Multimedia content blocks

Modified on Fri, 20 Feb at 6:51 PM

Embed content blocksMultimedia content can make your data story more engaging. Lapis supports many multimedia content embeds, including:

  • Video embed
  • Audio embed
  • Lottie animation


✨  Lottie is a JSON-based animation file format that works on any device and platform.


Lottie animation

Add a Lottie animation

  1. To add a Lottie animation, add a new content block and select Lottie animation.
  2. Upload the Lottie file.


Style your Lottie animation

  1. Hover over to video/audio/Lottie.
  2. Click the pencil icon.
  3. In the 'Customise Settings' menu, you can change the content area size.
    1. Contained: The image gallery will be the same width as the text content block width.
    2. Full-width: The image gallery will span the width of the browser.
    3. Custom: Set your preferred width and alignment for the image gallery.


Next, learn how to embed content from external websites, including your favourite data visualisation web tools such as Flourish and Datawrapper.




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Lapis is built by Kontinentalist↗, a data storytelling studio in Singapore.

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