# Quickstart
Set up your Lottie AI account and go from a plain-language prompt to exported code in a few minutes.

Set up your account and go from prompt to exported code in a few minutes.

## Sign up and sign in

Lottie AI uses your LottieFiles account. You can explore [lottie.ai](https://lottie.ai) without signing in; sign in to generate.

1. Go to [lottie.ai](https://lottie.ai).
2. Sign in with your LottieFiles account, or create one.
3. Answer the short onboarding survey. It helps tailor suggested prompts to your work.

## Tour of the Studio

The Studio is where you write prompts, preview animations, adjust them, and export.

- **Prompt box:** where you describe your animation. When it's empty, it shows a placeholder and suggested prompts to start from.
- **Add context or attachment:** open **Duration**, **Color palette**, **Size**, or **Add SVG**. The adjacent mode selector offers Turbo and Quality, plus the From scratch, Illustrations, and Detailed (Quality only) artwork options.
- **Prompt helpers:** use `/` commands and `@` layers to add context.
- **Preview:** play or pause, seek frames, toggle looping, and adjust the preview background, playback speed, and view options. **Code** opens the animation source with a **Copy** button; **Show preview** returns to playback.
- **Objects and Controls:** show or hide the right panel. **Objects** provides search, filtering, layer selection, visibility, and locking. **Controls** exposes Looks, Recolor, experimental Scripts, and animation-specific groups with re-roll and lock controls.
- **My animations:** open the left-panel tab to search recent animations or start a **New animation**. It is also available from the account menu.
- **Account menu:** open your profile menu to view your account, active workspace, and plan. It includes Dark mode, Home, My animations, Prompt guide, and Keyboard shortcuts (⌘ / on Mac). You can also manage Completion alerts and cookie preferences, restore the last session when available, or log out.

## Your first animation

<Steps>
  <Step title="Describe the style and the motion">
    In the prompt box, describe the style and the motion, for example: _A flat blue checkmark that draws itself in, then bounces once._
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a mode and submit">
    Choose Turbo or Quality in the mode selector, set artwork options, and submit the prompt. Use **Add context or attachment** for a color palette, duration, or size. The action label depends on context: **Generate Animation** without an object selection, and **Apply Changes** for selected objects.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Adjust the Controls">
    When the preview appears, use the **Controls** panel to adjust size, position, rotation, timing, or more. The controls are customized based on the animation you generated.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Reprompt for bigger changes">
    If you want a bigger change, write a reprompt such as _Make the bounce softer and add a green glow\._
  </Step>

  <Step title="Export">
    Click **Export** and choose your format. See [Export](/en/lottie-ai/export) for the available formats.
  </Step>
</Steps>

New accounts also see an onboarding task list in the Studio that walks through these steps.