Understand and develop immersive Lottie animations using After Effects and render them natively on mobile using LottieFiles with React Native in this full-color guide
Key Features
- Explore key principles of storytelling, 2D digital animation, and design thinking
- Create animations in After Effects, learn how to export them with both Bodymovin and LottieFiles plugins, and tweak them using the LottieFiles platform
- Understand how to implement Lottie animations with React Native
Book Description
Lottie is a small and scalable JSON-based animation file. LottieFiles is the platform where Lottie animations can be uploaded, tested, and shared. By combining the LottieFiles plugin and the LottieFiles platform, you'll be able to create stunning animations that are very easy to integrate in any device. You'll also see how to use the Bodymovin plugin in AE to export your animation to a JSON file.
The book starts by giving you an overview of Lottie and LottieFiles. As you keep reading, you'll understand the entire Lottie ecosystem and get hands-on with classic 2D animation principles. You'll also get a step-by-step guided tour to ideate, sketch for storytelling, design an icon that will fulfill the needs and expectations of users based on UX, and finally animate it in Adobe After Effects. This will help you get familiar with the After Effects environment, work with vector shape layers, create and modify keyframes using layer properties, explore path and mask features, and adjust timing easily to create professional-looking animations.
By the end of this animation book, you'll be able to create and export your own Lottie animations using After Effects and implement them in mobile apps using React Native. You'll also have an understanding of 2D animation best practices and principles that you can apply in your own projects.
What you will learn
- Get started with Lottie and integrate animations either by creating them from scratch or by downloading them through LottieFiles
- Explore the key principles of 2D classic animation
- Understand the basics to create your first animation using After Effects
- Export your animations into Lottie JSON files through Bodymovin
- Integrate your very first Lottie icon animation inside your React Native app
- Control your animation within the app through React APIs, while exploring best practices and common pitfalls
Who This Book Is For
This book is for developers and engineers who are already familiar with React Native, as well as UX and UI designers who want to create their own animations and integrate them with their platforms through React Native. Basic knowledge of JavaScript programming is assumed. Beginner-level illustration skills are also preferred, although not necessary.
Table of Contents
- Get Started with Lottie
- Creating the Illusion: Get Rolling with the Basic Principles of 2D Classic Animation
- Learning the Tools: Getting Familiar with the After Effects Workspace
- Move It! Animating and Exporting for the First Time Using Lottie with After Effects
- Share It with the World: Working with LottieFiles
- Don't Stop! Exploring Plugins and Resources That Will Keep You Going
- An Introduction to lottie-react-native
- Installing lottie-react-native
- Let's Do Some Magic: Integrating Your First Lottie Animation
- How to Nail It: Controlling Your Animation
- Any Questions? lottie-react-native FAQs
