Summary
Lottie animations are lightweight, JSON-based animations that scale beautifully and load quickly. Webflow offers native support for Lottie, making it easy to enhance user interactions with professional-grade motion graphics—without writing a single line of code. Webflow’s native Lottie integration allows developers and designers to add Lottie animations directly to a Webflow project for interactive animations and improved user experience.
Why use Lottie in Webflow
- Lightweight compared to GIFs or video
- Fully scalable with no quality loss
- Interactive and trigger-based playback for scroll animations and hover/click effects
- Works seamlessly across modern browsers
- JSON-based animations are vector-based, much lighter than traditional GIFs or video, without sacrificing performance
Step-by-step integration process
- Export your Lottie file
Use Adobe After Effects with the Bodymovin plugin to export your animation as a .json file. Using the Bodymovin plugin ensures your Lottie JSON file is compatible with Webflow. Alternatively, download free animations from lottiefiles.com or Lottie library. Lottiefiles offers thousands of free, custom Lottie animations ready for Webflow integration. - Upload to Webflow
In the Webflow Designer, go to the “Assets” panel and click Upload to add your .json Lottie file. Webflow allows you to manage assets and Lottie files like any other Webflow element. - Add the Lottie element
Drag a Lottie Animation element from the Webflow Elements panel onto your canvas. Link it to the uploaded Lottie JSON file from your assets. You can also embed JSON-based animations using the embed element if needed. - Choose animation behavior
In the Lottie settings panel, define how the animation plays:
Scroll-based: Plays as the user scrolls
Loop: Repeats continuously
Hover/click trigger: Starts on interaction
Set the Lottie playback to control which portion of the animation is triggered, enabling animations in real-time tied to Webflow interactions.
- Style and position
Treat your Lottie animation like any other Webflow element. You can add padding, margins, position it with Flex or Grid, and set width/height for responsiveness. Lottie animations enhance UI, layout, and user scroll interactions, allowing complex animations without code-based animation.
Final outcome
With just a few clicks, Lottie animations in Webflow bring your site to life—adding delight, clarity, and motion without slowing down your pages. Webflow is the ability to create interactive animations that make your website stand out. Lottie animations are rendered efficiently, interactive, and vector-based, ensuring smooth performance across all devices.
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Integriti Studio creates interactive, animation-driven experiences and Webflow websites that leave a lasting impression. Using Lottie animations in Webflow lets you integrate custom Lottie animations, create Lottie sections, and animate your Lottie JSON files with powerful features of using Lottie.
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