# Help creating a countdown animation in lottie

**URL:** <https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/help-creating-a-countdown-animation-in-lottie/6896>\
**Category:** Lottie Animation Design\
**Created:** [January 27, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/help-creating-a-countdown-animation-in-lottie/6896 "2025-01-27T12:40:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Noa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.lottiefiles.com/noa/32/4310_2.png) [@Noa](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/u/Noa)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/help-creating-a-countdown-animation-in-lottie/6896/1 "2025-01-27T12:40:49Z")

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I need to create a countdown from the number 0 to 360 in AE.  
I tried with expressions and effects as well but BodyMovin didn’t render it.

Is there any way to do it so it won’t look too robotic?

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**Author:** ![haleeza](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.lottiefiles.com/haleeza/32/4969_2.png) [@haleeza](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/u/haleeza)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/help-creating-a-countdown-animation-in-lottie/6896/2 "2025-01-28T08:27:52Z")

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Hi @noa,

Have you tried to render using the LottieFiles for After Effects plugin: [LottieFiles for Adobe After Effects: Streamline your animation workflow](https://lottiefiles.com/plugins/after-effects)

If you face any issue, please feel free to reach out to [support@lottiefiles.com](mailto:support@lottiefiles.com) and provide the .aep file so we can help to investigate this further.

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**Author:** ![Noa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.lottiefiles.com/noa/32/4310_2.png) [@Noa](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/u/Noa)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/help-creating-a-countdown-animation-in-lottie/6896/3 "2025-01-28T14:11:41Z")

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I downloaded it, but it still didn’t render the expressions I added. In the end I managed because I converted the expressions to keyframes and that helped, but would like to know if there is a way for lottie to read expressions.