You could say that Nuke is a little better on the compositing and VFX side, and that After Effects is a little better on the Animation and Design side. sebastian 2 years ago I disagree They both do the exact same things(I use both platforms)nuke animates things just as wellhowever i do prefer nodes over layers for composting a and after effects has a better system for animating Undo 2 years ago I'