# Workspace
Workspace is where the LottieFiles plugin earns its keep as a collaboration tool. Stay in After Effects, where your compositions live, and still share an animation URL with a teammate, push a new version over the same URL, and signal where the file stands — in progress, needs review, approved, shipped. Your team can be in Figma, the browser, or Slack; the same animation file is the meeting point. Set up this workflow once and keep using it for the lifetime of a project.

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## What Workspace lets you do without leaving AE

- **Share an animation** — turn any workspace file into a public URL anyone can open in a browser. No LottieFiles account required on the recipient's side. See [Sharing an animation](/en/integrations/after-effects/10_workspace/sharing-an-animation).
- **Update a version** — push new renders to an existing workspace file from AE. The share URL stays the same; the animation behind it gets fresher. See [Updating a version](/en/integrations/after-effects/10_workspace/updating-a-version).
- **Track file status** — move a file through No status → In progress → Needs review → Approved → Shipped. Teammates watching the link see status change without any extra messaging. See [Tracking file status](/en/integrations/after-effects/10_workspace/tracking-file-status).
- **Customize Motion Tokens and themes** — preview and edit tokenized dotLottie values, then save the result back to Workspace as a new version. See [Managing themes and changes](/en/integrations/after-effects/03_motion-tokens/managing-themes-and-changes).
- **Reuse AEP source files** — insert an AEP into the open After Effects project or open it as a separate project.

Sharing, versioning, and status combine into the collaboration loop: enable the link once, push updates from AE as you iterate, and bump status when a reviewer needs to look. Motion Tokens and source-file insertion let the same Workspace library support hands-on production work as well.

## In this chapter

- **[Sharing an animation](/en/integrations/after-effects/10_workspace/sharing-an-animation)** — generate a public link and use it as a stable review URL.
- **[Updating a version](/en/integrations/after-effects/10_workspace/updating-a-version)** — push new renders to an existing workspace file so the share URL stays fresh.
- **[Tracking file status](/en/integrations/after-effects/10_workspace/tracking-file-status)** — five statuses to coordinate review across teammates.
- **[Browsing and searching](/en/integrations/after-effects/10_workspace/browsing-and-searching)** — navigate the hierarchy and find files.
- **[Workspace panel controls](/en/integrations/after-effects/10_workspace/workspace-panel-controls)** — insert AEP source files and reference the rest of the UI.

## Related

- [Export](/en/integrations/after-effects/06_export/exporting-compositions-as-lottie) — how files arrive in the workspace in the first place.
- [Managing Motion Token themes and changes](/en/integrations/after-effects/03_motion-tokens/managing-themes-and-changes) — edit token values and save themes from Workspace.
- [Motion System](/en/integrations/after-effects/11_motion-system) — design elements that ride along inside shared workspace files.