Export custom Figma animations
Sanghyo Yee
Hey lucius nagel, I'm Hyo, product desinger at LottieFiles and happy to help & understand better. Could you explain what's not working in the Figma plugin, and would you mind sharing figma URL you're having issue?
lucius nagel
Sanghyo Yee hi Sanghyo Yee, thanks for reaching out. I'll try to explain my problem a bit better. I used to be able to export my custom animation that i build in figma 1:1 to lottie, like i build ah component, and instance of it and added an animation inbetween (first screenshot). Now i can only select a frame and can only chose an animation with the presets thats not really needed by me, i would need my custom (smart) Animation i build in figma. i hope i described the problem a bit better and would love to hear back from you if there s a workaround or if i miss something :) BR
Sanghyo Yee
lucius nagel Hey Lucius, we have two features like you described - multi frame animation using Figma prototype properties, and preset animation using a single frame. These are all available via our plugin as of now. It should work when you select multiple frames and hit Export button, but I will share how-to for prototype animation.
To make suure bringing your prototype animation, you can..
- create & connect frames with smart animation
- if you used variants, cmd+c, cmd+v the animated instance to the frame
- add prototype starting point from Figma Prototpye pannel
- open LottieFiles plugin
- click the dropdown to check the prototype starting point
- preview result
Hope it helps!