---
title: "Export your animation"
description: "Lesson 6.1 of Creator Terminal's lesson films (Shipping): Export a finished animation as an MP4 video, and as a dotLottie for a player."
canonical: "https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/export/"
last_updated: 2026-10-27
---

# Export your animation

> Lesson 6.1 of Creator Terminal's lesson films (Shipping): Export a finished animation as an MP4 video, and as a dotLottie for a player.

- The film (1:30): https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/media/6.1-export/284bb36b59b6/6.1-export.mp4
- Vertical cut: https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/media/6.1-export/41f49fb38e69/6.1-export-vertical.mp4
- Captions: https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/media/6.1-export/486fe34fa2ff/6.1-export.vtt
- The page: https://terminal.lottiefiles.com/export/

## In this lesson

### Check it plays (0:08)

First, check the animation. Press zero, then space to play from the start. Our circle moves and settles into place. Press space again to stop.

### Open Export (0:20)

We'll choose where and how to save our animation. Click export, beside the document's name. Choosing a format prepares it; Export file writes it.

### Choose the video (0:31)

We'll make a larger video. Choose MP4, then two times. That doubles the width and height to thirty-eight forty by twenty-one sixty pixels. MP4 uses our white document background.

### Find the destination (0:45)

Local drive is selected. Below it, the filename is export dot MP4. The folder is beside our working document, so we know where to find it.

### Write the video (0:56)

Let's save the video. Click Export file. Watch the status below for confirmation.

### Choose dotLottie (1:03)

We'll package the animation for a Lottie player. Now choose dotLottie. The output name changes to export dot lottie, in the same folder.

### Write dotLottie (1:14)

Let's save that package. Click Export file again. Watch the status below for confirmation.