How can I play and loop a simple Lottie animation in Webflow, with the animation pausing on hover and resuming on mouse out?

To play and loop a Lottie animation in Webflow, with the animation pausing on hover and resuming on mouse out, you can follow the steps below:

Step 1: Prepare your Lottie animation
First, make sure you have your Lottie animation file ready. You can create or download a Lottie animation in JSON format that you want to use in your Webflow project.

Step 2: Upload the Lottie animation to Webflow
Next, you need to upload the Lottie animation file to Webflow. In your Webflow project, go to the Assets panel, click on the "Add" button, and select "Upload file." Choose your Lottie animation file (in JSON format) and wait for it to upload. Once uploaded, you'll see the Lottie animation file in your Assets list.

Step 3: Add a Lottie animation element to your Webflow page
Now that you have your Lottie animation file uploaded, you can add a Lottie animation element to your Webflow page. Drag and drop a "Lottie Animation" element from the Add panel onto your page.

Step 4: Set up the Lottie animation element properties
With the Lottie animation element selected, you can configure its properties in the right sidebar. Set the "Animation" property to your uploaded Lottie animation file by selecting it from the dropdown list.

Step 5: Add interactions for hover and mouse out
To pause the animation on hover and resume it on mouse out, you can use Webflow's Interactions feature.

1. Select the Lottie animation element, and in the Interactions panel, click on the "+" button to create a new interaction.
2. Choose the trigger for the interaction. In this case, select "Hover" as the trigger.
3. Set the action for the hover trigger. Choose "Affect different element" and select your Lottie animation element from the dropdown list.
4. In the action settings, change the property to "Animation" and set it to "Pause". This will pause the Lottie animation when hovering over it.
5. Now, click on the "+" button next to the first action to add another action for the same trigger.
6. In the second action, again choose "Affect different element" and select your Lottie animation element.
7. Set the property to "Animation" and this time set it to "Play". This will resume the Lottie animation when the mouse is moved away from it.

Step 6: Preview and publish your Webflow project
You can now preview your Webflow project to see the Lottie animation playing and looping. On hover, the animation should pause, and on mouse out, it should resume. If everything looks good, you can publish your Webflow project to make it live on the web.

That's it! By following these steps, you should be able to play and loop a simple Lottie animation in Webflow, with the animation pausing on hover and resuming on mouse out.