
It's our data interchange format, and that is the only file that After Effects is going to use. So wherever you get your data from you need to eventually turn it into this thing called JSON.

Now the next thing we need to do is get our data, so let's have a look at how to do that. Down the bottom here, add the locking icon so that he doesn't get moved. Bring him in, and he should fit nicely on to our stage. I've built mine in Illustrator because I'm quicker and faster in it, but in the exercise files, there's one called 'Background-Outlined'. If you're not following along with my examples, obviously you can do with your own. I'm going to pick, from the drop-down here, 'HDTV 1080 25'. And I'm going to call this Comp 'Weather Chart'. I'm going to create a New Composition, a new button here. So I've got a new project open and I'm on the default setting for my work space, if you want to match it.
