmented reality graphics, data-driven overlays, video walls and video playout in broadcast and digital production. Runs virtualised and in the cloud as well as on premise, with Unreal Engine integration.

Built for: Broadcasters, newsrooms, sports organisations and content creators producing for linear, digital and OTT output

Pricing: Quote on request

vMix

StudioCoast Pty Ltd, Australia · Desktop

Live video production and streaming software for Windows from StudioCoast in Robina, Queensland: mix and switch cameras, IP cameras, video files, NDI feeds and virtual sets, record, and stream to several destinations at once. vMix Call brings in remote guests and vMix Replay adds instant replay.

Built for: Live event, sports, church, education, gaming, podcast and presentation producers

Pricing: One-time lifetime licences: Basic HD USD 60, HD USD 350, 4K USD 700, Pro USD 1,200, with free updates for the first 12 months; or vMix MAX subscription at USD 50 per month. Free 60-day trial (published)

Wirecast

Telestream, Inc., United States · Desktop

Live video production and streaming software from Telestream (Nevada City, California): capture unlimited cameras, bring in remote guests, add overlays and stream to several destinations at the same time. Two editions, Studio and Pro; Pro adds NDI output, ISO recording, PTZ control and sports production tools.

Built for: Content creators, churches, sports organisations, corporate communications, education, government and TV broadcasters

Pricing: Subscription: Wirecast Studio USD 59 per month or USD 34 per month billed yearly; Wirecast Pro USD 79 per month or USD 42 per month billed yearly. Fully functional free trial with no time limit (published)

YoYotta

YoYotta Ltd, United Kingdom · Desktop

London-based media workflow software for offloading camera cards with metadata and thumbnails, verified copies, LTO tape archiving in LTFS (LTO-5 to LTO-10), transcoding to DPX, ProRes, H.264, H.265 and MXF, and conforming from AAF, ALE, EDL and FCPXML timelines.

Built for: Production and post-production companies in media and entertainment

Pricing: YoYotta v4 GBP 80 per year (12-month subscription, no automatic renewal); add-ons per year: Conform GBP 110, LTO Drive GBP 60 per drive, LTO Library GBP 80, Multi LTO Library GBP 240; demo licence for evaluation; EUR and USD price lists also published (published)

ZBrush

Maxon Computer GmbH, Germany · Desktop

Digital sculpting and painting software from Maxon (Bad Homburg, Germany): shape models with brush tools as if working in clay, handling millions of polygons in real time. Desktop versions for Windows and macOS, with ZBrush for iPad included in the subscription.

Built for: Character and creature artists, digital sculptors, concept artists and film, VFX and game studios

Pricing: Subscription: EUR 36.79 per month billed annually (EUR 441.57 per year), stated as inclusive of the highest potential VAT rate; monthly billing also offered; included in Maxon One (published)

Zero Density Reality

Zero Density Yazılım Anonim Şirketi, Turkey · On-premise + cloud

Real-time graphics platform from Izmir, Turkey, for virtual studios, augmented reality, XR, on-air graphics and videowall production. Built from a Zero Density version of Unreal Engine, the node-based compositor NODOS and the browser-based control layer Reality Hub, with the Traxis camera tracking products alongside.

Built for: Broadcasters, news and sports productions, live events, esports, corporate video and education

Pricing: Quote on request