App teams polishing a product
Feedback animations for taps, loading and success that make the app feel more responsive.
UI Micro-Animations and Lottie
Small, light animations that make your app or website feel responsive and finished, without slowing it down.
From $600 per animation set
- Founder-led
- Fixed written quote in 48 hours
- Milestone payments
- NDA on request
- Weekly progress updates
Who it's for
Built for teams like yours
Websites wanting motion without heavy video
Crisp animated illustrations and icons that stay sharp at any size and load quickly.
Products with onboarding or empty screens
Friendly animated guides that help new users understand what to do next.
What you get
Everything in your ui micro-animations and lottie project
01
Button and toggle states
Press, like, favourite, toggle and add-to-cart animations that confirm an action instantly.
02
Loaders and progress
Branded loading, pull-to-refresh and progress animations that make waits feel shorter.
03
Onboarding walkthroughs
Animated illustrations for first-run screens that explain features in a few seconds each.
04
Success, error and empty states
Small moments for payment success, failed uploads, no results and empty inboxes.
05
Animated icons
Navigation and feature icons with subtle motion, drawn to match your icon set.
06
Lottie JSON and dotLottie files
Lightweight files exported via Bodymovin, tested on the platforms you use.
07
Interaction specs
Trigger, loop, segment and timing notes so developers play each animation correctly.
08
Fallbacks
Static images or first frames for reduced-motion settings and older devices.
CHAPTER 01
What our Lottie animation services add to your product
The difference between an app that feels polished and one that feels unfinished is often small: a heart that bursts when tapped, a loader that turns into a tick, a friendly illustration on an empty screen. Omebly’s Lottie animation services design those UI micro-animations and deliver them as lightweight Lottie files that play smoothly in apps and on websites.
01.1
Why Lottie
Lottie stores animation as JSON data rather than video frames, so files are small, stay sharp at any size and can be controlled in code. We design in After Effects, export through Bodymovin and test on real iOS, Android and web builds. This page covers in-product motion; for longer animated videos, see our main animation design service.
01.2
When Lottie is the wrong choice
Lottie is not the only option, and we will say when it is the wrong one. Photographs, 3D renders and effects such as particles or heavy blur still belong in video. Interactive animations with many states that respond to live input can suit Rive, another real-time format. For flat vector motion inside an interface, though, Lottie is lightweight, well supported and easy for developers to use.
01.3
Who it suits
It suits app teams polishing a product before launch, websites that want motion without heavy video files, and products whose onboarding or empty screens feel flat.
CHAPTER 02
Micro-animations we design
Feedback for actions. When a user taps like, adds to basket, sends a message or switches a setting, a short animation confirms it happened. These animations are tiny, often well under a second, but they make an interface feel responsive.
02.1
Loaders and progress
A branded loader or pull-to-refresh animation makes a wait feel shorter and more intentional than a default spinner. For longer processes, such as uploads or payments, progress animations can be tied to the real percentage complete.
02.2
Onboarding
First-run screens explain your app’s main features. Animated illustrations communicate each one in a few seconds and give the app personality from the first minute.
02.3
States
Success after payment, an error when an upload fails, an empty inbox or no search results. These moments are easy to overlook, but they shape how users feel about your product when things go wrong or there is nothing to show.
02.4
Animated icons
Navigation and feature icons with subtle motion, such as a bell that rings when there is a notification, drawn to match your existing icon set.
02.5
Files and specs
Each animation is delivered as Lottie JSON and, where useful, dotLottie, with notes on triggers, loops, frame segments and timing. We also provide static fallbacks for users who choose reduced motion in their device settings.
CHAPTER 03
How we approach UI motion
Motion in an interface has a job: confirming an action, showing where something went, or explaining a change. Decoration that gets in the way is worse than none. We follow a few principles:
- Short and purposefulMost feedback animations finish in well under a second. Users repeat these actions many times a day, so long animations soon become annoying.
- Consistent timing and easingOne set of motion rules for the whole product, which we can hand over as tokens for developers.
- Designed for Lottie’s limitsSome After Effects effects do not export or render differently across players. We avoid them from the start instead of discovering problems at hand-off.
- Performance firstFewer layers, small files and testing on mid-range phones, not only the newest devices.
- Respect user settingsReduced-motion preferences get a calm alternative.
03.1
Made with your team
We work closely with your designers and developers. Animations are matched to the screens they live in; if you are designing the app itself, our mobile app UI/UX design team can plan motion from the start. For brand moments such as a splash-screen logo, our logo animation service creates the reveal and supplies it as Lottie too.
CHAPTER 04
Timelines and what affects the cost
We do not quote a standard turnaround. The effort depends on:
- How many animationsyou need, and how many states each has.
- ComplexityA simple tick is quick; a character-led onboarding sequence takes much longer.
- IllustrationWhether we animate your existing illustrations and icons or design new ones first.
