# Lottie export showing items outside the composition

**URL:** <https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/lottie-export-showing-items-outside-the-composition/1910>\
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**Created:** [December 10, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/lottie-export-showing-items-outside-the-composition/1910 "2021-12-10T15:27:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![phillip256](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.lottiefiles.com/phillip256/32/1328_2.png) [@phillip256](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/u/phillip256)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/lottie-export-showing-items-outside-the-composition/1910/1 "2021-12-10T15:27:46Z")

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I am newer to working with lottie. I created an animation where documents come on the screen from outside the composition at the bottom. When I create the lottie file, it shows items below the bottom line when I don’t want it to export anything other than what is in the composition in after effects. (The top image shows the animation in after effects and the bottom is a preview of the lottie json file).

 ![Screen Shot 2021-12-10 at 9.26.44 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/lottiefiles/original/2X/7/78a9d05b7b3a0693dc99602a9f4fe37493b4b174.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![irbypace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.lottiefiles.com/irbypace/32/3165_2.png) [@irbypace](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/u/irbypace)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.lottiefiles.com/t/lottie-export-showing-items-outside-the-composition/1910/2 "2021-12-10T22:02:12Z")

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@phillip256 I would create a mask for each object to “block” them from being seen until they’re above the “line”

Play with Alpha Channel, or Inverted Alpha Channel