SUMMARY
Joris Hermans presents a free Adobe alternative ecosystem, now nearly complete, built around tools he uses daily. After two years without Adobe, he relies on DaVinci Resolve for video and photo editing, and Affinity for graphics. The gap for motion graphics, previously filled by After Effects, is now being addressed by the newly free Cavalry and Autograph applications. While Cavalry offers procedural motion graphics, Autograph aims for a more comprehensive solution with compositing and node-based workflows, including a DaVinci Resolve plugin.
TAKEAWAYS
Free tools like DaVinci Resolve and Affinity are central to a new Adobe alternative workflow.
Cavalry and Autograph are new free applications addressing motion graphics needs.
Autograph offers a DaVinci Resolve plugin for potential ecosystem integration.
The coherence of this free ecosystem depends on individual creator workflows.