Bodymovin After Effects

Posted on 30-04-2021 by admin

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Install and use the Bodymovin extension to export After Effects compositions as JSON files.

This video features an old UI. Updated version coming soon!

I am trying to render after effects animations on browser using Bodymovin. I have tried the example from docs but it is not working. It is not displaying the animation. I am trying the example from. Bodymovin is an After Effects plugin created by Hernan Torrisi that exports After effects files as json and includes a javascript web player. We've built on top of his great work to extend its usage to Android, iOS, and React Native. Easily add high-quality animation to any native app. Lottie is an iOS, Android, and React Native library that renders After Effects animations in real time, allowing apps to use animations as easily as they use static images. After Effects can be pretty unintuitive and full of hacky workarounds to do most of the cool stuff. Your going to have to start by learning after effects. Just find some tutorials online and get going. It's not anything like photoshop to be honest. Lottie can only use a specific part of after effects animation.

An After Effects extension to export Lottie animations. Animations are exported by default as.json files that use the lottie.js player that comes along with the plugin. You can render animations in the browser on svg, canvas and html. It supports a subset of After Effects features.

This video features an old UI. Updated version coming soon!

Bodymovin is a free extension that lets you export After Effects compositions as JSON files to embed in websites and add to apps. Let’s take a look at how to install the Bodymovin extension.

We’ll do this in 4 steps:

1. Install the Bodymovin extension

Head to Adobe Exchange and install the free Bodymovin extension.

Note: If you have multiple creative cloud subscriptions, make sure you’re logged into the right one before you add the extension so you can easily find it in the next step.

2. Verify After Effects preferences

Open After Effects and look for Bodymovin, listed under Window > Extensions.

If Bodymovin isn’t there, try quitting and restarting After Effects.

To make sure your file permissions are set up properly, click After Effects > Preferences > Scripting & Expressions (Edit > Preferences > Scripting & Expressions on Windows).

Look for Allow Script to Write Files and Access Network and make sure it’s checked.

3. Render an animation

Now we’ll export a composition using Bodymovin.

Open your animation in After Effects and to export it choose Window > Extensions > Bodymovin. Select your animation and any other compositions you want to render.

Note: If you have any rasterized images in your composition, make sure you Enable compression in the Settings menu.

Check the destination folder and while you’re there, name the JSON file you’re about to export, hit Save, and click Render.

Once that renders, you should now have a JSON file in the destination folder. And now we’ll place the animation on the site.

4. Place the animation in a site

We’ll use Webflow for this step, but the concept is the same hand coding or using another platform.

From the Assets panel on the left, drag the animation into your layout.

That’s it! When you publish, export, or preview, your animation should play automatically.

If you haven’t already, check out our full After Effects & Lottie in Webflow course.

See Airbnb’s Lottie site for a list of their currently supported After Effects features.