# Welcome to Lottie Creator
Lottie Creator is a professional animation editor for creating, editing, and exporting Lottie animations. Build everything from simple icons to complex interactive animations with state machines, AI assistance, and powerful editing tools.

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**Start designing motion in Lottie Creator:**

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  <span>Open Lottie Creator</span>

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## Quick Links

<Grid columns="4">
  <Card title="Getting Started" href="/en/creator/02_quickstart" variant="interactive" />

  <Card title="First Animation" href="/en/creator/02_quickstart/first-animation" variant="interactive" />

  <Card title="Keyboard Shortcuts" href="/en/creator/15_reference/shortcuts" variant="interactive" />

  <Card title="AI Tools" href="/en/creator/13_ai-tools" variant="interactive" />
</Grid>

## Key Features

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  <ListItem>**Professional Animation Tools** - Timeline, keyframes, easing editor, and property controls</ListItem>
  <ListItem>**AI-Powered Workflow** - Theme generation, state machine creation, and vector generation</ListItem>
  <ListItem>**Interactive Animations** - Full state machine support with dotLottie</ListItem>
  <ListItem>**Theming System** - Color tokens and theme management</ListItem>
  <ListItem>**Plugin Ecosystem** - Extend functionality with community plugins</ListItem>
  <ListItem>**Export Formats** - Export to Lottie JSON, dotLottie, GIF, MP4, and more</ListItem>
</List>

## What's New

Check out the latest features and improvements in the [Changelog](https://releases.lottiefiles.com/creator-releases).