# How do I use a Motion JSON export?

> Copy the animation as JSON from Figma’s Dev Mode, then paste it into the Motion tab’s inspector — or into the editor, to turn its keyframes into sound events.

> **Note:** This is the manual fallback for when the live animation data cannot be read — an older file, the Beta API turned off, or JSON someone sent you.

> **Tip:** Importing merges into what you already have and skips keyframes that land on the same offset, so you can paste twice without creating duplicates.

## Steps

1. In Figma’s Dev Mode, open the Motion tab and set the code format to JSON, then copy it.
2. To inspect it: open Sound Kit’s Motion tab, expand "Inspect a Motion JSON export", and paste. The parsed animation appears below.
3. To use it on a sound: open the sound in Create → Edit and find Timeline in the Interaction panel.
4. Click Import from Figma Motion and paste the JSON there.
5. The keyframes become timeline events, and the headline duration and easing are filled in.

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