- Platforms to test, such as web, iOS, Android and Flutter.
- Integration supportduring your development sprint.
04.1
Your fixed quote
Your fixed written quote lists each animation, the formats, the platforms tested and the revision rounds.
CHAPTER 05
Why Omebly for Lottie animation
Every project is led personally by our founder, Nazmul Hussain, who has 10+ years of experience building websites, apps and digital products. Because Omebly builds Flutter, Android, iOS and web products, we design animations knowing how developers will load, trigger and test them.
- Fixed written quote within 48 hours of a free consultation.
- Weekly demos, and each milestone is paid only after you review it.
- The animation files and After Effects projects we created are yours once fully paid.
- NDA on request.
- If our team also builds your app or website, the integration code we write is covered by lifetime bug-fix support, as set out in our support policy. The animation files themselves are design work and follow your proposal’s revision terms.
CHAPTER 06
Add motion to your product
Send us your app or website and the moments you would like to animate on WhatsApp at +91 70444 33991, email info@omebly.com, or use our contact page. We will reply with a fixed quote within 48 hours.
How we work
From first call to hand-over
- 1
Audit and list
Under 1 weekWe review your screens and list the moments that need motion, ranked by how often users see them.
- 2
Style and key frames
1 weekMotion style agreed on two or three sample animations before the full set.
- 3
Animation
1-3 weeksEach animation built in After Effects with Lottie-supported features, reviewed in weekly demos.
- 4
Export and device testing
Under 1 weekFiles exported, size-checked and played on real iOS, Android and web builds.
- 5
Developer hand-off
OngoingFiles, specs and playback notes delivered, with help during integration if needed.
Tools we use
- Adobe After Effects
- Bodymovin
- LottieFiles
- dotLottie
- Adobe Illustrator
- Figma
- lottie-web
- Lottie for Flutter
Packages
Pick a starting point
From $600 per animation set. Every project gets a fixed written quote after a free consultation, with milestone payments.
Starter set
From $600
- A handful of key micro-animations
- Loader and success animation
- Lottie JSON exports
- Playback notes for developers
App motion pack
Fixed quote
- Full set of button, loader and state animations
- Onboarding animations
- Animated icon set
- Device testing on iOS, Android and web
- Interaction specs and fallbacks
Motion system
Fixed quote
- Motion principles for your product
- Timing and easing tokens for developers
- Complete animation library
- Integration support during the build
Compare
Omebly vs gif or mp4 animations
| Omebly | GIF or MP4 animations | |
|---|---|---|
| File size | Usually small JSON files | Often much larger, especially at high resolution |
| Sharpness | Vector, crisp on any screen size | Pixelated when scaled up |
| Control | Play, pause, loop segments or react to taps and scroll | Plays start to finish |
| Transparency | Clean transparent backgrounds | GIF edges look rough; video transparency is limited |
| Colour changes | Colours can change in code for themes | Needs a new export |
| Limits | Not for photos, 3D renders or complex effects | Shows anything a video can |
FAQ
UI Micro-Animations and Lottie: questions people ask
What exactly is a Lottie file?
A Lottie file is an animation saved as JSON data, describing shapes, colours and movement rather than pixels. A small player library reads it and draws the animation live in your app or website. Animations are designed in After Effects and exported with the Bodymovin plugin. The newer dotLottie format compresses the same data further.
Which platforms can play Lottie animations?
Official and community players exist for the web, iOS, Android, Flutter and React Native, among others. On the web, lottie-web or the dotLottie player is added to the page. In Flutter, the lottie package plays the same file. We test each animation on the platforms your product uses, because support for some effects varies.
What can't be done in Lottie?
Lottie handles vector shapes, paths, masks, trims and most transforms well. It does not support many After Effects effects, such as blurs on some players, particle systems, 3D layers or expressions-heavy rigs. Photographic or 3D content needs a video instead. We design within these limits from the start, so nothing breaks on export.
Can a Lottie animation react to the user?
Yes. Developers can play a specific segment, for example the off-to-on part of a toggle, link progress to scrolling or a download, change colours for dark mode, or pause on the final frame. We mark the frame numbers for each state in the hand-off so your developers know exactly which section to play.
Will animations slow down our app?
Not if they are designed carefully. We keep shapes and layers to a minimum, avoid unsupported effects, check file sizes before hand-off and test on mid-range phones, not only the latest models. We also avoid running many large animations on one screen at the same time, which is the usual cause of jank.
Can you convert our existing GIFs or videos into Lottie?
Usually we rebuild rather than convert. Lottie needs vector layers, so a GIF or MP4 cannot simply be turned into one. If you have the original After Effects or Illustrator files, the work is faster. Otherwise we redraw the animation in vector form, often improving it while matching the original idea.
Start a project
Let's talk about your ui micro-animations and lottie project.
Tell us what you have in mind. You get a free consultation and a fixed quote within 48 hours.
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