Figma Motion: Preview a Lottie Export Before You Download It
FigmaFigma Motion now shows how an animation plays as a Lottie file before it is exported, so a designer can check the exported result before downloading it.
Key Takeaways
- Figma Motion now previews an animation as a Lottie file before export.
- The check happens before downloading, not after.
- It catches cases where the exported Lottie differs from what the editor showed.
- Designers no longer need an external Lottie renderer to verify an export.
- Problems are found while they can still be fixed before handoff.
- It ships alongside physics based springs and animation style previews in the same Figma Motion release.
Checking the Lottie Before It Leaves Figma
Figma Motion now previews how an animation plays as a Lottie file before the export happens. A designer can confirm the result and only then download it.
Why It Matters
Lottie is the format most teams use to hand animation to engineers, and an exported Lottie does not always reproduce what the editor showed — unsupported properties and approximations can change the result. Previously the only way to find out was to export the file, load it somewhere that renders Lottie, and look. Previewing inside Figma moves that check before the download, so a broken or altered export is caught at the point it can still be fixed rather than after it has been handed off.
Availability
The release note does not state any plan-specific availability or restrictions.