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namazruhu
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June 23, 2022
Question

Exporting video composition as JSON file

  • June 23, 2022
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Hi everybody,

 

I am making short videos for a mobile application project. Initially, the videos were going to be used within a different platform but now they want to use these videos inside the mobile app.

 

Videos are usually 10 seconds long and 750x1624 px. It contains mov, psd, and png format elements. I also used 3D camera movements.

 

I'm trying to convert videos to JSON files via LottieFiles and Bodymovin but the translation fails because it doesn't support these files. How can I find a solution for this?

 

AE v22.4.0 - Bodymovin 5.8.1 - LottieFiles v1.0

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    Roland Kahlenberg
    Roland Kahlenberg
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    June 23, 2022

    Lottie doesn't support AE;s 3D Camera and all effects except Drop Shadow (I think). I'm also not certain if 3D layers are supported but a quick test should help you out. 
    HTH

     

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      Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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      June 23, 2022

      I don't know what your animation looks like, but I think you are using the wrong tool. Web animations should be mostly code. The browser turns the code into pixels.

       

      After Effects is designed to create pixels and render movies. If you start pushing on the underlying Afeter Effects code with a bulldozer and then beat on it with a sledgehammer, some of the vector information in a comp can be turned into code using a few 3rd party tools. 

       

      If you want to produce web animations, you should look at Adobe Animate. That is what Animate is designed to do. If you must stick with After Effects, you must convert all of your source files to plugin-compatible files. That isn't easy to do. Adobe Animate can easily embed movies in a web browser by mimicking a media player. The file size and bandwidth requirements are about the same as playing a video from YouTube. As long as you can deal with the bandwidth and file size, you should be able to do most of what you described using Animate. 

       

      I hope this helps.

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      Francesca_Deluca
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      October 20, 2024

      I've the same problem, I think, I did some animation from Ai. file, and now I can't export in JSON from bodymoving plughin in after effect, can I ask how is possible to convert the native files to plugin-compatible files ?

       

      Thanks so much

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