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Online Lottie Animation Editor

Edit Lottie JSON, .lot, and .lottie files online without After Effects. Change colors, text, layers, timing, and motion in your browser — then validate, optimize, and export for any platform. Free, no account, no upload.

Open the editor

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What you can edit

Colors — extract unique colors, replace globally or per-selection, apply brand palettes or dark mode.
Text — change content, font family, size, tracking, line height, alignment, and fill color.
Layers — reorder, rename, duplicate, hide, delete, and inspect the full layer hierarchy.
Transforms — position, scale, rotation, opacity, and in/out timing points.
Shapes — fill, stroke, width, size, and corner radius for shape layers.
Speed & timing — base speed (0.25×–3×) and a visual speed-curve editor with presets.

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Supported formats

Import and export .json (standard Lottie), .lot, and .lottie (dotLottie package) files. Drag and drop or browse to open.

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Why edit Lottie online?

Lottie animations are typically created in After Effects with the Bodymovin plugin. But reopening the original AE project to make a small color change or timing adjustment is slow and expensive — especially when you don't own the AE license or the original project. Pillow Lottie lets you make those edits directly on the JSON file, in seconds, for free.

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Edit with AI agents: MCP server & API

Prefer to describe the change instead of clicking? Connect your AI assistant to the Pillow Lottie MCP server (or call the REST API from a script). The agent inspects the file, applies the edits — colors, text, crop, trim, speed, optimization — and gives you back the JSON plus a link that opens the result in this editor for a final look.

MCP server

https://lottie.pillow-sauce.com/mcp

Streamable HTTP · no auth · stateless

REST API

https://lottie.pillow-sauce.com/api/<tool>

POST JSON · GET /api/tools for schemas

Docs for LLMs

https://lottie.pillow-sauce.com/llms.txtOpen

Full tool & operation reference

01
Connect
Add the MCP URL to your assistant (steps below).
02
Ask
Attach a Lottie, paste its URL, or paste an editor link — and describe the change.
03
Review
The agent returns the edited JSON and a link that opens the result in this editor.

Claude.ai (web) and the Claude desktop app — Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans.

1
Open Settings → Connectors and click “Add custom connector”.
2
Name it “Pillow Lottie” and paste the server URL. Leave authentication empty.
url
```
https://lottie.pillow-sauce.com/mcp
```
3
In a chat, enable the connector from the “Search and tools” menu, then attach or link a Lottie file and describe the edit.

Try asking

“Recolor this Lottie to our brand palette #E11D48 / #0F172A and give me an editor link: <URL to .json or .lottie>”
“Change the text "Loading…" to "Завантаження…" and make the animation 1.5× faster.”
“Crop the animation to the icon in the center with 16 px padding and export it as 512×512.”
“Inspect this file and tell me which layers and colors I can change.”

Available tools (11)

lottie_inspect: Size, fps, layers, colors, texts — call first
lottie_edit: Batch of edit operations in one call
lottie_replace_colors: Recolor: {"#FF0000": "#00AAFF"}
lottie_set_text: Change text content, font, size, color
lottie_crop: Crop or resize the canvas
lottie_resize: Scale the whole animation
lottie_trim: Keep a frame / seconds range
lottie_set_speed: Faster, slower or a set duration
lottie_optimize: Smaller file size
lottie_validate: Web / iOS / Android compatibility
lottie_open_in_editor: Link that opens the result here

The server stores nothing: the animation travels with each request, and editor links keep it in the URL fragment (after “#”), which is never sent to any server. Very large files may exceed the free hosting CPU limit — use smaller files or the JSON output.

Queries & corrections

Frequently asked questions

Can I edit Lottie files with ChatGPT or Claude?: Yes. Add https://lottie.pillow-sauce.com/mcp as a custom MCP connector (Claude: Settings → Connectors; ChatGPT: Developer mode → Create connector) and ask for the edit. Scripts can use the REST API at /api/<tool>.
Do I need After Effects to use this Lottie editor?: No. Pillow Lottie works entirely online in your browser. You can edit any Lottie file without After Effects or any installed software.
Is the Lottie editor free?: Yes, completely free with no account or signup required.
Are my files uploaded to a server?: No. All editing happens locally in your browser. Your files never leave your device.