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JSON animation viewer

Open a .json animation, which is most often a Lottie, and play it on your device, then make a video or a GIF of it or edit it. Free, with no account or uploads.

A .json animation is most often a Lottie. It plays as it is, on your device, and can become a video, a GIF or another kind of Lottie.

Drop a .json animation to play it

It plays as it is, drawn by ThorVG on your device.

  • JSON
  • LOTTIE
  • TGS

Stays on your device. Nothing is uploaded.

How it works and help

A little help along the way

Follow these steps. Every option is explained underneath. Everything happens in your browser; nothing you draw or bring in is sent anywhere.

  1. Say what you want to makeChoose a moving logo or icon, a loading animation or an animated icon to open a small animation that already moves, ready to change. Open a file takes an SVG, a picture or a project you saved before; you can also drop an SVG on the page.
  2. DrawDraw rectangles, ellipses, polygons, stars and triangles, paths with the pen, and strokes with the pencil and brush. Fill closed areas with the bucket, join or cut shapes with the Shape Builder, and write words in the site's fonts.
  3. Animate with keysA key says what a part is like at one moment: its position, turn, size, opacity or colours. Set a key at one time and another later, and every frame between them is worked out for you.
  4. Choose the easingEach key says how the movement goes on to the next: Steady, Jump, Smooth, Speed up, Slow down, Speed up, slow down, Overshoot or Spring, or a curve of your own in the graph editor.
  5. Play itPlay the timeline to watch it. It can loop, play once or play there and back, and a work area plays only the part you are working on.
  6. Export itSay where it will go: social media or a video makes an MP4, a chat or an email a GIF, a website or an app an animated WebP with a clear background, and a still picture a PNG or SVG of one frame. Each file is checked before it is offered.

Questions people ask

What is a JSON animation?
Most often a Lottie: an animation written as JSON text, which After Effects' Bodymovin plugin and many apps save. It holds shapes, colours and keys rather than pictures, so it stays sharp at any size.
How do I play a .json animation?
Drop it on this page. It plays as it is, drawn by ThorVG on your device, with its size, frame rate and length shown. Play and pause it, go to any moment, and see it on checks, white or dark.
Can I turn a .json animation into a video or a GIF?
Yes. Choose Make a video or GIF, and it is written on your device as an MP4, a GIF, an animated WebP or a PNG of one frame, from frames ThorVG draws.

This page is the Animation maker, opened for this one job; every other tool it has is one press away. Each of its settings is explained on the Animation maker's own page.

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