Customizing Animation Colors & Properties

Why Customize Animations?

Downloaded or pre-built animations rarely match your brand colors perfectly. Customizing animations allows you to maintain brand consistency while reusing quality animation assets. Whether you need to change colors, adjust timing, or modify properties, customization is essential for a polished final product.

Color Customization Guide

Understanding Color in Lottie Animations

Lottie animations store colors as RGB or HSL values in the JSON file. Each element that has color—strokes, fills, shadows—can be independently modified. Understanding this structure helps you make targeted changes without affecting other elements.

Method 1: Using LotifyAI's Color Editor

LotifyAI provides an intuitive interface for changing animation colors:

1. Upload your animation: Use LotifyAI's preview tool
2. Access color editor: Look for the color customization options
3. Select element to modify: Click on the part of the animation you want to change
4. Choose new color: Use the color picker or enter hex codes
5. Preview changes: See the result in real-time
6. Download modified JSON: Save your customized version

Method 2: Manual JSON Editing

For advanced users comfortable with JSON, you can edit colors directly. JSON animations contain color data in this format:

Use Find & Replace to change specific color values throughout the file. Always backup the original before making changes.

Brand Color Matching

Converting Your Brand Colors

Your brand likely uses hex colors (like #3B82F6). Convert these to RGB for use in animation JSON:

Best Practices for Color Matching

• Test on different backgrounds: Colors appear differently on white vs dark backgrounds
• Maintain contrast: Ensure text/elements on colored backgrounds remain readable
• Consider accessibility: Use color contrast checkers to ensure WCAG compliance
• Use brand guidelines: Follow your brand's official color specifications
• Test on device: Preview on actual screens where animations will be displayed

Speed and Timing Adjustments

Changing Animation Speed

Animation speed significantly affects user experience. Too fast feels jarring, too slow feels sluggish. Lottie provides frame rate control and timing adjustments.

Methods to Adjust Speed

Property Customization

Common Properties You Can Modify

• Opacity/Transparency: Make elements fade in/out or semi-transparent
• Scale/Size: Enlarge or shrink animated elements
• Stroke Width: Thicken or thin lines and strokes
• Rotation: Rotate elements at different angles
• Position: Move elements to different locations
• Blur/Effects: Add or remove visual effects

Advanced Customization Techniques

Gradient Customization

Some animations use gradients. Customize gradient colors to match your brand by modifying the gradient stop colors in the JSON. Each gradient has multiple color stops that can be individually adjusted.

Layer Visibility

If an animation has multiple layers, you can hide specific layers by setting their opacity to 0 or removing them from the JSON. This is useful when you want to reuse an animation but remove certain elements.

Shape Morphing

Advanced animations often include shape morphing effects. These are defined by path data in JSON. Careful modification of path values allows you to change which shapes appear during morphing.

Workflow Best Practices

Conclusion

Customizing animations to match your brand is a powerful way to maintain visual consistency while leveraging quality animation assets. Whether through simple color changes or advanced property modifications, LotifyAI makes the customization process fast and intuitive.