# After Effects To get started creating animations for Lottie in After Effects you'll need a few things ## 1. After Effects ![After Effects](https://github.com/AaronO/lottie/tree/fe1e01482a585136afe23f81f8fb189097c07e87/images/1-AfterEffects.png) Get the latest After Effects from Creative Cloud [here](http://www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects.html) . ## 2. Bodymovin ![BodyMovin](https://github.com/AaronO/lottie/tree/fe1e01482a585136afe23f81f8fb189097c07e87/images/2-Bodymovin.png) Download and install the latest version of the Bodymovin Extension for After Effects. Detailed instructions [here](https://github.com/AaronO/lottie/tree/fe1e01482a585136afe23f81f8fb189097c07e87/after-effects/bodymovin-installation.md) . ## 3. Lottiefiles preview app ![Lottie preview app](https://github.com/AaronO/lottie/tree/fe1e01482a585136afe23f81f8fb189097c07e87/images/3-Previewapp.png) Download the Lottie app on the [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airbnb.lottie) , or the Lottie preview app on the [App Store](https://www.lottiefiles.com/ios) . After you're all setup with those three things, check out our [general tips](https://github.com/AaronO/lottie/tree/fe1e01482a585136afe23f81f8fb189097c07e87/after-effets/general-tips.d). Since not all After Effects features are supported see our [supported features list](https://github.com/AaronO/lottie/tree/fe1e01482a585136afe23f81f8fb189097c07e87/after-effects/supported-features.md). Lastly check out some workflow overviews in our [SVG/Sketch to Lottie walkthrough](https://github.com/AaronO/lottie/tree/fe1e01482a585136afe23f81f8fb189097c07e87/after-effects/artwork-to-lottie-walkthrough.md) or our [Illustrator to Lottie walkthrough](https://github.com/AaronO/lottie/tree/fe1e01482a585136afe23f81f8fb189097c07e87/after-effects/illustrator-to-lottie-walkthrough.md) ## 😍 Additional goodies 😍 All of these goodies are **Highly recommended**. They arent essential, because you can still create for Lottie without them. But your workflow will be significantly faster and better with these extra tools. [Overlord](http://www.battleaxe.co/overlord/) by [Adam Plouff](https://twitter.com/adamplouff) is the ideal Illustrator to After Effects workflow. It is an extension for After Effects and Illustrator that helps get artwork back and forth between the two programss. "Think of Overlord as a way to use Adobe Illustrator as a drawing plugin for After Effects." -Lester Banks. [Explode shape layers](http://aescripts.com/explode-shape-layers/) is a fantastic tool created by [Zack Lovatt](https://twitter.com/zlovatt?lang=en) for After Effects that helps in the managing of shape layers. [Sketch2AE](https://google.github.io/sketch2ae/) is another amazing new tool from [Adam Plouff](http://adamplouff.com/) and the [Google SUMux](https://design.google/) team. It assists in bringing artwork from Sketch to After Effects [Parametric converter](https://www.kyle-martinez.com/tools/parametric-converter/) made by [Kyle Martinez](https://twitter.com/kyletmartinez) converts bezier shapes to parametric shapes. Its super helpful when you have an illustrator file that has elipses or rectangles as paths, and you need them converted to the parametric shapes with size controls etc. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://airbnb.gitbook.io/lottie/after-effects.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.